75%的美國人上廁所用手機 衛生隱患堪憂
If you hear the sound of running water the next time you call a co-worker on his or her mobile phone, don't be surprised. Three-fourths of Americans with mobile phones say they use them in the bathroom, a new study shows.
如果下次你跟同事打電話聽到馬桶的抽水聲，可千萬別驚訝。最新研究顯示，75%的美國人會在衛生間裏使用手機。
Approximately the same number of men and women have used the phone in the bathroom, according to a survey of 1,000 Americans by 11mark, an integrated marketing agency, although men seem more tethered to IT in the toilet: 30 percent of men versus 20 percent of women agreed with the statement, "I don't go to the bathroom without my mobile phone."
市場研究機構11mark調查1000位美國人發現，男性和女性上衛生間時使用手機的比例大體相同，不過男性似乎更喜歡上廁所時用手機。30%的男性和20%的女性同意這一說法：“我上廁所就得帶着手機”。
More than half the surveyed users (63 percent) said they have answered a phone call in the bathroom, and almost half (41 percent) reported initiating a phone call. That's not all, however: What goes on behind the walls of the stalls is anything a mobile phone is capable of. Sixty-seven percent said they have read a text, and 39 percent have surfed the Web. Men work more from the bathroom—20 percent said they have participated in work-related calls, versus 13 percent of their female colleagues.
超過一半的調查對象（63%）會在廁所裏接電話，幾乎一半的調查者（41%）則會在廁所裏打電話。不過情況還不止如此：衛生間裏的掛壁式電話可以實現智能手機的所有功能。76%的調查對象會在衛生間裏讀短信息，39%的人會瀏覽網頁。男性在衛生間裏更會忙工作：20%的男性稱會接跟工作相關的電話，而女性則只有13%。
As expected, Gen Y respondents are the pacesetters in the "mobile everywhere" movement, with 91 percent using their phone in the bathroom. Still, older generations are not far behind. Eighty percent of Gen X reported using the phone in the bathroom, as did 65 percent of Baby Boomers and 47 percent of the Silent Generation.
一如預期，年輕的Y代人（1981年後出生）是“移動無處不在”行動的標兵，91%的年輕一代表示會在廁所裏使用手機。不過，老一代的人們也不甘落後：80%的X代人（1961年到1981年出生）會在廁所使用手機；嬰兒潮一代（1946年至1965年出生）有65%；沉默一代（1925年至1945年出生）則有47%。
While online, they are doing more than just surfing; 16 percent of Gen Y report they have made an online purchase while in the bathroom. Users of iPhones are particularly likely to browse and buy in the bathroom – 22 percent have made a purchase, versus 10 percent of Americans with mobile phones overall.
不過智能手機在線，用戶可不僅僅是瀏覽網頁。16%的年輕一代表示他們會在廁所網購。iPhone手機用戶尤其可能在廁所裏刷網頁和網購：22%的iPhone手機用戶都在衛生間網購過，而全美手機用戶網購的比例也只有10%。
"The writing is on the stall," said 11mark principal Nicole Burdette. "This study confirms what we all know: that the last private place is no longer private."
11mark負責人Nicole Burdette表示：“就像衛生間的標語寫的那樣，這個研究也證實了我們都瞭解的事實：最後的一片隱私地也沒了隱私。”
In the process, high-tech hygiene is taking a hit, the survey found. While 92 percent of mobile phone users said they wash their hands after using the bathroom, only 14 percent said they wash their phones.
研究結果發現，在廁所打手機的過程中，高科技時代的衛生安全也受到了打擊。92%的手機用戶表示在上完衛生間後會洗手，但只有14%的人表示會清潔手機。
