{"source":{"name":"Evidence Hub on Social Media Ban for Kids - A project by the Lisbon Council","url":"https:\/\/socialmediaban.lisboncouncil.net","license":"Creative Common CC-BY 4.0 International"},"data":[{"data":[16.81,50.31,60.34,60.41,62.19,65.06,69.85,75.51,76.54,77.83,81.54,83.18,87.76,91.47,91.67,91.78,92.31,93.54,96.69],"name":"Low socio-economic status"},{"data":[29.14,39.19,61.09,"42.40","49.10",48.44,83.26,64.45,52.56,72.08,68.82,88.72,91.71,94.38,96.49,96.36,94.87,95.91,98.33],"name":"Medium socio-economic status"},{"data":[41.78,"23.20","53.30",26.79,33.76,31.66,82.83,53.46,29.18,66.62,59.94,81.23,88.17,92.85,95.06,97.85,93.91,95.47,98.09],"name":"High socio-economic status"}],"_data":[["Country","Low socio-economic status","Medium socio-economic status","High socio-economic status"],["T\u00fcrkiye",16.81,29.14,41.78],["France",50.31,39.19,"23.20"],["Portugal",60.34,61.09,"53.30"],["Spain",60.41,"42.40",26.79],["Italy",62.19,"49.10",33.76],["Belgium",65.06,48.44,31.66],["Slovakia",69.85,83.26,82.83],["Germany",75.51,64.45,53.46],["Ireland",76.54,52.56,29.18],["Slovenia",77.83,72.08,66.62],["Austria",81.54,68.82,59.94],["Hungary",83.18,88.72,81.23],["Czechia",87.76,91.71,88.17],["Poland",91.47,94.38,92.85],["Sweden",91.67,96.49,95.06],["Latvia",91.78,96.36,97.85],["Denmark",92.31,94.87,93.91],["Norway",93.54,95.91,95.47],["Finland",96.69,98.33,98.09]],"labels":{"values":["T\u00fcrkiye","France","Portugal","Spain","Italy","Belgium","Slovakia","Germany","Ireland","Slovenia","Austria","Hungary","Czechia","Poland","Sweden","Latvia","Denmark","Norway","Finland"]},"metadata":{"link":"https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/en\/publications\/how-s-life-for-children-in-the-digital-age_0854b900-en\/full-report\/how-children-use-digital-media_a8d3a6d0.html#title-fc5be6b4d1","type":"","unit":"Percent (%)","year":"2021","title":"Percentage of 10-years old Having Their Own Smartphone by Socio-Economic Status, 2021","topic":"Usage Patterns","method":"","source":"OECD, How's Life for Children in the Digital Age?, 2025","sub_topic":"","chart_number":"52.0","geographical":"Europe"},"description":"This data reveals an 'inverse digital divide', showing the varying rates of smartphone ownership among 10-year-olds across Europe. While nearly all 10-year-olds in Northern Europe own a smartphone regardless of background (e.g. over 95 per cent in Finland and Norway), a stark socioeconomic reversal emerges in Western and Southern Europe. In Ireland, Belgium, Spain and France, children from low-SES families are more than twice as likely to own a smartphone as those from high-SES families, whose parents may be more inclined to delay purchase. Conversely, Turkey remains an outlier, with the lowest overall penetration rate, and a traditional divide, whereby high-SES children have significantly greater access (41.8% versus 16.8%). This highlights that early smartphone use is influenced by both national norms and domestic management strategies."}