Whether it’s ringing or vibrating – constantly a Smartphone, a Tablet, a television, and co. draw attention to themselves.

To dispense with the electronic devices, the most difficult, because many don’t want to give the feeling of constant accessibility.

Digital Detox can make for the physical and mental health a crucial difference. Therefore, many Germans are open to it.

This was the result of a survey conducted by the market research Institute YouGov on behalf of the energy provider E. ON in the run-up to lent. Therefore, the younger Generation is especially open to a digital waiver.

The Germans need a digital time out

Sweets, alcohol, fast food – at the beginning of lent, the Motivation is great to consciously forego the use of his personal truck.

The market research company YouGov respondents between 31. January and 5. February 2020 to spend in the order from E. ON a total of 4.111 people, if you could imagine for the future, aware of less time in front of the screens of Smartphone, Tablet, television and co. to.

More and more people take a planned deprivation of your digital devices. Expressed In Numbers, can even imagine, 41 percent of respondents to reduce in the future their screen time.

In Germany, more than a third of the respondents are very receptive to Digital Detox.

However, a digital waiver for 43 percent of all out of the question, and 16 percent are undecided.

Need to decelerate in everyday life

According to the study results, the respondents, the Digital Detox to be open, especially about sharpening one’s own consciousness.

So 59 percent said among them, to want to be in this time on something else focus.

More than a third of the potential Digital Absitenzler wish for deceleration in everyday life.

Energy saving by a digital waiver

21 percent of respondents who would pass on your Smartphone, you may want to reduce your personal energy consumption at home.

In fact, the idea of saving energy through Digital Detox is not so far-fetched: E. ON’s calculations show that the theoretical potential to save by the almost stream of time, is enormous.

If, for example, 41 percent of the Germans would restrict for a day your complete use of Smartphone, Laptop and TV, would be the amount of energy saved in just under ten million kilowatt-hours.

This quantity corresponds approximately to the amount of power consumption of 1.4 million households in Germany, an average of per day.

Digital Detox could also make a contribution to climate protection.

The younger Generation is surprised

Contrary to all expectations, the survey results show that particularly younger people, can imagine a digital waiver.

58 percent of respondents in the age group of 18 to 24-Year-old could leave without problems your phone or Tablet on the left. In the 25 to 34-Year-olds is around 50 percent.

However, it looks at the respondents over 55 years of age different. Digital Detox only for 35 percent among them in question.

Antonia Hagedorn

*The contribution of “Digital Detox in time for lent: More than a third of the time is open for less of the Screen,” is published by FitForFun. Contact with the executives here.