The chart shows the results of surveys in one African country asking teenagers the main reasons for using their phones between 2016 and 2019.

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usage by teenagers, as

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of a survey performed between 2016 and 2019 in one African nation.

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, the proportionally ranking during the years remained stable, with

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calls as the least important reason for using mobile phones and

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social networks as the most important. one On the one hand, the pie charts illustrate that the

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calls as a purpose for using phones had a considerable fall, from 10% in 2016 to 5% in 2019,

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the digital camera percentage remained steady from 2016 to 2017, at 15%, and

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grew

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20% in 2019.

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, email and social network percentages had a similar slight decrease from 2017 to 2019, where email fell by 1% and

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calls by 2%.

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, after that dip,

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calls rose from 48% in 2017 to 51% in 2018 and

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continued its upward trend in the next year to reach 56% in 201.

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, email had a significant fall from 24% in 2017 to 20% in 2018, and

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continued decreasing gradually to reach 19% in 2019.