By CLICK Staff
To log on or not to log on? That's the question explored recently by Bruce Drake, a senior editor at
The Pew Research Center, who looked at some recent research by Fox News to learn more about how Americans connect or disconnect with their email while on vacation.
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Fox News survey, conducted Aug. 3-5, asked this question: "Some people like to check and answer email every day to keep up with it, while others would rather completely disconnect and just dig through loads of email when they return. What about you?"
"Dig out from under when you return" was the philosophy of 46 percent of those surveyed, while 42 percent said they kept up with e-mail every day. Another 10 percent said they either didn't use e-mail, or take a vacation or both.
Younger workers were the most likely to stay tethered to their inbox while on vacation—51 percent of those under 35 kept up with e-mail every day, compared to 40 percent or less among their older aged colleagues. Digging out from under after vacation was most popular with those 35 to 54—half followed that strategy.
When it came to checking in with the office while on vacation, 46 percent said they didn't do it at all while 42 percent checked in at least once a day or a few times a week. When Fox News asked the question in 2005, 59 percent of those surveyed said they didn't check in with the office at all while on vacation.
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