Online survey: 40% would break up via text, email, FB

Published November 14, 2011 10:20am

Two out of five social media users are likely to break up with their significant other via text message, email or social networking site Facebook, according to an informal online survey by an online market research company. Lab42.com said the survey was conducted online via social networks from October 27 â€“ October 30 among 550 social media users. However, it also pointed out that the online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. Lab42.com also said its survey conducted October 27 to 30 among 550 social media users aged 18 and up showed 40 percent answered "Yes" when asked if they would break up via "text message, email or Facebook." However, the survey also found the remaining 60 percent said they would not. About one in three or 33 percent of respondents said they have broken up via text message, email or Facebook. The other 67 percent said they have not. When asked how long they would wait to change their relationship status after a breakup, 52 percent said they would do so immediately while 19 percent said they would do so after telling their friends. About 9 percent said they would wait until their significant others change theirs. Some 38 percent of respondents said they would immediately change their Facebook status when entering into a new relationship while 24 percent said they would do so after telling their friends. Similarly, 24 percent said they would wait until their significant others change their statuses. First date On the other hand, 42 percent of respondents said they would most likely ask someone on a first date in person, while 24 percent said they would do so by Facebook and 16 percent by phone. Some 16 percent said they would do so by text, and 5 percent by email. When they meet someone they are interested in, the survey showed:

57 percent Facebook-friend them

29 percent research on social networks

26 percent Google them

11 percent follow them on Twitter Communicating with significant other On average, 38 percent said they send 11 or more text messages to their significant other every day. About 17 percent said they send six to 10; 26 percent said they send one to five texts, while 19 percent said they do not send text messages to their significant other. Throughout the day, 67 percent communicate with their partner via cell call, 65 percent via text, 45 percent via FB message, 34 percent via email, 34 percent via FB chat, and 21 percent via instant messaging. When asked if they do â€” or would â€” post romantic messages on their significant others' Facebook wall, 64 percent said yes. Cheating When asked if they had been cheated on, 53 percent of women said they have, while 35 percent said no. About 48 percent of men said they have been cheated on while 37 percent said they have not. When asked if they would cheat if there was no chance of getting caught, 42 percent of men said they would while 58 percent said they would not. But 76 percent of women said they would not, while only 24 percent said they would. Important trait When asked what the most important trait they thought their significant other should possess, the survey showed:

21 percent said same personality

20 percent said strong family values

13 percent said similar humor

12 percent said emotionally attentive

11 percent said physically attractive â€” RSJ, GMA News

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