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From mid-August to the end of September 25,048 students from 505 schools – almost one in five schools in New Zealand – took part in the survey. Here are some summary tables:

Respondents

25,000 students took the opportunity to stand up and be counted in this years online survey. Over 1,500 teachers registered their classes nationwide.

By Age

Age	Number	Percentage
6	16	0.0%
7	36	0.1%
8	252	0.8%
9	1610	4.8%
10	2935	8.8%
11	3435	10.3%
12	4074	12.3%
13	5233	15.8%
14	4720	14.2%
15	1888	5.7%
16	464	1.4%
17	204	0.6%
18	69	0.2%
19	26	0.1%

By Region:

Region	Number	Percentage
Northland Region	658	2.0%
Auckland Region	12561	37.8%
Waikato Region	2293	6.9%
Bay of Plenty Region	702	2.1%
Manawatu-Wanganui Region	1191	3.6%
Taranaki Region	276	0.8%
Gisborne Region	180	0.5%
Hawkes Bay Region	354	1.1%
Wellington Region	2093	6.3%
West Coast Region	299	0.9%
Canterbury Region	2270	6.8%
Otago Region	1448	4.4%
Southland Region	334	1.0%
Nelson Region	139	0.4%
Marlborough Region	115	0.3%
Tasman Region	135	0.4%

Cellphone ownership by age

Age	2003	2005	2007	Percentage Increase from 2005
9	10%	22%	26%	17%
10	13%	29%	37%	29%
11	23%	44%	56%	27%
12	33%	59%	69%	17%
13	51%	76%	83%	9%
14	59%	84%	88%	5%
15			89%

The 10 most popular TV shows were:

Girls:

1. Home and Away
2. The Simpsons
3. Shortland Street
4. Desperate Housewives
5. Family Guy
6. Friends
7. Ugly Betty
8. Grey’s Anatomy
9. Hannah Montana
10. McLeod’s Daughters

Boys:

1. The Simpsons
2. Family Guy
3. Home and Away
4. Balls of Steel
5. Spongebob Squarepants
6. WWE
7. Sonic X
8. Top Gear
9. Lost
10. Shortland Street

The 10 most popular websites were:

Girls:

1. Bebo
2. Google
3. YouTube
4. Miniclip
5. Stardoll
6. Clubpenguin
7. Neopets
8. Trademe
9. Disney
10. Hotmail

Boys:

1. Bebo
2. YouTube
3. Runescape
4. Google
5. Miniclip
6. Trademe
7. WWE
8. Addictinggames
9. Clubpenguin
10. Teagames

List of all variables collected and survey questions in English and Te Reo Māori.