Finding Balance in a Wired World

Based on the results, 76 percent of respondents say they check their smartphones at least once an hour. Of those, almost half sneak a peekevery 15 minutes (or even more frequently).

Respondents have specific ways of communicating with different people in their lives.

Sixty-four percent say no one ever complained.

Fifty-six percent of women keep their smartphones near enough to hear during dinner. Another 12 percent actually set them on the table.

Forty-seven percent keep their smartphones on their nightstands so they can check them first thing in the morning. Five percent sleep with their phones in their beds.

Women use their devices in some questionable spots. Thirty-nine percent look at their phones in the bathroom. One respondent admits: "I bought a waterproof case so I could check my news feeds in the shower."

Three in four women admit they've texted while driving. Thirty-nine percent say they wait for a red light to text.

Fifty-one percent say they'd rather lose their smartphone.

Sixty-six percent would prefer being without their phones for a month than without their best friends. (Apparently "Girls' Night Out" is more satisfying than a roll in the hay.)

Almost half of respondents say they would rather go without sex for a month than without their smartphones.

Sixty-seven percent say they haven't lost touch with friends and family.

Eighty percent have considered taking themselves off Facebook, Twitter, or another social-media platform at some point, and 41 percent of those have gone through with it. Why? Here's what we heard:

"Too much drama"

"I didn't care about hearing other people's random thoughts."

"I gave it up for Lent."

"#Too many darn #hashtags were driving me #crazy!"

"It was making me jealous of others, and I was trying to make them jealous of me."

While 39 percent say there has been no major impact, a few admit their online personalities make them like friends less.

More than half of respondents say they don't lose a minute of shut-eye.

How do you "like" that? When forced to choose just one social-media platform, 57 percent picked Facebook.

Less boring. More convenient. More frivolous. Here's a round-up of ways social media has been life-changing.

A mix of emotions. See the chart at left.

After all this, 74 percent of respondents say they are not addicted to their digital devices. (Denial?)

Again, the majority say that their family and close friends wouldn't call them addicted to their devices.

Despite mixed emotions, few women long for the good old days.