The survey showed that secondary school students in the age group of 16 and 20 years were the largest group of the teenage online game players.

However, general school students only ranked second in terms of daily online game players, leaving the top spot to white-collar workers. University students took the third ranking.
The survey also confirmed that the situation of online games addicts was not as serious as mass media warned, as the rate of addicts based on World Health Organisation indicators was not high.

It also exonerated online game providers and the games themselves as the sole cause of the criticised addiction, citing responsibilities of families and schools as well as basic life skills of players.

The average sum of money paid by an online game player was found to be lower than other sorts of entertainments such as newspaper reading, sports and coffee drinking.

The survey was conducted by the Institute of Social Science on 1,400 people at random in six cities and provinces representing the three main parts of the country.