If you hear the sound of running water the next time you call a co-worker on his or her mobile phone, don’t be surprised. Three-fourths of Americans with mobile phones say they use them in the bathroom, a new study shows.

如果下次你跟同事打电话听到马桶的抽水声，可千万别惊讶。研究显示，75%的美国人会在卫生间里使用手机。

Approximately the same number of men and women have used the phone in the bathroom, according to a survey of 1,000 Americans by 11mark, an integrated marketing agency, although men seem more tethered to IT in the toilet: 30 percent of men versus 20 percent of women agreed with the statement, "I don't go to the bathroom without my mobile phone."

市场研究机构11mark调查1000位美国人发现，男性和女性上卫生间时使用手机的比例大体相同，不过男性似乎更喜欢上厕所时用手机。30%的男性和20%的女性同意这一说法：“我上厕所就得带着手机”。

More than half the surveyed users (63 percent) said they have answered a phone call in the bathroom, and almost half (41 percent) reported initiating a phone call. That's not all, however: What goes on behind the walls of the stalls is anything a mobile phone is capable of. Sixty-seven percent said they have read a text, and 39 percent have surfed the Web. Men work more from the bathroom—20 percent said they have participated in work-related calls, versus 13 percent of their female colleagues.

超过一半的调查对象（63%）会在厕所里接电话，几乎一半的调查者（41%）则会在厕所里打电话。不过情况还不止如此：卫生间里的挂壁式电话可以实现智能手机的所有功能。76%的调查对象会在卫生间里读短信息，39%的人会浏览网页。男性在卫生间里更会忙工作：20%的男性称会接跟工作相关的电话，而女性则只有13%。

As expected, Gen Y respondents are the pacesetters in the "mobile everywhere" movement, with 91 percent using their phone in the bathroom. Still, older generations are not far behind. Eighty percent of Gen X reported using the phone in the bathroom, as did 65 percent of Baby Boomers and 47 percent of the Silent Generation.

一如预期，年轻的Y代人（1981年后出生）是“移动无处不在”行动的标兵，91%的年轻一代表示会在厕所里使用手机。不过，老一代的人们也不甘落后：80%的X代人（1961年到1981年出生）会在厕所使用手机；婴儿潮一代（1946年至1965年出生）有65%；沉默一代（1925年至1945年出生）则有47%。

While online, they are doing more than just surfing; 16 percent of Gen Y report they have made an online purchase while in the bathroom. Users of iPhones are particularly likely to browse and buy in the bathroom – 22 percent have made a purchase, versus 10 percent of Americans with mobile phones overall.

不过智能手机在线，用户可不仅仅是浏览网页。16%的年轻一代表示他们会在厕所网购。iPhone手机用户尤其可能在厕所里刷网页和网购：22%的iPhone手机用户都在卫生间网购过，而全美手机用户网购的比例也只有10%。

"The writing is on the stall," said 11mark principal Nicole Burdette. "This study confirms what we all know: that the last private place is no longer private."

11mark负责人Nicole Burdette表示：“就像卫生间的标语写的那样，这个研究也证实了我们都了解的事实：的一片隐私地也没了隐私。”

In the process, high-tech hygiene is taking a hit, the survey found. While 92 percent of mobile phone users said they wash their hands after using the bathroom, only 14 percent said they wash their phones.

研究结果发现，在厕所打手机的过程中，高科技时代的卫生安全也受到了打击。92%的手机用户表示在上完卫生间后会洗手，但只有14%的人表示会清洁手机。