School, Someone's House and Online Platforms Are the Places Where Teens Hang Out With Close Friends % of teens who regularly spend time with their closest friend at the.following
Along with examining the general ways in which teens interact and communicate with their friends, this report documents how and where teens interact with the friends who are closest to them. These “close friend” relationships loom large in the day-to-day social activities of teens’ lives, as 59% of teens are in touch with their closest friend on a daily basis (with 41% indicating that they get in touch “many times a day”).
School, Someone's House and Online Platforms Are  | the Places Where Teens Hang Out With Close Friends  | % of teens who regularly spend time with their closest friend at the.following  | locations  | School  | 83%  | Someone's house  | 58  | Online (e.g, social media or  | 55  | gaming sites)  | Sports, clubs hobbies. other  | 45  | extracurricular activities  | Neighborhood  | 42  | Coffee shop, mall stores  | 23  | Church temple, synagogue, or  | 21  | other religious institurion  | Job  | Other location  | Source: 10-March Pew Research 2015. CenterTeen LOOS Relationships Survey, Sept. 25-Oct. 9, 2014, and Feb  | 10-March 16. 2015. (n=1, LOOS teens with a close friend.) Survey,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 