Based on an earlier study of phone carrying habits, Jan Chipchase has published a broader study (covering more countries) of the things people carry with them.
“The use of wallets and purses to cluster, contain and protect the things we carry varied considerably ranging from 98% in Tokyo, 54% in Beijing to 35% in Ji Lin. The main reason for not carrying a purse/wallet was that it presented an easy target for theft. In addition a wallet/purse is only (functionally) needed when there are enough objects e.g. credit & debit cards, ‘loyalty’ cards, id cards, to cluster in it as a container. Currently for many of the world’s poorer city dwellers a purse/wallet is simply not needed not because of lack of money, but simply because the common wallet form factor assumes a use of credit card sized objects, and these are simply not in everyday use.”
Link: Where’s The Phone (janchipchase.com)
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