UK
Email : 45 percent of Britons polled in the survey prefer email as the way to respond to others
Plugged in : 56 percent of them receive around 20 emails a day, meaning they could spend up to seven days every year responding to emails.
Turned off : Only 30 percent read all the work emails they receive - the lowest of all nations polled.
Friends first : 48 per cent respond to their friends ahead of their partner, work and family
Slow but steady : 54 percent make sure an email reads perfectly before hitting "send" - which might explain why 11 percent wait up to 24 hours to answer an email
ITALY
Email : Half the people polled choose email to connect with friends, family and colleagues, meaning it replaces telephone calls, which only one third of Italians turn to.
Time online : 56 percent spend less than half an hour a day responding to emails, meaning they could spend up to a full week per year on email.
Sorry dad : Responding to dad comes at the bottom of the list with only 6 percent prioritising emails from fathers.
RUSSIA
Email : 52 percent of Russians polled in the survey spend up to half an hour a day responding to emails, with 76 percent receiving over 20 emails per day.
Turned on : 51 percent of them thoroughly read each work email they receive. Personal emails get similar treatment with 71 percent taking time to study each one.
Totally devoted : Russians polled in the survey are most likely to respond to their other half (62 percent) before colleagues and customers (57 percent), while friends follow up at only 34 percent.
Pithy and well punctuated : 45 percent think being succinct makes a good email, while 35 percent think correct spelling is the be-all and end-all.
Instant : 10 percent choose to respond to emails via instant messaging - more than any other nation polled
SINGAPORE
Email : 40 percent of Singaporeans polled in the survey choose email as the main way to connect with friends, while almost 20 per choose mobile text messaging - the highest of any country polled.
Working week : On average, Singaporeans spend up to five days each year responding to emails.
Work comes first : 57 percent read all the work emails they receive thoroughly while only a third will cast their eye over all the personal emails that reach their inbox.
Priority : 11 percent admit to only checking the most important work emails they receive.
Efficient : 41 percent see a quick response to an email as the most important thing, and 34 percent reply to an email within 10 minutes of receiving it.
UAE
Email : 49 percent of people polled in the UAE choose email to connect with others, while only eight percent prefer mobile phone text messages.
Less time online : 24 percent in the survey spend only 10 minutes on their emails per day, meaning that on average they could spend around two and a half days each year responding to emails.
Professionals : Work emails are top priority with 45 percent swiftly responding to bosses, 38 percent to customers and a quarter to colleagues.
Spped : 60 percent believe it's best to reply to important emails quickly rather than spending time perfecting the phrasing.
SPAIN
Email : 62 percent of people in Spain polled in the survey only read an email if they know who sent it.
Instand response : Almost a quarter of Spaniards respond to an email within fives minutes of it landing in their inbox.
Family first : Partner emails not only et read first, but they also receive the quickest response.
Sorry boss : Friends get a speedier reply than the boss.
SOUTH AFRICA
Email : Email is growing in influence across South Africa, with 59 percent of people polled choosing it to connect with friends, family and colleagues, ahead of other communication forms.
Professionals : 74 percent respond quickest to work emails - while only half respond to partners promptly, dropping off to a third for friends.
Contacts only : Half the nation only read emails if they know who sent it.
Instant response : A quarter of people polled respond to an email within five minutes of it.
Short for show : 12 percent purposefully make their emails shorter to convey that they are efficient and busy.
