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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Policy Internet. 2021 Oct 25;14(1):186–201. doi: 10.1002/poi3.273

Table 2.

Ranked Hours to Open Variable

Value Hour range included Approximate frequency (%) Who

1 0.00–0.10 10–15 Checked based on notifications
2 0.11–1.00 10–15 Responsive, but perhaps had a task or had stepped away from computer
3 1.01–3.00 10 Had a long meeting or a big task to complete first, but keeps inbox empty
4 3.01–9.00 10 Gets around to an empty by the end of the workday
5 9.01+ 10 Eventually checked
Missing No tracked open 40–50 Too chaotic of an inbox, or uses firewalls