Poll: Have you accessed anyone else's Facebook?

Half of New Zealand mothers have accessed their children's Facebook page without their consent, according to an international report.

The AVG Digital Coming of Age study surveyed 4,400 parents of 14 to 17-year-old children in 11 countries, including New Zealand, between January 15 and February 1 this year.

The study found 44 per cent of Kiwi respondents had accessed their child's Facebook profile without their consent.

Spanish and American parents were the least trusting, with 61 per cent of parents accessing their teen's Facebook, while at the other end of the spectrum only 9 per cent of Japanese respondents admitted to accessing their teen's profile without consent.

More than half (60 per cent) of Kiwi respondents are "friends" with their children on the social media website, compared to 72 per cent in the US, 66 per cent in Canada and Italy, 64 per cent in Spain, 57 per cent in Australia, 51 per cent in the UK and Germany, 50 per cent in Czech Republic, 32 per cent in France, and 10 per cent in Japan.