Table 2.
Total Screen Time and Prevalence of Screen Time Greater Than 2 Hours per Day and Greater Than 4 Hours per Day Among 6- to 17-Year-Olds by Demographic Characteristics, Family Television Policies, and Regular Nonscreen Activities: United States, 2007.a
| Total Screen Time (min/d) |
Prevalence of Total Screen Time >2 h/d |
Prevalence of Total Screen Time >4 h/d |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (Weighted) | 95% Confidence Interval | Percentage (Weighted) | 95% Confidence Interval | Percentage (Weighted) | 95% Confidence Interval | |
| Overall | 171 | 168–174 | 49.1 | 48.2–50.2 | 16.3 | 15.6–17.0 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Boys | 177 | 173–182 | 50.5 | 49.1–51.9 | 17.5 | 16.5–18.6 |
| Girls | 164 | 161–168 | 47.6 | 46.1–49.0 | 14.9 | 14.0–15.9 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 6–11 | 142 | 138–146 | 39.5 | 38.0–40.9 | 10.6 | 9.7–11.5 |
| 12–17 | 198 | 195–202 | 58.2 | 56.8–59.5 | 21.7 | 20.6–22.7 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 158 | 155–160 | 45.2 | 44.0–46.3 | 13.4 | 12.6–14.2 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 234 | 223–245 | 65.5 | 63.2–67.8 | 30.6 | 28.3–32.9 |
| Hispanic | 166 | 159–173 | 49.3 | 46.2–52.4 | 14.6 | 12.6–16.6 |
| Non-Hispanic multiracial | 180 | 162–198 | 49.6 | 44.6–54.5 | 18.0 | 14.3–21.7 |
| Non-Hispanic other race | 149 | 138–160 | 44.1 | 38.4–49.8 | 10.6 | 8.4–12.8 |
| Respondent’s relationship to child | ||||||
| Mother | 167 | 163–170 | 47.1 | 46.0–48.2 | 15.6 | 14.8–16.4 |
| Father | 176 | 169–184 | 53.4 | 51.1–55.7 | 16.1 | 14.5–17.8 |
| Other | 206 | 195–218 | 59.3 | 55.4–63.2 | 24.4 | 21.1–27.6 |
| Respondent’s education (years) | ||||||
| <12 | 181 | 173–190 | 52.8 | 49.3–56.3 | 18.9 | 16.5–21.3 |
| 12 | 195 | 189–200 | 57.0 | 54.9–59.0 | 21.8 | 20.2–23.5 |
| >12 | 159 | 156–163 | 45.0 | 43.8–46.2 | 13.5 | 12.6–14.3 |
| Household poverty ratio | ||||||
| ≤100% | 187 | 179–196 | 51.7 | 49.0–54.4 | 20.8 | 18.8–22.8 |
| >100% and ≤200% | 188 | 181–195 | 54.8 | 52.4–57.3 | 20.7 | 18.7–22.7 |
| >200% and ≤300% | 179 | 173–185 | 52.7 | 50.3–55.2 | 17.8 | 16.0–19.5 |
| >300% and ≤400% | 167 | 157–177 | 47.8 | 45.0–50.7 | 14.3 | 12.3–16.2 |
| >400% | 150 | 146–154 | 42.7 | 41.0–44.3 | 11.3 | 10.2–12.3 |
| TV in bedroom | ||||||
| No | 144 | 141–147 | 40.1 | 38.7–41.5 | 10.9 | 10.1–11.8 |
| Yes | 198 | 194–203 | 58.2 | 56.8–59.6 | 21.7 | 20.6–22.8 |
| Rules about TV content | ||||||
| No | 208 | 200–216 | 59.7 | 57.0–62.3 | 23.6 | 21.6–25.6 |
| Yes | 165 | 162–168 | 47.5 | 46.4–48.5 | 15.1 | 14.4–15.9 |
| Family meals (times/week) | ||||||
| 0–3 | 193 | 188–198 | 56.5 | 54.6–58.4 | 20.6 | 19.2–22.1 |
| 4–7 | 163 | 160–167 | 46.5 | 45.3–47.6 | 14.7 | 13.9–15.5 |
| Days/week with ≥20 minutes of physical activity | ||||||
| 0 | 215 | 205–225 | 60.9 | 57.6–64.3 | 27.7 | 24.8–30.5 |
| 1–3 | 185 | 180–191 | 55.9 | 53.9–57.9 | 18.7 | 17.2–20.2 |
| 4–6 | 163 | 158–168 | 45.9 | 44.3–47.5 | 14.2 | 13.0–15.3 |
| 7 | 151 | 147–156 | 42.4 | 40.6–44.3 | 12.7 | 11.5–13.8 |
a
Data from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health.