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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Dev Psychol. 2009 Mar 1;27(1):123–143. doi: 10.1348/026151008X401336

Table 2.

Correlations among predictor and media-use variables

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1.Income to needs ratio 1 .37** - .21** - .18** - .02 .09* - .03 .19** .11* .01 - .08* .06 - .12** - .02 .14** .12** - .08* - .02 .13** .03
2. Parental education 1 - .13** - .41** - .00 .04 - .01 .29** - .10* .09* - .07 .14** - .16** - .01 .13** .15** - .08* - .09* .10* .11*
3. Ethnicity (Black)a 1 - .14** - .11* .04 .09* - .20** - .25** - .01 .03 - .18** .17** .13** - .08* - .12** .15** .10* - .14** - .08*
4. Ethnicity (Hispanic)b 1 - .09* - .05 - .03 - .27** .12** - .11** - .04 .03 .05 - .07* - .08* - .11** .09* - .03 - .11** - .06*
5. Ethnicity (Asian/other)c 1 - .03 .00 - .04 .04 - .03 - .08* .01 - .01 - .03 - .03 - .01 - .06* - .04 .01 .06*
6. Child age 1 - .02 - .00 - .03 - .05 .11* - .40** .17** .14** .15** .02 .03 .01 .28** - .09*
7. Child gender d 1 .02 - .08* .08* - .00 - .06* .04 .18** .04 - .03 .04 .36** - .01 - .07*
8. Neighborhood quality 1 .05 .18** - .09* .14** - .19** - .04 .08* .08* - .15** - .01 .02 - .00
9. Number of adults 1 - .07* - .08* .09* - .06* - .04 .03 .01 - .12** .01 .06* .02
10. Parental limits 1 - .08* .07* - .21** - .04 .03 .09* - .11* - .01 - .07* .06*
11. Family conflict 1 - .14** .08* .02 - .04 - .02 .12** .06 .01 - .11*
12. Time with parents 1 - .14** - .13** - .07* .12** - .12** - .07* - .06* .11*
13. Time watching
 television (Wave 1)
1 .05 - .03 - .05 .22** .12** .09* - .10*
14. Time playing video
 games (Wave 1)
1 .00 - .07* .04 .11** .03 - .07*
15. Time on
 computer (Wave 1)
1 .12** - .03 - .00 .19** - .05
16. Time reading (Wave 1) 1 - .09* - .03 .11* .21**
17. Time watching TV
 (Wave 2)
1 .03 - .09* - .13**
18. Time playing video
 (Wave 2)
1 - .06* - .06*
19. Time on
 computer (Wave 2)
1 - .01
20. Time reading (Wave 2) 1
a

1, Black

b

1, Hispanic

c

1, Asian/other

d

1, Boys

*

p ≤ .05;

**

p ≤ .01.