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.