Table 3.
Standardized coefficients to predict time spent viewing television
| Ages 0–4 |
Ages 5–8 |
Ages 9–12 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within time |
Over time |
Within time |
Over time |
Within time |
Over time |
|
| Income to needs ratio | - .04 | - .03 | .01 | .01 | - .07 | .01 |
| Parental education | - .14 | - .02 | - .07 | .07 | - .07 | .05 |
| Ethnicity (Black)a | .10 | .02 | .11 | .13* | .09 | .08 |
| Ethnicity (Hispanic)b | .02 | .12 | .01 | - .00 | - .05 | .13 |
| Ethnicity (Asian/other)c | - .09* | .00 | .01 | - .06 | .09 | - .04 |
| Child age | .34** | - .12* | .01 | - .01 | .15** | - .01 |
| Child genderd | - .01 | .00 | .15** | .03 | - .02 | .04 |
| Neighborhood quality | - .05 | - .11 | - .16* | - .06 | - .11 | - .07 |
| Number of adults | - .03 | - .10* | .04 | - .10 | - .10 | - .06 |
| Parental limits | - .16** | - .10 | - .26** | .00 | - .16** | - .05 |
| Family conflict | - .02 | .17** | .00 | .11* | .07 | .01 |
| Time with parents | - .03 | - .06 | .00 | - .06 | - .00 | - .05 |
| Time with televisione | na | .26** | na | .24** | na | .08 |
| Time with video games | .03 | .02 | - .06 | .00 | .00 | - .01 |
| Time with a computer | - .13** | - .01 | .05 | .06 | - .03 | - .03 |
| Time in reading | .06 | - .02 | - .08 | - .02 | .00 | - .08 |
| R2 | .23** | .23** | .17** | .14** | .14** | .07* |
a
1, Black.
b
1, Hispanic.
c
1, Asian/other.
d
1, Boys.
e
1, Not applicable.
*
p ≤ .05;
**
p ≤ .01.