Table 5.
Standardized coefficients to predict time spent using a computer
| Ages 0–4 to 5–9 |
Ages 5–8 to 10–13 |
Ages 9–12 to 14 + |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within time | Over time | Within time | Over time | Within time | Over time | |
| Income to needs ratio | .20** | .08 | .06 | .19** | .05 | .01 |
| Parental education | .02 | .03 | .04 | - .01 | .04 | - .02 |
| Ethnicity (Black)a | - .05 | - .03 | - .08 | - .17** | - .08 | - .20** |
| Ethnicity (Hispanic)b | - .03 | - .04 | - .02 | - .11* | - .08* | - .19** |
| Ethnicity (Asian)c | - .08 | - .06 | - .07 | - .03 | .01 | .06 |
| Child age | .15* | .07 | - .05 | .18** | .11* | - .04 |
| Child gender d | .03 | .02 | - .01 | - .09 | .14* | .08 |
| Neighborhood quality | - .03 | .02 | .03 | - .13** | .05 | - .04 |
| Number of adults | .01 | .02 | .01 | .01 | .03 | .03 |
| Parental limits | - .03 | .04 | .08 | .02 | .00 | - .14* |
| Family conflict | .00 | - .01 | - .07 | .06 | - .04 | - .06 |
| Time with parents | - .12 | .03 | - .07 | .06 | - .07 | - .00 |
| Time with television | - .15* | .06 | .06 | .03 | - .03 | .15 |
| Time with video games | .03 | - .02 | - .04 | .00 | - .03 | - .01 |
| Time with a computere | na | .03 | na | .14 | na | .11 |
| Time in reading | - .02 | - .02 | .05 | - .04 | .17** | .13* |
| R2 | .23** | .06 | .15** | .16** | .07* | .10** |
a
1, Black.
b
1, Hispanic.
c
1, Asian/other.
d
1, Boys.
e
1, Not applicable.
*
p ≤ .05;
**
p ≤ .01.