TABLE 2.
Media Use Characteristics in Mean (SD) Minutes per Day
| Total Sample |
No Bedroom Television |
Bedroom Television |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytime | Evening | Daytime | Evening | Daytime | Evening | |
| Total | 58.8 (42.7) | 14.1 (17.4) | 56.4 (40.5) | 12.6 (15.6) | 81.6 (55.1) | 27.6 (26.1) |
| Range | 0–274 | 0–124 | 0–240 | 0–111 | 0–274 | 0–124 |
| Format | ||||||
| Television or video | 53.6 (40.3) | 12.9 (16.0) | 51.5 (38.4) | 11.7 (14.6) | 73.3 (51.6) | 24.2 (23.2) |
| Computer | 2.6 (8.3) | 0.4 (2.3) | 2.5 (8.3) | 0.3 (1.9) | 3.1 (8.1) | 1.4 (4.5) |
| Video game | 2.6 (9.9) | 0.8 (4.0) | 2.4 (9.6) | 0.6 (3.7) | 5.2 (12.7) | 2.0 (6.1) |
| Co-use | ||||||
| Adult | 38.9 (39.7) | 11.2 (15.9) | 37.0 (37.3) | 10.2 (14.8) | 58.0 (55.0) | 20.8 (22.1) |
| Another child | 12.7 (22.5) | 2.2 (6.3) | 12.0 (20.6) | 1.9 (5.3) | 18.3 (35.4) | 4.6 (11.8) |
| Alone | 7.2 (13.7) | 0.7 (3.1) | 7.4 (13.9) | 0.5 (2.3) | 5.2 (10.6) | 2.2 (6.8) |
| Rating | ||||||
| Not rated | 12.5 (18.8) | 3.2 (7.4) | 11.7 (18.2) | 2.9 (7.0) | 18.9 (23.3) | 6.3 (10.4) |
| Young child | 37.4 (30.3) | 6.3 (10.2) | 36.4 (29.4) | 5.5 (9.2) | 46.9 (36.1) | 12.8 (15.2) |
| Older child | 8.4 (14.4) | 3.9 (7.9) | 7.8 (13.8) | 3.6 (7.7) | 14.1 (18.4) | 6.2 (9.5) |
| Teen or adult | 0.6 (3.4) | 0.7 (3.8) | 0.5 (2.6) | 0.6 (2.9) | 1.7 (7.3) | 2.3 (8.4) |
| Pacing | ||||||
| Slow | 16.8 (20.8) | 2.3 (5.5) | 16.4 (19.8) | 2.1 (5.1) | 20.6 (28.7) | 3.9 (7.3) |
| Medium | 21.5 (22.3) | 5.2 (9.7) | 20.7 (22.2) | 4.7 (8.9) | 28.6 (22.4) | 10.6 (14.3) |
| High | 4.2 (9.0) | 0.9 (3.3) | 4.0 (8.8) | 0.8 (3.0) | 6.6 (11.2) | 2.2 (5.6) |
| Contenta | ||||||
| Prosocial | 27.1 (26.4) | 3.9 (7.4) | 26.5 (25.7) | 3.5 (6.6) | 33.1 (31.4) | 7.8 (12.2) |
| Educational | 21.9 (23.7) | 1.9 (4.9) | 21.6 (23.4) | 1.9 (4.9) | 25.1 (26.4) | 2.3 (4.2) |
| Violent | 21.2 (26.9) | 7.8 (12.7) | 20.0 (26.1) | 7.0 (11.7) | 32.4 (32.1) | 15.7 (18.2) |
| Scary | 18.5 (21.8) | 6.1 (10.3) | 17.7 (21.0) | 5.4 (9.0) | 25.9 (27.5) | 13.0 (17.0) |
| Violence frequency | ||||||
| Isolated | 4.3 (8.9) | 1.7 (5.2) | 4.3 (9.0) | 1.5 (4.9) | 4.5 (7.9) | 3.4 (7.1) |
| Episodic | 13.4 (19.7) | 5.2 (10.1) | 12.3 (18.4) | 4.8 (9.6) | 23.3 (28.2) | 9.4 (13.4) |
| Central | 3.5 (9.3) | 1.0 (3.5) | 3.4 (9.4) | 0.7 (2.9) | 4.6 (9.1) | 3.0 (6.6) |
| Violence type | ||||||
| Mild/slapstick | 8.7 (17.3) | 2.4 (5.7) | 8.0 (14.2) | 2.2 (5.5) | 15.7 (22.4) | 4.4 (7.1) |
| Fantasy violence | 5.9 (11.0) | 2.0 (5.4) | 5.6 (11.0) | 1.8 (4.9) | 7.8 (11.3) | 4.3 (8.4) |
| Sports violence | 5.1 (10.8) | 1.9 (10.8) | 5.1 (11.0) | 1.7 (5.6) | 4.8 (8.5) | 3.4 (7.1) |
| Realistic | 1.6 (5.7) | 1.5 (5.4) | 1.3 (5.1) | 1.2 (5.0) | 4.2 (9.8) | 3.6 (8.6) |
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Content categories are neither mutually exclusive nor comprehensive.