Table 2.
Screen viewing levels in children and parents
| |
Weekday |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Male |
Female |
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| <2 hrs | 2 hrs or more | <2 hrs | 2 hrs or more | p | |||||
| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
| Parent TV |
342 |
69.4 |
151 |
30.6 |
556 |
70.1 |
237 |
29.9 |
0.778 |
| Child TV |
459 |
88.3 |
61 |
11.7 |
431 |
91.7 |
39 |
8.3 |
0.073 |
| |
≤30 mins |
31 mins or more |
≤30 mins |
31 mins or more |
|
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| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
| Parent PC |
167 |
33.9 |
325 |
66.1 |
326 |
41.2 |
466 |
58.8 |
0.010 |
| |
Not used |
Some use |
Not used |
Some use |
|
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| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
| Child PC |
200 |
38.5 |
319 |
61.5 |
182 |
39.0 |
285 |
61.0 |
0.888 |
| Child games console |
243 |
46.9 |
275 |
53.1 |
310 |
66.2 |
158 |
33.8 |
<0.001 |
| |
Not used |
Some use |
Not used |
Some use |
|
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| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
| Parent smart phone |
145 |
29.5 |
346 |
70.5 |
312 |
39.4 |
480 |
60.6 |
<0.001 |
| |
Weekend day |
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| |
Male |
Female |
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| |
<2 hrs |
2 hrs or more |
<2 hrs |
2 hrs or more |
p |
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| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
| Parent TV |
212 |
43.1 |
280 |
56.9 |
376 |
47.5 |
416 |
52.5 |
0.125 |
| Child TV |
285 |
54.8 |
235 |
45.2 |
269 |
57.6 |
198 |
42.4 |
0.377 |
| |
≤30 mins |
31 mins or more |
≤30 mins |
31 mins or more |
|
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| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
| Parent PC |
114 |
23.2 |
377 |
76.8 |
81 |
10.2 |
711 |
89.8 |
<0.001 |
| |
Not used |
Some use |
Not used |
Some use |
|
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| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
| Child PC |
132 |
25.5 |
386 |
74.5 |
117 |
25.0 |
351 |
75.0 |
0.862 |
| Child games console |
157 |
30.4 |
360 |
69.3 |
243 |
51.8 |
226 |
48.2 |
<0.001 |
| |
Not used |
Some use |
Not used |
Some use |
|
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| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
| Parent smart phone | 143 | 29.1 | 348 | 70.9 | 314 | 39.6 | 479 | 60.4 | <0.001 |