Table 3. Relationship between child age and whether programs were watched based on if intended for the child (By each category of media content and by whether the program was turned on by parent for the child).
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| 6 | 407 | 1091 | 237/280 (84.6%) | 71/84 (84.5%) | 34/51 (66.7%) | 144 /216 (66.7%) | 229/460 (49.8%) | 455/489 (93.0%) | 260/602 (43.2%) | |
| < 2yrs | 14 | 324 | 1007 | 326/344 (94.8%) | 50/53 (94.3%) | 33/42 (78.6%) | 166/230 (72.2%) | 169/333 (50.8%) | 464/472 (98.3%) | 284/535 (53.1%) |
| 24 | 358 | 960 | 398/412 (96.6%) | 78/80 (97.5%) | 55/58 (94.8%) | 132/161 (82.0%) | 154/243 (63.4%) | 641/660 (97.1%) | 182/300 (60.7%) | |
| ≥ 2yrs | 36 | 296 | 512 | 230/238 (96.6%) | 52/52 (100%) | 46/49 (93.9%) | 89/107 (83.2%) | 47/65 (72.3%) | 409/422 (96.9%) | 56/90 (62.2%) |
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| p-value† | 3570 | p<.001 | p=.006 | p<.001‡ | p<.001 | p<.001 | p=.12 | p<.001 | ||
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Number of programs watched/ number of programs exposed in category (%)
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p-values between < 2 yrs (6 & 14) months and ≥ 2 yrs (24 & 36) months, adjusted for confounders (Child: gender, birth order; Mother: age, language, birth country, education, marital status)
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Convergence not achieved