Table 2.
The associations of factors of family context with excessive spending of time watching TV among adolescents
| Watching TV 2 hours and more | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||
| N (%) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |||
| Gender | Boys | 293 (66.1) | 1.18 (0.87-1.61) | ||
| Girls | 250 (62.0) | 1 | |||
| Age (grade) | 15-years old (9th grade) | 324 (73.3) | 1.80 (1.30-2.51)*** | ||
| 11-years old (5th grade) | 219 (53.9) | 1 | |||
| Family completeness | Incomplete | 51 (72.9) | 1.46 (0.83-2.57) | ||
| Mixed | 67 (67.7) | 1.15 (0.72-1.83) | |||
| Intact | 411 (62.8) | 1 | |||
| TV located in bedroom | Yes | 305 (70.1) | 1.64 (1.23-2.20)** | 1.59 (1.17-2.16)** | |
| No | 233 (57.8) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Parents apply rules about time spent watching TV | Rarely-never | 370 (71.7) | 1.84 (1.33-2.56)*** | 1.76 (1.26-2.46)** | |
| Every day-almost every day | 153 (53.1) | 1 | a | 1 | |
| Parents apply rules about content of TV programmes | Rarely-never | 389 (69.2) | 1.40 (0.99-1.97) | ||
| Every day-almost every day | 132 (54.8) | 1 | b | ||
| Watching TV together with parents | Every day | 157 (74.8) | 1.95 (1.36-2.79)*** | 1.84 (1.25-2.70)** | |
| Most days | 381 (60.8) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Activities shared with parents | Lower score = more frequently shared activities | 0.99 (0.85-1.17) | c | ||
athe interaction effect of parental rules about time spent watching TV and age on chance of excessive TV watching was not significant.
bthe interaction effect of parental rules about the content of TV programmes and age on chance of excessive TV watching was not significant.
cthe interaction effect of activities shared with parents and age on chance of excessive TV watching was not significant.
Model 1 Each variable separated and adjusted to age and gender.
Model 2 Model 1 enriched by interaction.
Model 3 All variables included in one step.
**p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001.