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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2014 Nov 22;15(2):238–244. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.10.001

Table 2. Participant characteristics and bivariate associations with mobile device use.

Total cohort
Mean (SD) or n (%)
No device/Negligible Use
Mean (SD) or n (%)
Mobile device use
Mean (SD) or n (%)
p

n=225 173 (76.9) 52 (23.1)

Maternal race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 162 (72.0) 129 (79.6) 33 (20.4) 0.12
 Hispanic or not white 63 (28.0) 44 (69.8) 19 (30.2)

Maternal age (years) 31.3 (7.1) 31.6 (7.1) 30.1 (7.1) 0.20

Maternal education
 ≤ High school diploma or equivalent 106 (47.1) 78 (73.6) 28 (26.4) 0.27
 > High school diploma 119 (52.9) 95 (79.8) 24 (20.2)

Single parent
 No 129 (57.3) 104 (80.6) 25 (19.4) 0.12
 Yes 96 (42.7) 69 (71.9) 27 (28.1)

CES-D Score
 < 16 149 (66.2) 117 (78.5) 32 (21.5) 0.42
 ≥ 16 76 (33.8) 56 (73.7) 20 (26.3)

Income-to-needs ratio 0.12 (0.08) 0.12 (0.07) 0.11 (0.08) 0.37

Child sex
 Male 108 (48.0) 83 (76.9) 25 (23.2) 0.99
 Female 117 (52.0) 90 (76.9) 27 (23.1)

Child age (months) 70.8 (8.5) 70.5 (8.4) 72.0 (8.8) 0.24

Number of children in household 4.08 (3.15) 2.77 (1.25) 2.85 (1.38) 0.72

CHAOS score 4.08 (3.15) 4.17 (3.15) 3.87 (3.24) 0.54