Table 3.

The associations between parental socioeconomic status and preschool children’s daily average screen and reading time at home measured by means of linear regression analysis, and adjusted for municipality, season, and the children’s gender and age in the Increased Health and Wellbeing in Preschool (DAGIS) study conducted between years 2015 and 2016 in Finland

Socioeconomic status Indicator	Daily screen time at home (min/day)			Daily reading time at home (min/day)
	β	Lower 95% CI	Higher 95% CI	β	Lower 95% CI	Higher 95% CI
Maternal education (n between 726 and 728)
Low	17.21	8.71	25.71	−2.66	−4.95	−0.38
Medium	11.17	3.69	18.64	−1.82	−3.79	0.15
High (reference)
Paternal education (n between 674 and 676)
Low	10.54	0.77	20.30	−2.31	−4.85	0.23
Medium	−1.17	−11.07	8.74	−1.66	−4.32	0.99
High (reference)
Household income (n=628)
Low	9.82	−0.13	19.78	−1.34	−3.60	0.92
Medium	6.60	−2.41	15.60	0.14	−2.07	2.34
High (reference)