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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Pop Media Cult. 2017 Nov 16;8(1):2–11. doi: 10.1037/ppm0000163

Table 7.

Study 2: Demographic Characteristics of Participants (N = 632)

Demographic variable Mean (SD) or % (n)
Child age (years) 8.62 (4.12)
Child sex (female) 44.8% (336)

Child race and ethnicity
White 84.0% (630)
Black 8.0% (60)
Asian 3.9% (29)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2.0% (15)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0.3% (2)
Hispanic or Latino/a (any race) 12.0% (90)

Caregiver relationship to child
Parent 92.5% (694)
Grandparent 5.5% (41)
Aunt/Uncle 5 (0.7%)
Sibling 4 (0.5%)
Other caregiver 6 (0.8%)

Caregiver age (years) 40.36 (10.01)

Caregiver sex (female) 449 (59.9%)

Caregiver race and ethnicity
White 82.3% (617)
Black 6.8% (51)
Asian 3.6% (27)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1.3% (10)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0.3% (2)
Hispanic or Latino/a (any race) 13.1% (98)

Caregiver education level
Did not graduate high school 1.0% (7)
High school diploma or GED only 12.0% (90)
Some college (< 4 years) or technical school 29.1% (218)
College graduate (>= 4 years) 40.4% (303)
Post-graduate work (e.g., MD, MA, PhD, JD) 17.5% (131)

Screen Media Owned by Child or in Child’s Bedroom
Television 63.7% (478)
Tablet 56.0% (420)
Video game system 45.3% (340)
Smart phone or other mobile phone 42.9% (322)
Computer/laptop 42.0% (315)

PMUM-Short Form (Cronbach alpha = .96) 2.20 (1.12)