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. 2019 Mar 12;19:76. doi: 10.1186/s12886-019-1082-5

Table 2.

Time spent reading a ‘paper book’ or a digital device (DD)

Age (In years) Time Spent Total
Less than 2 h. 2–4 h. 4–6 h. More than 6 h.
11 Book 23 (32.9%) 37 (52.9%) 9 (12.9%) 1 (1.4%) 70 (100%)
DD 43 (61.4%) 23 (32.9%) 2 (2.9%) 2 (2.9%)
12 Book 50 (34.7%) 74 (51.4%) 18 (12.5%) 2 (1.4%) 144 (100%)
DD 69 (47.9%) 61 (42.4%) 13 (9.0%) 1 (0.7%)
13 Book 54 (35.8%) 77 (51.0%) 16 (10.6%) 4 (2.6%) 151 (100%)
DD 46 (30.5%) 73 (48.3%) 27 (17.9%) 5 (3.3%)
14 Book 48 (40.0%) 54 (45.0%) 13 (10.8%) 5 (4.2%) 120 (100%)
DD 35 (29.2%) 52 (43.3%) 26 (21.7%) 7 (5.8%)
15 Book 16 (30.8%) 25 (48.1%) 10 (19.2%) 1 (1.9%) 52 (100%)
DD 15 (28.8%) 26 (50.0%) 8 (15.4%) 3 (5.8%)
16 Book 4 (12.1%) 5 (15.2%) 8 (24.2%) 16 (48.5%) 33 (100%)
DD 13 (39.4%) 15 (45.5%) 4 (12.1%) 1 (3.0%)
17 Book 3 (50%) 1 (16.7%) 1 (16.7%) 1 (16.7%) 6 (100%)
DD 3 (50.0%) 1 (16.7%) 2 (33.3%) 0