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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med. 2019 Feb 2;57:51–60. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.01.029

Table 3.

Associations between screen activities and sleep variables (N=2865).

Predictor Outcome Problems falling asleep (0-7 day) Outcome Problems staying asleep (0-7 day) Outcome School day sleep duration (hours)
Equation number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Screen Activities: Messaging .019* .023** −.05***
Web-Surfing .105*** .078** −.038**
TV .084*** .094*** −.027**
Game .073*** −.054*** −.029***
Child characteristics
Adolescent age (month) .004 .005 .005 .006 .005 .004 .006 .006 −.004 −.005 −.005 −.005
Female (RF) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Gender Male −.48*** −.47*** −.48*** −.56*** −.38*** −.37*** −.39*** −.45*** .11* .14** .15** . 18***
White (RF) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Ethnicity Black −.48*** −.48*** −.52*** −.47*** −.20 −.18 −.25* −.18 −.24*** −.28*** −.26*** −.29***
Hispanic/Latino −.35** −.35** −.38*** −.36** −.32** −.31** −.34** −.31** .05 .05 .07 .05
Others & Multiracial −.05 −.06 −.12 −.12 −.10 −.13 −.18 −.13 −.11 −.11 −.09 −.11
Household and caregiver characteristics
PCG Education < High school (RF) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
High school −.11 −.12 −.12 −.12 −.01 .004 .003 −.001 −.001 .01 −.001 .013
Some college −.11 −.09 −.18 −.08 −.001 .032 −.04 .03 −.10 −.11 −.11 −.10
College or + −.03 −.03 −.03 −.01 −.17 −.16 −.16 −.15 −.16 −.15 −.15 −.14
Ratio of household income to poverty threshold < 49% (RF) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
50-99% −.06 −.06 −.05 −.04 −.05 −.06 −.05 −.04 −. 23** −.24** −.24** −.24**
100-199% −.04 −.01 −.02 −.01 −.003 −.01 −.001 .005 −.24** −.26*** −.27*** −.27**
200-299% .02 .05 .01 .05 −.12 −.12 −.09 −.12 −.29*** −.31*** −.33*** −.32***
300% or + −.33* −.30* −.29* −.29* −.34** −.36* −.34** −.35* −.30*** −.31*** −.31*** −.32***

Family structure
Both biological parents (RF) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Biological mom with new partner .27** .28* .28* .29** .20 .22* .20 .22* −.002 .07 −.01 .07
Biological mom only .18 .19 .18 .19 .03 .05 .05 .06 .06 .07 .03 .07
Biological dad with new partner .46* .48* .49* .46* .11 .13 .14 .14 .003 .14 −.04 .13
Biological dad only .02 .10 .03 .01 −.35 −.33 −.37 −.32 −.05 .15 .05 .15
Other PCG .005 .054 .03 .05 −.09 −.04 −.07 −.04 .19 .12 .15 .12
Adjusted R2 .021 .027 .028 .027 .02 .022 .029 .022 .044 .022 .022 .023
F 4.38*** 5.40*** 5.49*** 5.32*** 4.24*** 4.64*** 5.67*** 4.58*** 8.23*** 4.65*** 4.58*** 4.75***

Note. B=Unstandardized Coefficients (for ordinary least squares [OLS] regression). RF=Reference group.

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001.

95% Confidence Interval available upon request.