Table 4.
Basic characteristic of the participants in the online survey and their child as well as the screen equipment (home, bedroom of the child).
| Parents | Children | Screen Equipment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Years | Age | Years | At Home | N = 327 | % | ||
| m | 42.2 | m | 10.94 | TV (I) | 163 | 49.8 | ||
| range | 26–70 | range | 3–17 | TV | 205 | 62.7 | ||
| Gender | N = 327 | % | Gender | N = 327 | % | Games console (I) | 124 | 37.9 |
| female | 290 | 88.7 | female | 58 | 17.7 | Games console | 97 | 29.7 |
| male | 27 | 11.3 | male | 269 | 82.3 | DVD-player | 251 | 76.8 |
| Current work situation | N = 318 | % | Diagnosis | N = 327 | % | Computer (I) | 309 | 94.5 |
| working part-time or by the hour | 156 | 49.1 | Asperger Syndrome | 167 | 51.1 | Computer | 32 | 9.8 |
| housewife/-husband | 60 | 18.9 | Atypical Autism | 111 | 33.9 | Tablet (I) | 239 | 73.1 |
| working full time | 55 | 17.3 | Infantile Autism | 49 | 15.0 | Tablet | 29 | 8.9 |
| not working (e.g., student) | 18 | 5.7 | Further diagnosis (e.g., ADHD) | N = 327 | % | Bedroom of the child | N = 327 | % |
| temporary release (parental leave etc.) | 14 | 4.4 | no devices | 181 | 55.4 | |||
| no | 259 | 79.2 | TV (I) | 11 | 3.4 | |||
| unemployed | 11 | 3.5 | yes | 68 | 20.8 | TV | 49 | 15.0 |
| apprentice | 4 | 1.3 | Current use of medication | N = 327 | % | Games console (I) | 34 | 10.4 |
| marital status | N = 327 | % | no | 233 | 71.3 | Games console | 18 | 5.5 |
| living with partner | 273 | 83.5 | yes | 94 | 28.7 | DVD-player | 25 | 7.6 |
| living alone | 54 | 16.5 | Verbal communication (≥4 years) | N = 320 | % | Computer (I) | 72 | 22.0 |
| Computer | 8 | 2.4 | ||||||
| no | 26 | 15.4 | Tablet (I) | 67 | 20.5 | |||
| yes | 294 | 84.6 | Tablet | 8 | 2.4 | |||
Note. (I) with internet.