Table 2.
Distributions of children’s screen use characteristics and unadjusted associations with the child’s persistent requesting to use screen media.
| Overall (n=383) | Outcome: Persistent requesting (n=110) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| n | PRR (95% CI) | ||
|
| |||
| Child’s total screen use, hours per day, mean (SD)1 | 3.7 (3.0) | 383 | 1.05 (1.00, 1.10)* |
| Screen devices used by the child, n (%) | |||
| Traditional TV | 338 (88.3%) | 96 | 0.91 (0.57, 1.46) |
| Smartphone | 213 (55.6%) | 74 | 1.64 (1.16, 2.31)† |
| Touchscreen tablet | 202 (52.7%) | 64 | 1.25 (0.90, 1.72) |
| Kid’s touchscreen tablet | 112 (29.2%) | 32 | 0.99 (0.70, 1.41) |
| Desktop, laptop computer or "netbook" | 75 (19.6%) | 22 | 1.03 (0.69, 1.52) |
| Video game console or handheld device | 72 (18.8%) | 28 | 1.47 (1.05, 2.08)* |
| Screen activities the child engages with, n (%) | |||
| Watching TV programs or movies | 322 (84.1%) | 94 | 1.11 (0.71, 1.75) |
| Playing apps | 253 (66.1%) | 78 | 1.25 (0.88, 1.78) |
| Watching online videos or clips | 236 (61.6%) | 85 | 2.12 (1.43, 3.15)‡ |
| Playing Internet video games | 38 (9.9%) | 14 | 1.32 (0.84, 2.08) |
| Rules for child’s screen time | |||
| No rules, or not consistently enforced | 174 (45.4%) | 59 | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Rules that are enforced most of the time | 209 (54.6%) | 51 | 0.72 (0.52, 0.99)* |
| Rules for the content of media child exposed to | |||
| No rules, or not consistently enforced | 48 (12.5%) | 14 | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Rules that are enforced most of the time | 335 (87.5%) | 96 | 0.98 (0.61, 1.58) |
*
P<0.05
†
P<0.01
‡
P<0.001
PRR: Prevalence risk ratio.
Among 383 parents of preschool-age children who used any screen media in the past three months; parents were recruited nationally via social media for an online survey.
1
Children’s total screen use is the sum of watching TV programs or movies, playing apps, watching online videos or clips and playing Internet video games.