Table 2.
Association between technology use and child's demographic data.
| Child data | Total | Screen time | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤5 hours | ≥6 hours | ||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Child age | |||||||
| 6–7 | 89 | 32.1% | 37 | 42.0% | 52 | 27.5% | .026* |
| 8–9 | 78 | 28.2% | 25 | 28.4% | 53 | 28.0% | |
| 10–12 | 110 | 39.7% | 26 | 29.5% | 84 | 44.4% | |
| Child gender | |||||||
| Male | 158 | 57.0% | 39 | 44.3% | 119 | 63.0% | .004* |
| Female | 119 | 43.0% | 49 | 55.7% | 70 | 37.0% | |
| Does your child have his own electronic device? | |||||||
| Yes | 232 | 83.8% | 72 | 81.8% | 160 | 84.7% | .551 |
| No | 45 | 16.2% | 16 | 18.2% | 29 | 15.3% | |
| Number of electronic devices | |||||||
| One | 138 | 59.5% | 58 | 80.6% | 80 | 50.0% | .001* |
| Two | 76 | 32.8% | 13 | 18.1% | 63 | 39.4% | |
| 3 or more | 18 | 7.8% | 1 | 1.4% | 17 | 10.6% | |
| Child's age when owned first device | |||||||
| 1–3 | 44 | 19.0% | 19 | 26.4% | 25 | 15.6% | .007*$ |
| 4–6 | 86 | 37.1% | 32 | 44.4% | 54 | 33.8% | |
| 7–10 | 61 | 26.3% | 16 | 22.2% | 45 | 28.1% | |
| >10 | 41 | 17.7% | 5 | 6.9% | 36 | 22.5% | |
P – Pearson X2 test; $ – Exact probability test; * – P<0.05 (significant).