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Table 2 Screen viewing levels in children and parents

From: Cross-sectional associations between the screen-time of parents and young children: differences by parent and child gender and day of the week

 

Weekday

 

Male

Female

 

<2 hrs

2 hrs or more

<2 hrs

2 hrs or more

p

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Parent TV

342

69.4

151

30.6

556

70.1

237

29.9

0.778

Child TV

459

88.3

61

11.7

431

91.7

39

8.3

0.073

 

≤30 mins

31 mins or more

≤30 mins

31 mins or more

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Parent PC

167

33.9

325

66.1

326

41.2

466

58.8

0.010

 

Not used

Some use

Not used

Some use

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Child PC

200

38.5

319

61.5

182

39.0

285

61.0

0.888

Child games console

243

46.9

275

53.1

310

66.2

158

33.8

<0.001

 

Not used

Some use

Not used

Some use

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Parent smart phone

145

29.5

346

70.5

312

39.4

480

60.6

<0.001

 

Weekend day

 

Male

Female

 

<2 hrs

2 hrs or more

<2 hrs

2 hrs or more

p

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Parent TV

212

43.1

280

56.9

376

47.5

416

52.5

0.125

Child TV

285

54.8

235

45.2

269

57.6

198

42.4

0.377

 

≤30 mins

31 mins or more

≤30 mins

31 mins or more

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Parent PC

114

23.2

377

76.8

81

10.2

711

89.8

<0.001

 

Not used

Some use

Not used

Some use

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Child PC

132

25.5

386

74.5

117

25.0

351

75.0

0.862

Child games console

157

30.4

360

69.3

243

51.8

226

48.2

<0.001

 

Not used

Some use

Not used

Some use

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Parent smart phone

143

29.1

348

70.9

314

39.6

479

60.4

<0.001