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Table 2 Mean (standard deviation) weekly minutes for total screen time and TV/movie, and proportions of users for video games and computer per SES category.

From: Association between neighborhood socioeconomic status and screen time among pre-school children: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Low SES

Medium SES

High SES

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Linear Test for Trend

Screen Time

    

   Boys

883.8 (555.7)

871.6 (491.8)

837.8 (452.0)

F (1) = 1.26, p = 0.26

   Girls

906.2 (556.8)

810.1 (512.8)

756.7 (440.5)

F (1) = 9.90, p < 0.01

   Overall

894.2 (555.5)

839.8 (503.3)

798.2 (448.0)

F (1) = 9.03, p < 0.01

TV/Movie

    

   Boys

660.9 (409.5)

688.1 (416.0)

664.73 (370.7)

F (1) = 0.00, p = 0.95

   Girls

739.8 (453.2)

701.3 (451.1)

644.7 (403.1)

F (1) = 6.00, p = 0.01

   Overall

697.5 (431.5)

694.9 (434.2)

654.96 (386.72)

F (1) = 3.22, p = 0.07

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

Linear Test for Trend

Video Games

    

   Boys

43.3

36.1

32.0

Z (1) = -2.60, p < 0.01

   Girls

18.5

15.4

11.2

Z (1) = -2.32, p = 0.02

   Overall

31.8

25.4

21.8

Z (1) = -3.47, p < 0.01

Computer

    

   Boys

52.4

61.3

65.9

Z (1) = 3.01, p < 0.01

   Girls

56.2

56.3

66.5

Z (1) = 2.60, p < 0.01

   Overall

54.2

58.7

66.2

Z (1) = 3.97, p < 0.01

  1. SES = Neighborhood socioeconomic status