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Table 2 N (and percentage) of students engaging in screen use for more than two hours per weekday, by sex, grade, and screen activity

From: Virtually impossible: limiting Australian children and adolescents daily screen based media use

Sex

Grade

Gaming

Social networking

Web

TV/DVD/Movie

Globala

Male

3

2.63 (2.88)

0.82 (1.97)

1.74 (2.43)

2.63 (2.71)

3.16 (3.04)

5

2.02 (2.02)

0.77 (1.61)

1.16 (1.59)

2.10 (2.01)

2.76 (2.38)

7

1.86 (2.09)

1.20 (2.10)

1.32 (1.82)

2.17 (2.20)

3.02 (2.32)

9

1.86 (2.56)

1.96 (2.87)

1.67 (1.96)

2.52 (2.45)

3.81 (2.59)

Female

3

1.98 (2.54)

0.47 (1.47)

1.50 (2.23)

2.50 (2.43)

2.69 (2.46)

5

1.84 (2.52)

1.07 (1.96)

1.73 (2.37)

2.68 (2.64)

3.10 (2.59)

7

1.41 (2.06)

2.13 (2.70)

2.11 (2.27)

3.02 (2.61)

4.61 (2.64)

 

9

1.07 (2.02)

3.18 (3.33)

2.54 (2.53)

3.34 (2.83)

6.13 (2.84)

  1. aGlobal = Overall assessment of time spent interacting with screens per week day, not a cumulative total of different activities.