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Table 3 N (and percentage) of students engaging in screen use for more than two hours per weekday, by sex, age, and screen activity

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

Sex

Grade

Screen activity engaged in for greater than two hours each weekday

Gaming

Social networking

Web

TV/DVD/Movie

Globala

Male

3

107 (39.8%)

30 (11.4%)

60 (23.5%)

104 (38.8%)

132 (46.5%)

5

106 (33.2%)

31 (10.6%)

44 (13.9%)

104 (33.5%)

151 (45.3%)

7

114 (33.4%)

57 (16.8%)

57 (16.4%)

131 (37.5%)

201 (55.5%)

9

84 (26.8%)

83 (25.3%)

71 (21.9%)

139 (41.9%)

237 (69.5%)

Female

3

79 (30.0%)

15 (5.6%)

58 (21.5%)

102 (38.1%)

124 (43.4%)

5

63 (22.4%)

47 (17.7%)

57 (20.7%)

119 (41.9%)

161 (54.2%)

7

61 (20.8%)

100 (32.3%)

101 (32.6%)

160 (51.1%)

260 (82.3%)

 

9

42 (15.6%)

141 (48.5%)

118 (40.1%)

162 (54.9%)

271 (91.9%)

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