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Table 1 Descriptive statistics (N = 2034)a

From: How is adults’ screen time behaviour influencing their views on screen time restrictions for children? A cross-sectional study

 

All

Male

Female

p-value

Age (mean (SD))

56.0 (13.7)

58.2 (13.7)

53.9 (13.3)

0.000

Sex (%)

100.0

47.7

52.3

 

Parental status (%)

   

0.225

 Parent (child 0–12 years)

15.7

14.4

17.0

 

 Parent (child ≥ 13 years)

65.8

67.5

64.1

 

 Non-parent

18.5

18.1

18.9

 

Education (%)

   

0.019

 High school

23.4

21.2

25.4

 

 Trade certificate/Diploma

32.4

35.3

29.8

 

 University degree

44.2

43.5

44.8

 

Adult screen time behaviour

    

 Work day

    

  ≤ 2 h (%)

33.8

29.5

37.9

0.022

  > 2 h (%)

66.2

70.5

62.1

 

 Minutes per day (mean (SD))

181.9 (181.7)

188.6 (182.3)

175.1 (179.1)

0.287

 Non-work day

    

  ≤ 2 h (%)

11.8

10.4

13.3

0.079

  > 2 h (%)

88.2

89.6

86.7

 

 Minutes per day (mean (SD))

336.45 (233.0)

345.8 (227.8)

329.4 (239.8)

0.166

Adult views on screen time restrictions for children (%)

    

 School day

   

0.000

  ≤ 30 min

2.4

2.2

2.7

 

  ≤ 1 h

16.9

13.9

19.9

 

  ≤ 2 h

48.4

47.0

49.6

 

  > 2 h

32.2

36.0

27.8

 

 Weekend day

   

0.002

  ≤ 30 min

1.8

2.5

1.1

 

  ≤ 1 h

9.2

8.5

9.4

 

  ≤ 2 h

32.8

29.3

36.2

 

  > 2 h

56.2

59.7

53.2

 
  1. a2013 Australian Health and Social Science panel study, Rockhampton