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Table 2 Average time spent on the Internet by 11–17 year olds

From: Internet use and electronic gaming by children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems in Australia – results from the second Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Average daily time

 

Internet use on weekdays

 

Internet use on weekends

 

N

Per cent (95 % CI)

N

Per cent (95 % CI)

Doesn’t use

26

1.1 (0.7–1.5)

26

1.1 (0.7–1.5)

1–2 hours

1248

46.2 (44.1–48.3)

1015

37.2 (35.3–39.1)

3–4 hours

780

24.9 (23.2–26.6)

758

25.9 (24.2–27.6)

5–8 hours

575

17.6 (16.1–19.1)

778

23.7 (22.0–25.4)

9 hours or more

338

10.3 (9.1–11.4)

390

12.1 (10.8–13.4)

Total

2967

100.0

2967

100.0

  1. CI Confidence interval