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Table 1 Mean (SD) Hours of Screen Use at Each Time Point, by Cohort

From: A latent growth curve model to estimate electronic screen use patterns amongst adolescents aged 10 to 17 years

Screen Use Measure

Time 11

Time 22

Time 33

Time 44

Time 55

Time 66

Overall

Grade 5

3.05 (2.32)

2.65 (2.16)

2.60 (2.13)

2.60 (2.12)

2.89 (2.22)

3.02 (2.20)

Grade 7

3.92 (2.44)

3.78 (2.61)

3.67 (2.28)

3.89 (2.47)

3.92 (2.38)

4.04 (2.43)

Grade 9

4.95 (2.70)

4.53 (2.47)

4.57 (2.44)

4.66 (2.63)

4.63 (2.60)

4.48 (2.47)

Social Networking

Grade 5

0.88 (1.77)

0.86 (1.84)

0.76 (1.40)

0.93 (1.75)

1.18 (2.00)

1.30 (1.99)

Grade 7

1.70 (2.45)

1.71 (2.51)

1.58 (2.17)

1.72 (2.41)

1.82 (2.33)

1.93 (2.32)

Grade 9

2.52 (2.99)

2.17 (2.58)

2.20 (2.56)

2.28 (2.71)

2.48 (2.69)

2.19 (2.50)

Gaming

Grade 5

2.09 (2.28)

1.86 (2.26)

1.64 (2.06)

1.60 (1.94)

1.41 (2.02)

1.38 (1.97)

Grade 7

1.88 (2.16)

1.71 (2.43)

1.27 (1.85)

1.43 (2.10)

1.29 (2.24)

1.23 (2.10)

Grade 9

1.62 (2.33)

1.57 (2.37)

1.40 (2.22)

1.42 (2.43)

1.31 (2.57)

1.17 (2.29)

Web

Grade 5

1.46 (1.93)

1.35 (1.81)

1.26 (1.65)

1.25 (1.64)

1.46 (1.64)

1.34 (1.47)

Grade 7

1.73 (1.99)

1.90 (2.15)

1.64 (1.64)

1.84 (2.10)

1.78 (1.94)

1.79 (1.95)

Grade 9

2.09 (2.17)

2.04 (2.14)

1.87 (2.25)

2.17 (2.20)

2.42 (2.50)

2.15 (2.42)

Passive

Grade 5

2.45 (2.28)

2.18 (2.17)

2.09 (1.96)

2.14 (2.11)

2.06 (1.99)

2.04 (1.89)

Grade 7

2.73 (2.41)

2.80 (2.52)

2.35 (2.01)

2.47 (2.33)

2.41 (2.27)

2.48 (2.28)

Grade 9

3.02 (2.59)

2.84 (2.32)

2.69 (2.43)

2.73 (2.53)

2.59 (2.57)

2.56 (2.65)

  1. 1N = 590 to 652. 2N = 481 to 589. 3N = 461 to 539. 4N = 476 to 541. 5N = 373 to 483. 6N = 378 to 462