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Table 2 Preschool-aged children’s screen use and reading by level of household chaos

From: Household chaos and screen media use among preschool-aged children: a cross-sectional study

 

Any screen use n (%)

Weekly screen use Mean (SD)

Correlation with household chaosa

Total screen use

383 (99.5%)

31.0 (23.8)

0.17†

By type of electronic media activity

 Watching shows or movies

322 (83.6%)

14.7 (12.1)

0.19†

 Using apps

253 (65.7%)

4.8 (7.3)

0.08

 Viewing online videos (e.g., YouTube)

236 (61.3%)

5.5 (8.7)

0.13*

 Video calls (e.g., Facetime, Skype)

137 (35.6%)

1.2 (3.8)

−0.01

 Listening to streaming music

100 (26.0%)

2.2 (5.9)

−0.01

 Browsing e-books

61 (15.8%)

0.9 (3.6)

−0.07

 Playing Internet video games

38 (9.9%)

0.8 (3.4)

0.10

  1. *P < 0.05; †P < 0.001
  2. Among 385 parents with preschool-aged children recruited via social media
  3. aPearson’s correlation coefficient