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Table 1 Child and parent demographics and average screen time behaviors (mean minutes/day [±SD]) by screen time behavior typology membership

From: Home-based screen time behaviors amongst youth and their parents: familial typologies and their modifiable correlates

 

Whole sample

n = 542

Low screen users

n = 210

High computer/ moderate TV n = 197

High TV/tablet/smartphone, low computer n = 135

P value

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Demographics

 Parent sex (% women)

93.5

93.3

92.9

94.8

0.915

 Parent age

40.9 (6.16)

40.3 (5.78)a

41.9 (6.64)ab

39.5 (6.32)b

0.0017

 Child sex (% girls)

46.2

49.0a

49.7b

36.3ab

0.046

 Child age

11.2 (2.62)

10.4 (2.43)ab

12.2 (2.64)ab

10.7 (2.36)b

< 0.001

Screen time behaviors

 Children

 TV viewing

67.22 (59.03)

43.68 (41.86)ac

71.88 (60.87)ab

91.9 (64.39)bc

p < 0.001

 Tablet/smartphone (leisure)

55.32 (72.06)

26.96 (41.98)ab

69.08 (72.32)a

72.48 (89.61)b

p < 0.001

 Computer (leisure)

45.36 (72.58)

7.17 (13.65)a

96.51 (86.25)ab

14.03 (38.16)b

p < 0.001

 Computer (homework)

25.84 (59.17)

9.54 (19.75)a

54.14 (84.35)ab

6.27 (22.75)b

p < 0.001

 Electronic gaming

22.67 (53.71)

7.06 (21.43)ac

24.3 (52.83)ab

41.74 (75.56)bc

p < 0.001

 Tablet/smartphone (homework)

6.3 (19.54)

1.54 (7.62)a

11.27 (28.11)a

5.86 (13.77)

p < 0.001

 Parents

 TV viewing

61.38 (62.90)

32.09 (34.56)ac

68.15 (71.36)ab

88.04 (63.25)bc

p < 0.001

 Tablet/smartphone (leisure)

79.8 (102.05)

26.2 (25.95)ac

86.11 (107.05)ab

134.46 (119.01)bc

p < 0.001

 Computer (leisure)

34.71 (62.31)

16.26 (41.49)a

61.73 (76.46)ab

18.95 (45.67)b

p < 0.001

 Computer (homework)

45.52 (89.45)

29.03 (59.02)a

72.26 (119.16)ab

27.78 (56.4)b

p < 0.001

 Electronic gaming

1.53 (12.46)

0.29 (3.16)a

3.79 (20.04)ab

0.07 (0.76)b

p = 0.01

 Tablet/smartphone (homework)

11.06 (28.99)

6.4 (18.25)a

18.16 (38.28)ab

7.04 (22.53)b

p < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, CH Child, P Parent. Note: Typologies with the same superscript letter (i.e.a,b or c) are significantly different from each other