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Table 3 Adolescents’ screen time by parental education

From: Adolescents’ prospective screen time by gender and parental education, the mediation of parental influences

Screen time (hours/week)

Parental education

 

Low

 

High

 

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

p-value

T0

TV/DVD

267

11.9 (7.4)

604

11.3 (6.3)

0.210

 

PC/game

266

9.1 (7.0)

599

8.3 (6.0)

0.125

T2

TV/DVD

274

14.2 (7.5)

607

13.0 (7.0)

0.024

 

PC/game

274

11.4 (7.8)

605

10.1 (6.8)

0.015

  1. T0: baseline, T2: 20 months follow-up, SD: Standard Deviation.
  2. Parental education as low vs high (university/college) at T0.
  3. Difference between groups of parental education with independent-samples t test.