Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of adolescents and family (n = 343)
From: Family and home correlates of television viewing in 12–13 year old adolescents: The Nepean Study
Variable | Prevalence | N |
|---|---|---|
Age (year; mean ± SD) | 12.9 ± 0.21 | 343 |
Boys | 49.6% | 170 |
Family characteristics | ||
Dual parent | 88% | 301 |
Mother in full time paid employment | 24% | 57 |
Father in full time paid employment | 81% | 243 |
Siblings | 93% | 320 |
Socioeconomic status | ||
Low | 10% | 34 |
Middle | 65% | 224 |
High | 25% | 85 |
Time spent watching television/video/DVDs | ||
Boys | ||
Hours per day (mean ± SD) | 2.5 ± 1.3 | 170 |
≥ 2 hours/day (%) | 66% | 112 |
Girls | ||
Hours per day (mean ± SD) | 2.6 ± 1.3 | 173 |
≥ 2 hours/day (%) | 66% | 114 |
Mother | ||
Hours per day (mean ± SD) | 1.4 ± 1.3 | 340 |
≥ 2 hrs/day | 27% | 93 |
Father | ||
Hours per day (mean ± SD) | 1.8 ± 1.4 | 295 |
≥ 2 hrs/day | 41% | 122 |
Home television environment | ||
Number of TV sets in the home (mean ± SD) | 2.9 ± 1.6 | 343 |
Video recorder | 98% | 337 |
DVD player | 52% | 179 |
Television in the bedroom | 36% | 124 |
Pay television | 26% | 90 |