Table 1 Means (and standard deviations) of children’s media usage (h/day), mother’s media usage (h/day), parent–child interaction scores, and early childhood development percentile ranks in the present sample.
Measure | Possible range | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|
Children’s media use (n = 296) | ||
TV | 0–5 | 0.55 (0.56) |
Game console | 0–5 | 0.003 (0.02) |
Mobile phone | 0–10 | 0.08 (0.18) |
PC/laptop/tablet | 0–10 | 0.12 (0.28) |
Total screen timea | 0–30 | 0.75 (0.70) |
% high screen timeb | 24% | |
Mothers’ media use (n = 224) | ||
TV | 0–5 | 1.16 (1.10) |
Game console | 0–5 | 0.05 (0.21) |
Mobile phone | 0–10 | 1.63 (1.40) |
PC/laptop/tablet | 0–10 | 1.41 (1.40) |
Total screen timea | 0–30 | 4.25 (2.72) |
% high screen timec | 27% | |
Parent–child interactions (n = 296) | ||
Score | 0–55 | 40.49 (7.17) |
Early childhood development (n = 296) | ||
Body motor skills | 0–100 | 38.52 (25.68) |
Hand motor skills | 0–100 | 44. 43 (27.21) |
Cognition skills | 0–100 | 45.50 (27.85) |
Language skills | 0–100 | 56.82 (28.00) |
Social–emotional skills | 0–100 | 57.16 (27.30) |
