Table 1 Sociodemographic and screen time characteristics of Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study participants (N = 8753).

From: Social epidemiology of early adolescent problematic screen use in the United States

 

Mean (SD)/%

Sociodemographic characteristics

Age (years)

12.0 (0.7)

Sex (%)

 Female

47.8

 Male

52.2

Race/ethnicity (%)

 White

55.3

 Latinx/Hispanic

19.4

 Black

15.7

 Asian

5.1

 Native American

3.2

 Other

1.3

Primary language of adolescent (%)

 English

88.9

 Non-English

11.1

Household income (%)

 Less than $75,000

48.0

 $75,000 and greater

52.0

Parents’ highest education (%)

 High school education or less

14.9

 College education or more

85.1

Parent marital status (%)

 Married/partnered

70.5

 Unmarried/unpartnered

29.5

Screen time

 Total recreational screen time

7.34 (5.81)

 Television

1.68 (1.83)

 Videos

1.48 (1.93)

 Single-player video games

1.07 (1.69)

 Multi-player video games

1.20 (1.84)

 Texting

0.75 (1.59)

 Social media

0.76 (1.68)

 Video chat

0.51 (1.37)

 Browsing the internet

0.37 (0.80)

Problematic screen use measures

 Video Game Addiction Questionnaire Scorea

2.09 (1.08)

 Social Media Addiction Questionnaire Scoreb

1.85 (0.90)

 Mobile Phone Involvement Questionnaire Scorec

3.10 (1.12)

  1. ABCD propensity weights were applied based on the American Community Survey from the US Census.
  2. SD standard deviation.
  3. aAsked among a subset who reported video game use (n = 7595).
  4. bAsked among a subset who reported social media use (n = 5652).
  5. cAsked among a subset who reported mobile use (n = 7361).