Table 3 Sociodemographic associations with problematic screen use in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.

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

 

Video gamesa

Social mediab

Mobile phonesc

Sociodemographic characteristics

B (95% CI)

p

B (95% CI)

p

B (95% CI)

p

Age

0.02 (–0.02 to 0.05)

0.281

0.09 (0.04 to 0.13)

<0.001

0.18 (0.14 to 0.23)

<0.001

Sex

  Female

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

  Male

0.74 (0.69 to 0.79)

<0.001

–0.11 (–0.16 to –0.05)

<0.001

–0.18 (–0.24 to –0.12)

<0.001

Race/ethnicity

  White

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

  Latinx/Hispanic

0.12 (0.04 to 0.20)

0.004

0.06 (–0.04 to 0.15)

0.250

0.11 (0.004 to 0.21)

0.041

  Black

0.17 (0.10 to 0.25)

<0.001

0.11 (0.02 to 0.19)

0.018

0.21 (0.12 to 0.31)

<0.001

  Asian

0.14 (0.04 to 0.25)

0.008

0.02 (–0.12 to 0.15)

0.814

–0.16 (–0.32 to 0.00)

0.050

  Native American

0.25 (0.12 to 0.38)

<0.001

0.14 (–0.06 to 0.33)

0.167

0.29 (0.11 to 0.47)

0.002

  Other

0.14 (–0.12 to 0.40)

0.281

0.04 (–0.40 to 0.49)

0.848

–0.03 (–0.51 to 0.45)

0.902

Primary language of adolescent

  Non-English

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

  English

0.06 (–0.04 to 0.16)

0.219

0.03 (–0.09 to 0.14)

0.648

–0.11 (–0.23 to 0.02)

0.092

Household income

  $75,000 and greater

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

  Less than $75,000

0.17 (0.11 to 0.23)

<0.001

0.12 (0.05 to 0.20)

0.001

0.15 (0.07 to 0.23)

<0.001

Parents’ highest education

  College education or more

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

  High school education or less

0.10 (0.02 to 0.18)

0.014

0.01 (–0.08 to 0.10)

0.774

0.06 (–0.04 to 0.16)

0.228

Parent marital status

  Married/partnered

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

  Unmarried/unpartnered

0.03 (–0.03 to 0.09)

0.286

0.07 (–0.00 to 0.14)

0.054

0.10 (0.02 to 0.18)

0.011

  1. Bold indicates p < 0.05. ABCD propensity weights were applied based on the American Community Survey from the US Census.
  2. All models include age, sex, race/ethnicity, primary language, household income, parent education, parent marital status, and site.
  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).
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