Children's exposure to TV/videos/DVDs and electronic games at age 5 years
| Boys | Girls | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n | % | n | % | n | |
| Television/video/DVD use (term time weekday) at age 5 years* | ||||||
| None | 1.5 | 90 | 1.9 | 104 | 1.7 | 194 |
| Less than an hour | 17.5 | 992 | 20.5 | 1138 | 18.9 | 2130 |
| 1 h to less than 3 h | 65.0 | 3597 | 63.9 | 3464 | 64.5 | 7061 |
| 3 h to less than 5 h | 10.3 | 579 | 9.0 | 476 | 9.7 | 1055 |
| 5 h to less than 7 h | 2.3 | 127 | 1.9 | 101 | 2.1 | 228 |
| 7 h or more | 3.3 | 179 | 2.9 | 139 | 3.1 | 318 |
| Computer/electronic games use (term time weekday) at age 5 years† | ||||||
| None | 28.3 | 1538 | 36.4 | 1974 | 32.3 | 3512 |
| Less than an hour | 43.7 | 2457 | 47.1 | 2533 | 45.3 | 4990 |
| 1 h to less than 3 h | 24.1 | 1368 | 14.7 | 813 | 19.5 | 2181 |
| 3 h to less than 5 h | 2.3 | 119 | 1.2 | 67 | 1.8 | 186 |
| 5 h to less than 7 h | 0.6 | 38 | 0.3 | 14 | 0.5 | 52 |
| 7 h or more | 0.9 | 43 | 0.4 | 22 | 0.7 | 65 |
Notes: percentages allow for survey design and weights.
*Gender difference in TV viewing p=0.003.
†Gender difference in electronic games p<0.001.