Table 1

Descriptive statistics of sociodemographic factors and measures of screen time (n=699)

% (N)
Sociodemographic factors
Child’s gender
 Girls47.6 (333)
 Boys52.4 (366)
Child’s age (years), mean (SD)5.68 (0.54)
Maternal education
 University-level degree63.4 (409)
 Less than university-level degree36.6 (236)
Number of siblings
 051.0 (327)
 132.2 (207)
 212.9 (83)
 32.5 (16)
 ≥41.2 (8)
Full-time daycare
 No32.3 (214)
 Yes67.7 (448)
Screen time
Total screen time at 18 months (min), mean (SD), range (max-min)32.4 (31.0), 252.9
 >60 min, %22.7 (136)
 >120 min, %2.8 (17)
Programme viewing at 5 years (min), mean (SD), range (max-min)80.4 (36.3), 225.0
 >60 min, %66.8 (442)
 >120 min, %16.9 (112)
Electronic game-playing at 5 years (min), mean (SD), range (max-min)33.4 (25.9), 182.1
 >60 min, %10.6 (69)
 >120 min, %2.3 (15)
Total screen time at 5 years (min), mean (SD), range (max-min)114.1 (50.6), 321.4
 >60 min, %94.6 (615)
 >120 min, %40.2 (261)
 >180 min, %11.5 (75)