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Table 3 Changes in hours of recreational screen time and PWBIS before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

From: Change in screen time and overuse, and their association with psychological well-being among US-wide school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) years 2018–21

 

Total (N = 63,211)

2018 (N = 18,746)

2019 (N = 18,212)

2020 (N = 26,253)

2021 (N = 25,612)

Screen time

 < 1 h

5349 (6.02%)

1315 (7.01%)

1372 (7.53%)

1222 (4.65%)

1440 (5.62%)

 1 h

12,172 (13.70%)

3144 (16.77%)

2828 (15.53%)

2803 (10.68%)

3397 (13.26%)

 2 h

26,239 (29.54%)

5903 (31.49%)

5726 (31.44%)

7234 (27.55%)

7376 (28.80%)

 3 h

20,070 (22.60%)

4045 (21.58%)

3954 (21.71%)

6105 (23.25%)

5966 (23.29%)

 4 or more hours

24,993 (28.14%)

4339 (23.15%)

4332 (23.79%)

8889 (33.86%)

7433 (29.02%)

 P value compared to each previous year

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 PWBIS1 (mean)

0.936

0.843

0.839

1.031

1.029

 P value compared to each previous year

0.0641

 < 0.0001

0.0018

 PWBIS2 (%)

48.6%

45.3%

45.8%

51.7%

51.3%

 P value compared to each previous year

0.284

 < 0.0001

0.385

  1. Chi-square test p-values are shown for the difference between the distribution of the current versus the previous year’s recreational screen time. The mean and Student’s t-test p-values are shown for PWBIS1, and the proportions and Chi-square test p-values are shown for PWBIS2, for differences between the value of the current versus the previous year