| Percentage of children with the following media in their bedrooms: |
| Radio |
70% |
| Tape player |
64% |
| Television |
53% |
| CD player |
51% |
| Video game player |
33% |
| VCR |
29% |
| Cable or satellite TV |
24% |
| Computer |
16% |
| Internet access |
7% |
|
| Percentage of time that children watch TV without their parents: |
| Ages 8 to 18 |
95% |
| Ages 2 to 7 |
81% |
|
| How children divide their media time: |
| Video games |
5% |
| Reading |
12% |
| Computers |
5% |
| TV, Videos, Movies |
56% |
| Music |
22% |
|
| The medium youth ages 8 to 18 want on a desert island if they could pick just one: |
| Computer/Internet |
33% |
| CDs, Tapes, Radio |
24% |
| TV |
13% |
| Video games |
13% |
| Books, Magazines |
8% |
| Videos |
3% |
| Nothing |
3% |
|
|
| Average time spent daily using media of all types: (hours:minutes) |
| All children |
5:29 |
| Ages 2 to 7 |
3:24 |
| Ages 8 to 18 |
6:43 |
| Girls |
5:19 |
| Boys |
5:37 |
|
| Percentage of children who use a computer each day: |
| All children |
42% |
| Ages 2 to 7 |
26% |
| Ages 8 to 18 |
51% |
|
| Percentage of children in whose homes. . . |
| TV on during meals |
58% |
| No rules about TV |
49% |
| TV on most of the time |
42% |
|
| Percentage of children who live in homes with. . . |
| 1 TV |
11% |
| 2 TVs |
28% |
| 3 TVs |
28% |
| 4 TVs |
20% |
| 5 or more TVs |
12% |
|
