Patterns of Screen Time Among Rural Mexican-American Children on the New Mexico-Mexico Border

Jill A. McDonald

doi:10.5888/pcd15.180070

Patterns of Screen Time Among Rural Mexican-American Children on the New Mexico-Mexico Border

ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 15 — September 13, 2018

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Figure 1. Frequency of reasons for use of smartphones, desktops, or laptops by children on weekday in study households, according to level of use in the reference child, Chaparral and Columbus, New Mexico, 2016. Parents could indicate more than 1 reasons for use; thus, percentages do not sum to 100.

Frequency of reasons for use of smartphones, desktops, or laptops by children on weekday in study households, according to level of use in the reference child, Chaparral and Columbus, New Mexico, 2016. Parents could indicate more than 1 reasons for use; thus, percentages do not sum to 100.
Use	Level of Use
Use	≥4 Hours per Day	<4 Hours per Day
Calls, text, Instant Message, Skype	50.0	40.6
Email	23.3	18.0
Games	63.3	52.9
Homework	63.3	68.6
Internet/YouTube	56.6	54.0
Music	33.3	32.5
Netflix	20.0	15.6
Other	10.0	1.7
Social media	36.6	30.2

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Figure 2. Frequency of use of types of electronic devices by children in study households, Chaparral and Columbus, New Mexico, 2016.

Frequency of use of types of electronic devices by children in study households, Chaparral and Columbus, New Mexico, 2016.
Type of Device	Percentage
iPod	5.9
None	8.9
Smart television	33.7
Game console	41.1
Tablet or iPad	54.0
Desktop or laptop	60.9
Smartphone	62.4

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