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Table 2 Screen viewing time, PC use and smart-phone use for mothers and fathers on weekdays and weekend days

From: Sedentary time among spouses: a cross-sectional study exploring associations in sedentary time and behaviour in parents of 5 and 6 year old children

 

<2 h per day

≥2 h per day

n

%

n

%

Mothers’ weekday TV (n = 325)

233

71.7

92

28.3

Fathers’ weekday TV (n = 325)

229

70.5

96

29.5

Mothers’ weekend day TV (n = 325)

159

48.9

166

51.1

Fathers’ weekend day TV (n = 325)

135

41.5

190

58.5

 

<30 min per day

≥30 min per day

n

%

n

%

Mothers’ weekday PC (n = 324)

130

40.1

194

59.9

Fathers’ weekday PC (n = 324)

119

36.7

205

63.3

Mothers’ weekend day PC (n = 325)

51

15.7

274

84.3

Fathers’ weekend day PC (n = 325)

106

32.6

219

67.4

 

No use

Some use

n

%

n

%

Mothers’ weekday phone use (n = 325)

140

43.1

185

56.9

Fathers’ weekday phone use (n = 325)

98

30.2

227

69.8

Mothers’ weekend day phone use (n = 325)

146

44.9

179

55.1

Fathers’ weekend day phone use (n = 325)

94

28.9

231

71.1