QuickStats: Percentage of Children Aged 2–17 Years with >2 Hours of Screen Time Per Weekday, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, U.S. 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Percentage of Children Aged 2–17 Years With >2 Hours of Screen Time Per Weekday, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, U.S. 2020
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Ng, Amanda E. ; Black, Lindsey I.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Overall, 65.7% of boys and 64.6% of girls aged 2–17 years spent >2 hours of screen time per weekday, in addition to screen time spent for schoolwork. Among both boys and girls, the percentage of children who spent >2 hours of screen time increased with increasing age group from 47.5% for those aged 2–5 years to 80.2% for those aged 12–17 years.
  
  Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/index.htm
  
  Reported by: Amanda E. Ng, MPH; Lindsey I. Black, MPH.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 71(3):106
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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