New Usage Statistics: TV Watching and Computer Use in U.S. Youth Aged 12–15, 2012
A recently released statistical report from the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.
Key Findings
- Nearly all (98.5%) youth aged 12–15 reported watching TV daily.
- More than 9 in 10 (91.1%) youth aged 12–15 reported using the computer daily outside of school.
- In 2012, 27.0% of youth aged 12–15 had 2 hours or less of TV plus computer use daily.
- Among youth aged 12–15, girls (80.4%) were more likely to use the computer 2 hours or less daily when compared with boys (69.4%).
- Fewer non-Hispanic black youth aged 12–15 (53.4%) reported watching 2 hours or less of TV daily than non-Hispanic white (65.8%) and Hispanic (68.7%) youth.
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This report presents national estimates of TV watching and computer use outside of the school day.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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