Changes in Families’ Leisure, Educational/Work and Social Screen Time Behaviours before and during COVID-19 in Australia: Findings from the Our Life at Home Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Parent’s Screen Time Behaviours
3.2. Children’s Screen Time Behaviours
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parents (n = 218) | All Children (5- < 18 yrs; n = 218) | Child (5- < 12 yrs; n = 130) | Adolescents (12- < 18 yrs; n = 88) | |
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Age, mean years (±SD) | 43.4 (±6.8) | 11.2 (±3.6) | 8.7 (±2.0) | 15.0 (±1.5) |
Female (%) | 88% | 45% | 42% | 50% |
Employed full-time in February 2020, % | 36% | - | - | - |
Employed full-time in April/May 2020, % | 27.0% | - | - | - |
Hours/week at physical workplace, in February 2020, median (IQR) | 26.8 (17.0, 35.0) | - | - | - |
Hours/week at physical workplace, April/May 2020, median (IQR) | 0 (0, 12.0) | - | - | - |
Days/week attending physical school in April/May 2020, median (IQR) a | - | 0 (0, 1.0) | 0 (0, 1.0) | 0 (0, 1.0) |
Parents, n = 218 | All Children, n = 218 | |||||||||
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Pre-Lockdown, Median (IQR) | During Lockdown, Median (IQR) | z-Value | p-Value | Effect Size | Pre-Lockdown, Median (IQR) | During Lockdown, Median (IQR) | z-Value | p-Value | Effect Size | |
Leisure | ||||||||||
Watching TV/videos/DVDs | 120.0 (27.9, 180.0) | 120.0 (44.3, 210.0) | 2.920 | 0.004 | 0.20 | 60.0 (0, 120.0) | 65.0 (0, 124.3) | 0.881 | 0.378 | 0.07 |
Computer/laptop for leisure | 0 (0, 60.0) | 0 (0, 60.0) | 0.816 | 0.415 | 0.06 | 0 (0, 85.7) | 15.7 (0, 115.7) | 1.772 | 0.076 | 0.13 |
Tablet/smartphone for leisure | 120.0 (60.0, 214.3) | 124.3 (0, 240.0) | 2.145 | 0.032 | 0.16 | 38.6 (0, 98.6) | 60.0 (0, 137.1) | 2.749 | 0.006 | 0.21 |
Game consoles a | - | - | - | - | - | 0 (0, 34.3) | 0 (0, 34.3) | 2.167 | 0.030 | 0.16 |
Education/work | ||||||||||
Computer/laptop for work/education | 237.9 (14.3, 384.3) | 265.7 (68.6, 454.3) | 7.239 | <0.001 | 0.15 | 9.6 (0, 192.9) | 171.4 (21.4, 265.7) | 7.239 | <0.001 | 0.41 |
Tablet/smartphone for work/education | 1.8 (0, 85.7) | 21.4 (0, 98.6) | 1.761 | 0.078 | 0.12 | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 42.9) | 5.534 | <0.001 | 0.54 |
Social | ||||||||||
Computer/tablet/smartphone, communication with friends | 0 (0, 30.0) | 17.1 (0, 60.0) | 6.930 | <0.001 | 0.47 | 0 (0, 17.1) | 21.4 (0, 77.1) | 7.329 | <0.001 | 0.55 |
Computer/tablet/smartphone, communication with family | 5 (0, 30.0) | 18.9 (0, 49.3) | 6.028 | <0.001 | 0.41 | 0 (0, 7.1) | 4.5 (0, 24.3) | 5.936 | <0.001 | 0.44 |
Computer/tablet/smartphone, communication for work (parents only) | 0 (0, 21.4) | 42.9 (0, 107.0) | 8.313 | <0.001 | 0.57 | - | - | - | - | - |
Children (5- < 12 years), n = 130 | Adolescents (12- < 18 years), n = 88 | |||||||||
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Pre-Lockdown, Median (IQR) | During Lockdown, Median (IQR) | z-Value | p-Value | Effect Size | Pre-Lockdown, Median (IQR) | During Lockdown, Median (IQR) | z-Value | p-Value | Effect Size | |
Leisure | ||||||||||
Watching TV/videos/DVDs | 77.1 (8.6, 120.0) | 77.1 (24.3, 137.1) | 1.012 | 0.311 | 0.10 | 60.0 (0, 120.0) | 60.0 (0, 120.0) | 0.160 | 0.872 | 0.02 |
Computer/laptop for leisure | 0 (0, 34.3) | 0 (0, 55.7) | 1.214 | 0.225 | 0.12 | 77.1 (0, 188.6) | 83.6 (0, 180.0) | 1.267 | 0.205 | 0.15 |
Tablet/smartphone for leisure | 0 (0, 60.0) | 30.0 (0, 98.6) | 3.194 | 0.001 | 0.31 | 77.1 (30, 154.3) | 120.0 (0, 197.1) | 0.664 | 0.507 | 0.08 |
Game consoles | 0 (0, 30.0) | 0 (0, 17.1) | 1.334 | 0.182 | 0.12 | 0 (0, 68.6) | 0 (0, 60.0) | 1.758 | 0.079 | 0.20 |
Education/work | ||||||||||
Computer/laptop for work/education | 0 (0, 30.0) | 85.7 (0, 171.4) | 7.006 | <0.001 | 0.68 | 214.3 (21.4, 308.6) | 265.7 (171.4, 394.3) | 3.180 | 0.002 | 0.37 |
Tablet/smartphone for work/education | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 42.9) | 5.188 | <0.001 | 0.50 | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 21.4) | 2.173 | 0.030 | 0.25 |
Social | ||||||||||
Computer/tablet/smartphone, communication with friends | 0 (0, 0) | 12.1 (0, 41.4) | 6.659 | <0.001 | 0.65 | 8.6 (0, 77.1) | 60.0 (17.1, 137.1) | 3.732 | <0.001 | 0.43 |
Computer/tablet/smartphone, communication with family | 0 (0, 8.6) | 8.6 (0, 30.0) | 5.635 | <0.001 | 0.55 | 0 (0, 1.4) | 0 (0, 17.1) | 2.441 | 0.015 | 0.28 |
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Arundell, L.; Veitch, J.; Sahlqvist, S.; Uddin, R.; Ridgers, N.D.; Salmon, J.; Timperio, A.; Parker, K. Changes in Families’ Leisure, Educational/Work and Social Screen Time Behaviours before and during COVID-19 in Australia: Findings from the Our Life at Home Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 11335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111335
Arundell L, Veitch J, Sahlqvist S, Uddin R, Ridgers ND, Salmon J, Timperio A, Parker K. Changes in Families’ Leisure, Educational/Work and Social Screen Time Behaviours before and during COVID-19 in Australia: Findings from the Our Life at Home Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(21):11335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111335
Chicago/Turabian StyleArundell, Lauren, Jenny Veitch, Shannon Sahlqvist, Riaz Uddin, Nicola D. Ridgers, Jo Salmon, Anna Timperio, and Kate Parker. 2021. "Changes in Families’ Leisure, Educational/Work and Social Screen Time Behaviours before and during COVID-19 in Australia: Findings from the Our Life at Home Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 21: 11335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111335
APA StyleArundell, L., Veitch, J., Sahlqvist, S., Uddin, R., Ridgers, N. D., Salmon, J., Timperio, A., & Parker, K. (2021). Changes in Families’ Leisure, Educational/Work and Social Screen Time Behaviours before and during COVID-19 in Australia: Findings from the Our Life at Home Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111335