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, United States, 2020

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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.
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Authors: Amanda E. Ng, MPH, and Lindsey I. Black, MPH

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The figure is a bar chart showing the percentage of children aged 2–17 years with >2 hours of screen time per weekday, by sex and age group, in the United States during 2020 according to the National Health Interview Survey.
Percentage of children aged 2–17 years with >2 hours of screen time per weekday, by sex and age group

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.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7103a6.htm

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.

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