Volume 21 Issue 1 ■ April 29, 2014
Screen Time Limits – Survey Questions
olume 13 Issue 3 ■ August 15, 2011
SURVEY QUESTIONS FOR PARENTS WITH A CHILD AGE 1-5.
This next set of questions relates to the use of television, computers, and other electronics by you and
your family.
Q1. Entertainment screen time includes time spent watching TV or videos, using a computer/tablet,
playing video games or using a cellphone for something other than phone calls.
In an average day, how much entertainment screen time would you say that your X -year-old child has?
None 0-1 hour 1-2 hours 3-4 hours 5-6 hours >6 hours
1 2 3 4 5 6
Q2. What do you think is a reasonable amount of entertainment screen time, on an average day, for
your X-year-old child?
None 0-1 hour 1-2 hours 3-4 hours 5-6 hours >6 hours
1 2 3 4 5 6
Q3. Have you done any of the following in order to control the amount of entertainment screen time
for your X-year-old child?
I do this now Have done this in Have considered it Have not
the past but haven’t done it considered doing
0 1 2 3
1. Limit total screen time each day
2. Set days when no screen time is allowed
3. Have screen-free times for the whole family
Q4. Have you had any of the following rules in order to control the amount of entertainment screen
time for your X-year-old child?
I do this now Have done this in Have considered it Have not
the past but haven’t done it considered doing
0 1 2 3
1. Do not allow TV watching in child’s bedroom
2. Do not allow computer or video game in child’s bedroom
3. Do not allow smartphone at mealtime or in child’s bedroom
Participants were also asked demographic questions on gender, race/ethnicity, annual household income,
education and insurance status.
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health
Director: Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP
Faculty Collaborator: April Khadijah Innis, MSc, MD
Associate Director: Sarah J. Clark, MPH
Manager & Editor: Dianne C. Singer, MPH
Data Analyst: Acham Gebremariam, MS
Web Editor: Anna Daly Kauffman, BA
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