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Table 2 Observed Zero-Order Correlations Between Observed Variables and screen time (N = 1897)

From: Digital screen time and its effect on preschoolers’ behavior in China: results from a cross-sectional study

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Gender (male)

        

Minority ethnicity

.004

       

Age

.018

.044

      

The only child

−.423c

−.342b

.163a

     

Household location

.025

−.162b

.036

.013

    

Marital status

−.017

.123a

.040

.051

−.008

   

Family income

−.078

.178b

.005

.224b

−.197b

.420b

  

Maternal education

.108a

.091a

.082a

.265b

−.172b

.647c

.528b

 

Primary Caregiver

.009

−.039

.005

.151b

−.196b

.042

−.010

.165b

Screen time

.083b

.007

.055

.329c

.076a

−.257b

.281b

−.272b

−.377b

  1. Notes: Correlation coefficients reflect nonparametric (Kendall’s tau-b) slope estimates
  2. aCorrelation significant at the .05 level (two-tailed). bCorrelation significant at the .01 level (two-tailed). cCorrelation significant at the .001 level (two-tailed)