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Device usage among children to consume media in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2018
Devices used by children to consume media at home in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018
by Katrin Kienast,
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This statistic illustrates device usage to consume media among children in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018. Of children aged five to fifteen, 53 percent used a games console to consume media in 2018, a decrease of seven percentage points compared to the previous year.
Devices used by children to consume media at home in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018
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by Katrin Kienast,
last edited
Jul 24, 2019
This statistic illustrates device usage to consume media among children in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018. Of children aged five to fifteen, 53 percent used a games console to consume media in 2018, a decrease of seven percentage points compared to the previous year.
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- January 2019
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- 2013 to 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,430*
- Age group
- 5-15 years
- Special properties
- Parents of children aged 5-15
- Method of interview
- Face-to-face interview
- Supplementary notes
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* n (2013) = 1,689; n (2014) = 1,660; n (2015) = 1,379, n (2016) = 1,375; n (2017) = 1,388; n (2018) = 1,430.
Prompt: "I’m going to read out a list of different types of equipment that you may or may not have in your home, and which your child may or may not use." Prompted responses, single coded.
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- Region
- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- 2013 to 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,430*
- Age group
- 5-15 years
- Special properties
- Parents of children aged 5-15
- Method of interview
- Face-to-face interview
- Supplementary notes
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* n (2013) = 1,689; n (2014) = 1,660; n (2015) = 1,379, n (2016) = 1,375; n (2017) = 1,388; n (2018) = 1,430.
Prompt: "I’m going to read out a list of different types of equipment that you may or may not have in your home, and which your child may or may not use." Prompted responses, single coded.
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