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
* 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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Ofcom. (January 29, 2019). Devices used by children to consume media at home in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/274417/device-usage-among-children-in-the-uk/
Ofcom. "Devices used by children to consume media at home in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018." Chart. January 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 27, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/274417/device-usage-among-children-in-the-uk/
Ofcom. (2019). Devices used by children to consume media at home in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 27, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/274417/device-usage-among-children-in-the-uk/
Ofcom. "Devices Used by Children to Consume Media at Home in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2013 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/274417/device-usage-among-children-in-the-uk/
Ofcom, Devices used by children to consume media at home in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/274417/device-usage-among-children-in-the-uk/ (last visited May 27, 2020)
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