Compared to tweens and teens from families that have incomes over $100,000 annually, kids from families that have an income of less than $35,000 yearly spent nearly two hours more with screen media each day, according to media nonprofit Common Sense.
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Lower-income teens (13- to 18-year-olds) spent more than 8.5 hours each day on smartphones, tablets, video games, and other screen media, compared with six hours and 49 minutes for their higher-income peers. Lower-income tweens (8- to 12-year-olds) used screen media for nearly six hours a day, compared with four hours for higher-income tweens.
That’s despite higher-income kids having universally greater ownership of all matter of screens, from smartphones to computers to TVs, according to the study.
Why is this the case? Find out over at Vox Recode.
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Source: neatorama