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Screen Time And Sleep Of Rural And Urban South African Preschool Children, Simone Tomaz, Trina Hinkley, Rachel A. Jones, Estelle Watson, Rhian Twine, Kathleen Kahn, Shane Norris, Catherine Draper
Screen Time And Sleep Of Rural And Urban South African Preschool Children, Simone Tomaz, Trina Hinkley, Rachel A. Jones, Estelle Watson, Rhian Twine, Kathleen Kahn, Shane Norris, Catherine Draper
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This study aimed to investigate the extent to which preschool children meet guidelines for screen time (/day) and sleep (10–13 h/24-h) and explored home factors that affect these behaviors. Parents of preschoolers across income settings in South Africa (urban high-income n = 27, urban low-income n = 96 and rural low-income n = 142) completed a questionnaire. Urban high-income children had higher rates of exceeding screen time guidelines (67.0%) than children from urban low-income (26.0%) and rural low-income (3.5%) settings. Most children (81.0%) met sleep guidelines on weekdays and on weekends (75.0%). More urban high-income children met the sleep guideline, …