title: [Children and their television watching habits. A comparative study in rural and urban environments. Considerations on the effects].
abstract: In order to establish differences among television watching habits, surveys were conducted in a group of 80 children; 40 from rural areas and another 40 from the urban area, who were attending elementary school at the time. The children were randomly selected; their responses were compared to a national and local listing of television programs, excluding those which were contradictory. Both groups of children spent the same amount of time at school (P = Not significant) while the urban group spent an average of 3.5 hours watching television and the rural group spent 2.3 hours (P = 0.001). Thirty percent of the children from the urban area watched TV with an adult while those from the rural zone were accompanied in 32% (P:NS). The number of television sets per home was significantly greater in the urban areas (P = 0.001). All of the children watched programs which were transmitted after 9 p.m. Both groups chose unneeded food commercials as their favorite programs (P = Not significant).
authors.affiliation: Jefatura de Enseñanza e Investigación, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico de Occidente, Jalisco, México.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Morán-Vázquez
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Alatorre-Montoya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Pérez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guillén-Baumgarten
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Novoa-Menchaca
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D012424:Rural Population; D013690:Television; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: El niño y sus hábitos al ver televisión. Estudio comparativo en medio rural y urbano. Consideraciones sobre sus efectos.