(5) Computer Games
Over 50% of children play computer games.
50.6% of children "play computer games", including TV games and mobile games, increased by 22.7% compared with those who "play computer games" in the 5th survey (Figure 11).
Comparing ordinary days with Sundays, children who "play" on Sundays account for larger proportion than ordinary days, 48.0%. With regard to boys, over 50% play on Sundays (53.3%). "Less than 1 hour" is the largest concerning hours spent playing computer games on both ordinary days and Sundays (Table 8).
With regard to the combination of ordinary days and Sundays, children who play both on ordinary days and Sundays account for 37.0%, those only on Sundays 10.8%, and those only on ordinary days 2.0% (Table 9).
Concerning the proportion of children who play computer games according to hours spent watching TV on ordinary days, the longer children watch TV, the higher the proportion of children who play computer games becomes (Figure 12).
Figure 11 Changes in the status of playing computer games
number of replies: 36,844).
In the 6th survey, "hours spent playing computer games per day" on "ordinary days" and "Sundays" were investigated separately.
While, "do not play computer games" indicates children who do not play computer games both on ordinary days and Sundays.
according to sex
computer
games Play
computer
games Unknown
1 hour 1 to less than
2 hours 2 to less than
3 hours 3 hours or
more
100.0
60.0
39.2
29.3
8.4
1.1
0.3
0.8
100.0
54.3
44.9
30.6
12.1
1.8
0.5
0.8
100.0
66.2
33.0
28.0
4.5
0.5
0.1
0.8
100.0
51.0
48.0
29.7
13.4
3.5
1.4
1.0
100.0
45.7
53.3
28.6
17.3
5.1
2.3
1.0
100.0
56.8
42.2
30.9
9.2
1.7
0.4
1.0
Table 9 Combination of days on which children play computer games
(Unit: %)computer games Play computer
games Unknown
100.0
60.0
39.2
0.8
51.0
49.0
2.0
0.0
48.0
10.8
37.0
0.1
1.0
0.1
0.2
0.7
TV on ordinary days
The proportion of hours spent watching TV on ordinary days to the total is as follows.
Less than 1 hour: 15.9%,
1 to less than 2 hours: 39.9%,
2 to less than 3 hours: 28.0%,
3 to less than 4 hours: 10.5%,
4 to less than 5 hours: 3.2%,
5 hours or more: 1.0%