Survey: 8-18 year-olds spend about an hour per day on games

News by Patrick Garratt Founder & Publisher (Former)

Published on April 3, 2012

The Kaiser Family Foundation has reported that an average 8-18 year-old American kid will spend 1 hour and 13 minutes a day playing video games compared to 4 hours and 29 minutes watching TV. The results are based on a sample of 2,000 families. The full thing's on Business Insider.

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