Can you provide any recent studies that examine the trends of
childrens internet browsing habits.  The trends of types of sites
visited, amount of time on net versus tv and /or homework.

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 09 Jun 2003 17:52 PDT

What region, country, culture, etc are you most interested in? Also,
can you be specific to an age group when you say "children"? Is
current data the only data you will accept? If you will accept past
studies, what maximum time frame is applicable?

regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by infopros-ga on 09 Jun 2003 18:35 PDT

US children.  I am primarily interested in 6 to 12 but would be
interested in seeing other breakdowns as well.  I am interested in any
studies that have been completed in the last 12 months but I am
particularly interested in the trends in the data, i.e. how it
compares to some other recent period.  But I will take what I can get.
Thanks.

Hello Infopros. I lost track of time and went off on this one and came
up with a bunch of studies and articles that I thought would be of
interest to you. It was harder than expected to find real statistics
on the Internet usage of children. Some of these articles are dated,
but I didn't include any dated before the year 2000. Some of them are
not specificually related to your question, but I thought you might
find them interesting anyways so I included them.

The best one I found was a really comprehensive report called: 
Connected to the Future - A report on childrens Internet use from the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting:

A summary can be found here
http://www.cpb.org/programs/pr.php?prn=314

The actual report in PDF format here
http://www.cpb.org/pdfs/ed/resources/connected/03_connect_report.pdf

And study methodology here
http://www.cpb.org/pdfs/ed/resources/connected/03_connect_methodology.pdf

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And here's a number of other reports and studies of interest:

Study Shows Internet Usage of Children 3/20/03
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/news/032003.asp


Internet Key to Communication Among Youth  1/25/02
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,1323,5901_961881,00.html

Internet Use from Any Location by Individuals Age 3 and Older
(Although not about children and kind of dated, it included children
and trends so I thought it was worthy)
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0901651.html


Interestingly enough Neopets hit the top 10 'Stickiest Brands of April
2003 both at home and work: (near bottom of page)
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/traffic_patterns/article/0,,5931_2209211,00.html

Online Kids Consume More Media  7/28/2000 (kind of dated but still
interesting)
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,,5901_425501,00.html


Awash in Media: Online Kids Show Broad Use of TV, Phone, Radio 
01/04/01 (again dated but interesting)
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,,5901_551441,00.html

Kids Crave Easy Surfing 4/15/02
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,,5901_1009771,00.html#table

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I checked out Jupiter which is one of the most well known Internet
demographic/study companies.
Unfortunately they are mostly a pay service which you may or may not
want to pay for. These looked like good reports.

Demographic Profile: Generation Y Online 7/26/02
http://www.jup.com/bin/item.pl/research:concept/75/id=85881,keywords1=children

Youth Marketing - Tapping a Key Growth Market Without Losing
Profitability 4/16/03
http://www.jup.com/bin/item.pl/research:concept/81/id=94077,keywords1=teens

Kids & Teens - Benchmarking the Industry Online  4/2001
http://www.jup.com/bin/item.pl/research:vision/63/id=88839,keywords1=children
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More articles and studies on children and the Internet at:
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=11

I hope this information helps you out. Thanks. -shiva777

search strategy:

children "internet statistics"
"top 10 sites for children"
"children's surfing habits"
children internet demographics
children internet usage

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Clarification of Answer by shiva777-ga on 13 Jun 2003 10:19 PDT

Hello Infopros. Thank you for the compliment and the tip. I might be
tempted to take you up on your offer for part time work, but it is
against Google guidelines for me to give out personal contact
information. However, feel free to ask for me by name (in the
question) if you post any other questions here. Thank you again.
-shiva777

Better than a bulls-eye!  Perfect. Thanks for the extra effort.  (Let
me know if you ever need part time work.) Thanks.