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Subject: Television watching
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Television
Asked by: kivo-ga
List Price: $3.00
Posted: 12 Nov 2003 09:12 PST
Expires: 12 Dec 2003 09:12 PST
Question ID: 275091
Hello,
how many hours of television does the average person watch per day in
the United States?
thanks
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Subject: Re: Television watching
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 12 Nov 2003 09:36 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Kivo!


How much time does the average American spend watching TV?

- 4 hours per day for young children.
- Slightly less for older children.
- 29 hours per week for an adult male. (4.14 hours a day)
- 34 hours per week for an adult female. (4.86 hours a day)

South Dakota Department of Health Brochure
http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Nutrition/TV.pdf
 

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According to the National Institute on Media and the Family, the
average American spends 24.7 hours each week watching television. That
would be roughly 3.5 hours a day.

Source: National Institute on Media and the Family
http://www.mediafamily.org/mediawise/day_mw.shtml


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?Americans watch an average of more than four hours of TV a day, or
two full months of TV a year.?
Source: Nielsen Media Research

TV-Turnoff Network http://www.tvturnoff.org/images/facts&figs/factsheets/Hazardous.pdf


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TV Facts:

?Every week, the average kid between ages 2 and 11 watches 1,197
minutes of TV and spends 39 minutes talking with their parents.?

?Every year, the average teen spends 900 hours in school and 1,500
hours watching TV.?

?The average American watches and equivalent of 52 days of TV a year.?

?By age 65, the average adult will have spent nearly nine years of her
life watching TV.?

Source: Compiled by TV-Free America http://www.girltech.com/Sports/SP_hfacts.html


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Search Criteria: 
?Watching TV? average week OR day
The average American watches * hours and * minutes of TV each day


I hope you find this helpful! If anything is unclear with my answer,
please ask for clarification.


Best Regards,
Bobbie7
kivo-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $2.00
wow...thanks ......great answer

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Subject: Re: Television watching
From: bobbie7-ga on 12 Nov 2003 16:31 PST
 
Thanks Kivo for the five stars and tip!
--Bobbie7

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