Mon, Oct 31, 2011 | 00:06 GMT
Study – 81% of kids aged five to eight have gamed
According to research funded by Common Sense Media, gaming is becoming increasingly mainstream among young children.
In a survey of over 1,300 parenting figures in the US, 51% of children aged between birth and eight were found to have played video games, and over the age of five this percentage rose sharply to 81%.
Of those between five and eight who gamed regularly, 17% played every day, while 36% played once a week.
67% of all children represented by the study had a console in their homes, but even when you vut out family-shared devices, console ownership among kids is significant; 24% of children own a gaming handheld and 29% have an “educational” gaming device.
29% of surveyed families said their children use the PC several times a week, and 52% reported letting their children play with a mobile gaming device lik a smartphone or tablet.
Thanks, Joystiq.
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Posted in: America
Tags: common sense media, kids and videogames
6 comments
#1
Gekidami
30/10/11, 10:10 pm
Kids at that age should be working down the coal mines, not playing games!
#2
Edo
30/10/11, 10:17 pm
Working down the coal mines is like sooo yesterday.
#3
DSB
30/10/11, 10:21 pm
I am Jacks complete lack of surprise. My nephew was playing Plants vs Zombies at 4, and I dont know a single kid that doesnt go bonkers for Angry Birds.
@1 I tell my girlfriend the exact same thing. Except its saltmines, not coal.
#4
kupocake
30/10/11, 10:22 pm
19% of five to eight year olds are uncultured swine? We must mend our society (oh wait, YOUR society) at the roots. Air drop some old DS stock into these homes!
#5
Yoshi
30/10/11, 10:22 pm
90% of children five to eight year olds have watched television O.M.G they’ll grow up to be monsters!
#6
The_Deleted
30/10/11, 10:48 pm
Hell, my five year old is better at some games than me.