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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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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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