Table 2
Percentage of participants who self-rated their mental or general health as very good or excellent according to whether or not they increased TV, Internet or video game time


Table 2
Percentage of participants who self-rated their mental or general health as very good or excellent according to whether or not they increased TV, Internet or video game time
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of participants who self-rated their mental or general health as very good or excellent according to whether or not they increased TV. The information is grouped by Age group (appearing as row headers), Percentage who reported very good or excellent mental health, Percentage who reported very good or excellent general health, Men , Women, % and 95% CI (appearing as column headers).
Age group Percentage who reported very good or excellent mental health Percentage who reported very good or excellent general health
Men Women Men Women
% 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
from to from to from to from to
Increased TV
20 years and older
Yes 57.0 52.3 61.6 42.8 39.1 46.6 65.7 61.2 70.0 62.9 58.6 67.0
No 65.2Note * 59.8 70.3 62.0Note ** 57.4 66.4 73.9Note * 69.1 78.3 71.8Note * 67.4 75.8
20 to 34 years
Yes 49.5 38.9 60.1 30.7 23.8 38.6 71.2 59.7 80.5 70.5 61.2 78.3
No 59.9 46.2 72.1 44.0 32.8 56.0 77.9 65.9 86.6 80.5 70.8 87.5
35 to 54 years
Yes 50.7 43.1 58.2 37.4 31.5 43.7 70.1 62.4 76.9 61.7 55.1 68.0
No 59.6 51.3 67.4 52.4Note * 44.8 59.9 78.2 70.9 84.0 73.1Note * 66.0 79.3
55 years and older
Yes 68.0 61.7 73.7 57.3 50.9 63.4 57.9 51.8 63.8 58.5 51.8 64.9
No 73.1 66.0 79.2 75.9Note ** 69.6 81.2 68.1Note * 60.5 74.9 67.3 60.4 73.6
Increased Internet
20 years and older
Yes 58.4 53.7 62.8 44.5 40.8 48.2 68.7 64.4 72.7 63.3 59.4 67.1
No 63.2 57.6 68.5 60.5Note ** 55.1 65.7 68.6 63.0 73.8 70.8Note * 65.1 76.0
20 to 34 years
Yes 52.0 42.0 62.0 31.8 25.4 39.0 71.6 61.4 80.0 68.0 59.0 75.8
No 58.9 43.4 72.9 43.0 28.7 58.4 81.3 67.2 90.1 88.4Note ** 79.8 93.6
35 to 54 years
Yes 53.7 46.9 60.3 39.5 33.8 45.5 73.0 66.9 78.3 62.7 56.6 68.5
No 55.0 45.1 64.5 49.5 40.5 58.5 72.4 61.8 81.0 71.6 62.6 79.1
55 years and older
Yes 68.6 62.4 74.2 59.0 52.9 64.9 61.9 55.6 67.9 60.5 54.4 66.3
No 71.0 63.6 77.3 74.4Note ** 67.1 80.5 61.3 53.7 68.4 63.8 55.0 71.7
Increased Video Games
20 years and older
Yes 48.2 40.6 55.8 28.5 21.8 36.3 69.6 61.9 76.4 63.8 55.0 71.9
No 63.2Note ** 59.2 67.1 52.1Note ** 48.7 55.5 69.0 65.0 72.7 66.8 63.1 70.2
20 to 34 years
Yes 49.0 37.3 60.7 18.9 11.3 29.9 73.7 61.2 83.3 72.3 58.0 83.1
No 58.4 46.9 69.0 40.9Note ** 33.0 49.3 74.1 63.1 82.8 73.7 64.7 81.0
35 to 54 years
Yes 39.3 29.5 50.1 31.6 20.4 45.4 64.9 54.2 74.3 54.2 40.4 67.3
No 57.6Note * 51.0 63.9 43.5 38.1 49.1 75.0 68.6 80.5 68.2 62.4 73.4
55 years and older
Yes 69.8 52.9 82.6 49.4 34.8 64.2 61.4 44.1 76.2 59.3 44.7 72.5
No 70.0 64.8 74.6 65.7 60.4 70.6 61.9 56.3 67.1 62.0 56.3 67.4
Note *

significantly different from increasing that type of screen time, p < 0.05

Return to note * referrer

Note **

significantly different from increasing that type of screen time, p < 0.001

Return to note ** referrer

Notes: CI: confidence interval. "Yes" includes those who reported that they had increased their TV, Internet or video game time while "no" includes those who reported they had decreased or not changed their TV, Internet or video game time.
Source: Canadian Perspective Survey Series – Impacts of COVID-19 (CPSS1).

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