With the exception of infants, children in home-based child
care programs were exposed to significantly more television on an
average day than were children in center-based programs (infants: 0.2
vs 0 hours; toddlers: 1.6 vs 0.1 hours; preschool-aged children: 2.4 vs
0.4 hours). In a regression analysis of daily television time for
preschool-aged children in child care, center-based programs were
found to have an average of 1.84 fewer hours of television each day,
controlling for the other covariates. Significant effect modification was
found, in that the impact of home-based versus center-based child care
programs differed somewhat depending on educational levels for staff
members; having a 2- or 4-year college degree was associated with 1.41
fewer hours of television per day in home-based programs, but no
impact of staff education on television use was observed in centerbased
programs.