participants who played games at home or elsewhere
Method of interview
Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)
Supplementary notes
* The original survey question was "Please think about the hours that you spend game playing in a typical week – so both weekdays and at the weekend... How many hours in a typical week would you say you play games?" (Unprompted responses) ** n (2007) = 843; n (2009) = 616; n (2010) = 668; n (2011) = 570; n (2012) = 551; n (2013) = 604; n (2014) = 743; n (2015) = 654. *** September to October 2015 was the date of the most recent survey.
Data for years previous to 2013 were published earlier by the source.
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