TV == Idiot Box Hypothesis Validated by Research in New Zealand

A 30-year study of 1037 children has found that those who watch the most TV are least likely to go to university and get a degree.

“Those who watched little television had the best chance of going on to university and earning a degree,” said researcher Bob Hancox, deputy director of the Dunedin Research Unit.

Over 20 percent sat in front of the box for more than three hours each school day and they did the worst at all academic levels failing to get high school leavers certificate, a bursary for university, a trade diploma or a degree.

Hancox said that although teenage viewing was strongly linked to leaving school without any qualifications, earlier childhood viewing had the greatest impact on getting a degree.

The study found that even bright children and those from well-off families who watched a lot of TV were less likely to go on and get a degree.

Findings were published in the international journal Archives of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine. - Sapa-dpa

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