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Table I6. Postsecondary attainment and persistence of 2009 ninth-graders as of 2016, by hours spent playing video games on a typical ninth-grade school day (HSLS:09): 2016

 
Attainment and persistence in postsecondary education
Hours spent playing video games on typical school day   No postsecondary
enrollment as of Feb 2016
  Attained bachelor's
degree
  Attained associate's
degree
  Attained certificate   No degree, enrolled at a
4-year
  No degree, enrolled at
less-than-4-year
  No degree, not enrolled  
Total  29.4   0.3   4.2   4.5   32.2   12.8   16.6  
                           
Less than 1 hour 25.9   0.4 ! 4.6   4.8   36.6   12.2   15.5  
1 to 2 hours 31.4     3.5   4.0   29.5   13.7   17.7  
2 to 3 hours 36.1     3.4   3.8 ! 24.0   15.1   17.5  
3 to 4 hours 34.4     3.2 ! 4.7 ! 22.0   13.4   22.2  
4 to 5 hours 45.5     4.9 ! 3.5 ! 22.0   8.8   15.1  
5 or more hours 41.2     3.2 !   16.1   14.7   20.1  
                             
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
‡ Reporting standards are not met.
NOTE: W4W1STU weight was used for this crosstabulation. Attainment and persistence at postsecondary institution is for institution attended as of February 1, 2016.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Second Follow-up.