National Institute on Media and the Family
The following statistics and information were taken from Selling Out America's Children by David Walsh, Ph.D.
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. The United States has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the industrialized
world.
b. The United States has the highest divorce rate in the Western world.
c. The United States has the strictest gun control laws of any nation.
d. Parents in the United States spend less time with their children today
than they did in 1950.
2. According to a 1989 study by the National Coalition on Television Violence, what percent of Nintendo games portray violence?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 80%
3. How many acts of violence will the average American child witness on television before he or she is eighteen years old?
a. 2,000
b. 20,000
c. 200,000
d. 2,000,000
4. According to a study conducted by TV Guide, what percent of the sexual encounters shown on daytime TV soap operas were between people who were not married to one another?
a. 24%
b. 44%
c. 64%
d. 94%
5. What percent of all wine coolers sold in the United States are consumed by junior and senior high school students?
a. 5%
b. 15%
c. 25%
d. 35%
6. The leading cause of death of teenage boys is:
a. car accidents involving alcohol
b. gunshot wounds
c. suicide
d. asthma
7. Between 1990 and 1994, violent crime among fifteen-year-old American males:
a. decreased by approximately 10%
b. increased by approximately 10%
c. increased by approximately 90%
d. increased by approximately 260%
8. Adolescents in the United States spend an average of how much time alone with their fathers each day?
a. three minutes
b. thirty minutes
c. one hour
d. two hours
9. American children spend and average of approximately 30 hours per week in school. Approximately how much time do they spend watching television and playing video/computer games per week?
a. ten hours
b. fifteen hours
c. twenty-five hours
d. thirty-five hours
10. In 1994, youth (ages 3-17) in the United States spent approximately:
a. $5 million
b. $50 million
c. $5 billion
d. $50 billion
11. According to American Demographics magazine, advertisers believe that a child becomes a consumer at what age?
a. three years
b. eight years
c. ten years
d. sixteen years
12. Which of the following is NOT correlated with children who watch more than twenty-five hours of television per week?
a. aggressive behavior
b. impaired vision
c. childhood obesity
d. sleep disturbances
13. From 1980 to 1990, credit card debt in the United States:
a. decreased
b. stayed the same
c. doubled
d. tripled
Answers: c d c d d b d a d d a b d
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