Wired Kids

Kids ages 9 to 17 increasingly have access to technology at home. More than half the 1,341 children interviewed in a recent survey reported they have a cable or satellite hookup in their bedroom, up from 46% in 1995. Electronic products in kids’ bedrooms and electronic goods they own:

What they own

* 42% own stereo equipment

* 37% own a videogame system

* 21% own a portable CD player

In their bedrooms

* 59% have a television

* 36% have a videogame system

* 39% have a VCR

* 42% have a phone extension

Source: Yankelovich Partners