The Internet

Three out of 16 children use the Internet at home and eight out of 16 use it at school.

87% listen to music and 99% watch TV. Boys watch TV for 10 hours a week and girls watch it for 14 hours a week.
hours a week 15 10 5 0 girls boys

use the Internet at home

62% of Russian children have got televisions in their bedrooms.

Mobile phones Books

100% of children aged 10-13 have a mobile phone. 63% of them send over 5 text messages every day.
send over 5 text messages a day

62% of children read books for fun. Girls read 7 hours a week for fun and boys read 5 hours.
15 hours a week 10 5 0

63%

Money

girls

boys

The average 10-13-year-old receives 1 000-1 500 rubles a week in pocket money.
Free time

Sport

56% of children visit friends in their free time, 37% listen to the radio,

30% of boys do team sports. Football and basketball are very popular. Girls are not fond of team sports, but swimming, running and downhill skiing are popular activities for girls.