Unlike the respondents’ parents who mainly watched news and sports on television, the respondents reported watching mainly dramas, documentaries and reality television shows. One person said he watched preschool programming with his child. As Table 26 shows, respondents from each occupation category said they watched dramas but only respondents in the senior executive and university degree occupations said they regularly watched news.

Table 26. Type of programming parents watch
Type of program Number of
responses		 Occupation Comments
Parents watch mainly drama 11 0 n=1
A n=2
B n=3
C n=3
D n=2		 We watch roughly five hours per week, mostly drama.
We watch about two hours per day. We like dramas.
Parents watch documentaries 5 0 n=2
A n=1
B n=1
C n=1		 I watch for two hours a week; Charlie Rose and A&E.
I usually watch documentaries.
Parents watch mainly reality television 5 0 n=1
A n=3
C n=1		 By and large I watch reality TV.
I also watch reality television.
Parents watch mainly news 3 0 n=1
A n=2		 I watch for about one and a half hours a day, mostly for the news.
Parents watch mainly sitcoms 2 B n=1
C n=1		 Usually it’s sitcoms.
Parents watch preschool programming 1 B n=1 I watch mostly preschool programming because of my son.