Children from deprived areas are spending less time taking part in outdoor activities and have less access to books compared with their more advantaged peers during lockdown, researchers say.
In addition, lockdown has been linked to a general increase in screen time, including watching TV and using tablets, among babies and toddlers, particularly among children from disadvantaged backgrounds, warns the research.
The findings have been published in a study of family life during the Covid-19 crisis by researchers from five universities, including the University of Oxford, and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
So far more than 500 parents of children under three years old have taken part in the survey which looks at activities such as screen time, singing, playing, exercise, gardening and arts and crafts.
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