Survey Sez Parents Rely On TV Ratings Over V-Chips

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LOS ANGELES — U.S. parents rely more on television ratings and less on the high-tech V-chip to choose the shows their children watch, according to a survey released Tuesday.

While 40% of U.S. families own a television set with a V-chip installed to block designated programs with sex or violence, only 17% of those parents use the device, the Kaiser Family Foundation found.

That means just 7% of all parents have relied on the V-chip, according to the survey.




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