[PW] Re: Homes with books

[Erica Cathers]

This is a study from 2001 that looks kind of interesting. They asked 4th
graders to report how many books were owned in their homes. Fortunately,
only 9% of US students reported 10 or fewer books in the home:

http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/IntlIndicators/index.asp?SectionNumber=2&SubSectionNumber=2&IndicatorNumber=74

Erica Cathers
Gloucester City Public Library (NJ)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Newton Steve (DOS)" <steve.newton at state.de.us>
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Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:38 AM
Subject: [PW] Homes with books


> Folks,
>
> I just got this question.  "I saw a statistic recently that said very
> few US homes have books in them. Do you know where I would what
> percentage of Americna homes have books?"
>
> I can finds loads on book sales and literacy but nothing on homes with
> books.  Any ideas?
>
> Steve Newton
> Delaware Division of Libraries
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