A Survey of Reading Habits: Theme 4, LiteratureEducation Commission of the States, 1973 - 261 pages |
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00 No Response 01 One verified 09 RESPONSE 13 RESPONSE 17 EFFECT S.E. 17-year-olds reported 9-year-olds Ad EFFECT BIG CITY CITY biographies or autobiographies CENTRAL N.EAST MALE CITY CITY CITY CITY CITY FRINGE COMMUNITY INNER EXTREME EDUCATION No High Extreme Inner City EXTREME RURAL BIG gave titles Graduated High Sch GROUP PERCENT RESPONSE INNER EXTREME REST MALE FEMALE CITY median difference Medium City MEDIUM SMALL SUBURBAN N.EAST MALE FEMALE named titles NATION RESPONSE VARIABLE national figure NATIONAL REGION no-high-school group Northeast novels Number PARENT'S HIGH SCHOOL PARENTAL EDUCATION Percent in category PERCENT NATION RESPONSE percentage points poems Post High post-high-school group PROM PERCENT NATION RACE PARENT'S HIGH reading great literature reported titles Response EFFECT REST OF MEDIUM Results for 17-Year-Olds RURAL BIG CITY S.EAST WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL ED WHITE SMALL SUBURBAN EXTREME Sometimes Never Southeast SUBURBAN EXTREME RURAL TYPE OF COMMUNITY VARIABLE GROUP PERCENT verified titles EFFECT WEST CENTRAL N.EAST
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