Reading Psychology · 2001 · 139 citations · 19 references
EducationHuman DevelopmentLiteracy EducationChild DevelopmentEarly LiteracyReading DevelopmentAdult LiteracyEarly Literacy DevelopmentFamily LiteracyLiteracy DevelopmentReadingReading AssessmentAdult-child Literacy InteractionComputer-assisted Telephone InterviewingCulturally Responsive Parent EducationFamily EducationParent-child Reading InteractionParent-child Shared ReadingRandom Digit DialingReading Frequency
Who reads to young children? Analyses of data from the National Household Education Survey of 1995 (NHES:95) are performed to investigate the influences on the frequency of parental reading to young children. The NHES:95 data set is based on a national survey of households utilizing random digit dialing methods and computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) technology. Reports were obtained from the parents and guardians of a representative sample of 7,566 preschoolers and toddlers. Frequency of reading to children was found to vary by ethnicity, primary language spoken in the home, child's age, number of siblings, and mother's educational attainment. Income and number of parents in the home were not found to influence reading frequency when controlling for these other variables. Controlling for income, education, and family size and structure, there are differences among ethnic groups in reported frequency of families reading to children. The development of more culturally sensitive adult/ and or fa...
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