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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 946 Research into Children's Reading Habits at 10-15, 1971 94610.5255/UKDA-SN-946-1 No information recorded Schools Council UK Data Service 01 January 1980 ABILITYABILITY GROUPINGAGEATTITUDESAUTHORSBOOK READERSHIPBOOK USEBOOKSBOYS' SCHOOLSCOEDUCATIONAL SCHOOLSEDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONSEDUCATIONAL LIBRARIESENGLISH (LANGUAGE)ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATIONFAMILIESFAMILY SIZEGENDERGIRLS' SCHOOLSMARITAL STATUSMEMBERSHIPNATIONAL LANGUAGE EDUCATIONNEWSPAPER READERSHIPNEWSPAPERSPERIODICALS READERSHIPPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE OWNERSHIPPUBLIC LIBRARIESREADING (ACTIVITY)READING INSTRUCTIONREADING MATERIALSSCHOOL ADJUSTMENTSCHOOL SIZESECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSSIBLINGSSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSSTUDENT ATTITUDESCHOOLTEACHERSTELEVISION CHANNELSTELEVISION PROGRAMMESTELEVISION RECEIVERSTELEVISION VIEWINGWORKING MOTHERS Compulsory and pre-school education Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to investigate the amount and nature of children's voluntary reading of books and periodicals at ages 10, 12 and 14. The main variables collected were the names and authors of the books read voluntarily by children in the sample during a four week period.Main Topics: Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions 1. Children's Questionnaire Number and type of periodicals read regularly, number and type of books read during previous 4 weeks, books owned by child, child's favourite author/books/periodicals. Frequency of visits to public library, type of newspaper taken by parents regularly. Type of television programmes watched regularly, previous evening's viewing. Child's perception of own reading, child's liking of school/English lessons. Parent's membership of public library. 2. Primary School Questionnaire Type of timetable and organisation, number of hours spent reading to class. Access to library, whether books available for borrowing. 3. Secondary School Questionnaire Access to library, type of library, number of books in library, objectives of English teaching. Type of organisation and streaming in school. Background Variables 1. Children's Questionnaire Television ownership, whether child living with parents, whether mother working. 2. Primary School Questionnaire Area of school, book/pupil ratio. 3. Secondary School Questionnaire Sex, marital status, number of years teaching experience of Head of English Department, type of site of school, area of school, book/pupil ratio. 23 March 1971 - 26 March 197123 March 197126 March 1971 England and Wales GroupsNationalChildrenPupils All children aged 10, 12 and 14 on 1st September 1970 and attending maintained schools (including direct grant schools but excluding special schools) in England and Wales Cross-sectional (one-time) study One-stage stratified or systematic random sample Postal survey The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> Capey, A., Maddren, W. and Whitehead, F. (1975) Children's reading interest, [Working paper].London: Evans/Methuen. Children's reading interest Whitehead, F., Maddren, W., Wellings, A. and Capey, A. (1977) Children and their books, London: Macmillan. Children and their books https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 946 2024-11-28T07:34:36Z ddi:codebook:2_5