When do children read books?

Jan van Ours

Education Economics, 2008, vol. 16, issue 4, 313-328

Abstract: This paper investigates the reading of fiction books by 15 year olds in 18 OECD countries. It appears that girls read fiction books more often than boys, whereas boys read comic books more often than girls. Parental education, family structure, and the number of books and televisions at home influence the intensity with which children read fiction books. Reading comic books does not affect the reading of fiction books. Parents who want their children to read fiction books frequently should have a lot of books at home and at most one television.

Keywords: reading; books; Program for International Student Assessment data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/09645290801976902

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