Teenagers Do Read: What Rural Youth Say about Leisure Reading.

Mellon, Constance A.

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ERIC Number: EJ349593

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Teenagers Do Read: What Rural Youth Say about Leisure Reading.

Mellon, Constance A.

School Library Journal, v33 n6 p27-30 Feb 1987

A study of the leisure reading patterns of rural ninth graders gathered data on what percentage of respondents claimed that they read in their spare time; non-reader's reasons for not reading; and such factors as types of books purchased, and where and when they were read. (EM)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Grade 9, High School Students, Learning Resources Centers, Questionnaires, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Recreational Reading, Rural Urban Differences, School Libraries, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Media Staff; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina

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