Reading Habits of Elderly Adults: Implications for Instruction.

Scales, Alice M.; Biggs, Shirley A.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Reading Habits of Elderly Adults: Implications for Instruction.

Scales, Alice M.; Biggs, Shirley A.

Educational Gerontology, v13 n6 p521-32 1987

Elderly adults responded to the Survey of Elderly Reading Attitudes instrument. Most felt they had time to read, more married than single subjects reported buying magazines and daily newspapers, and more females than males reported reading advertisements without difficulty. (Author/KS)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Marital Status, Older Adults, Psychological Testing, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Sex Differences, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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