Family reading habits and academic achievement of children from polygynous, monogamous, divorced, and nondivorced families.
This study investigated the relationship between family reading habits and the academic achievement of 1021 Xhosa-speaking children whose mean age was 15.3 yr. A questionnaire was administered to identify each pupil's family status. Analysis of variance indicated positive and statistically significant main effects for the two variables on a reading habits score.
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Department of Educational Research, University of Transkei, South Africa.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D011932:Reading; D013019:South Africa