16 COMMUNICATION AND READING

TABLE 4

RerATIONSHIP BETWEEN PusLic LiBrary Use AND
THE USE OF OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

Communications Bebavior

Read one or more newspapers
every day

Listen to the radio two or more
hours a day

Read two or more 7magazines regu-
larly

Attend two or more motion pic-
tures a month

Read one or more books during
preceding year

Hear one or more speeches or talks
a year

Have read government bulletins at
some time

Source: SRC, 1948.

PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS WHO

Used
Used  Library, but
Library in not in Never
Preceding Preceding Used
Year year Library
96 92 70
63 73 65
8o 64 36
66 58 38
87 58 27
35 25 2
64 49 40

they have ready access to a source of books. Just the opposite,
however, is the case: the larger the home collection, the more

use is made of the public library.

Number of Books in
Home Collection

Less than 24
25-49
5999
100 OI more

Source: SRC, 1948.

Percentage of Each Group
Which Used the Public
Library in Preceding Year

10
15
22

29