“Research reveals startlingly high numbers of boys and girls have no books of their own, with worrying implications for their future prospects. Three in 10 children in the UK do not own a single book of their own, with alarming implications for their future prospects, according to new research. The survey by the National Literacy Trust also shows that boys are less likely to own books than girls.” writes Alison Flood in Three in 10 UK children ‘own no books’ on guardian.co.uk.
“The survey of 18,141 young people found that four in 10 boys did not own any books, compared to three in 10 girls. Children who did not own books were two-and-a-half times more likely (19%) to read below their expected level than children who had their own books (7.6%), and were also significantly less likely (35.7%) to read above their expected level than book-owning children (54.9%). The online survey took place in November and December last year, with the majority of participants aged between 11 and 13 years old.” adds Flood.
“ ‘People tend to think that literacy is an international development issue, [but] actually we have got massive literacy problems in this country,’ said Jonathan Douglas, director of the National Literacy Trust. ‘To be brutally honest we weren’t expecting [the number of children without their own books] to be so high. We know that book ownership in this country is really strongly linked to literacy issues and social mobility.’ “
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