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Table 4 Temporal consistency of “The number of books in the home when respondent was 16 years old”

From: Measuring cultural capital through the number of books in the household

Age group

ρ

τ b

16 to 35 years (N = 1192)

.74

.64

36 to 50 years (N = 1169)

.74

.65

51 to 70 years (N = 872)

.72

.64

Over all age groups (N = 3233)

.74

.65

  1. Note. Spearman’s rho and Kendall’s taub by age groups. Item scale from 1 ("10 books or less") to 6 ("More than 500 books"). Estimates based on respondents that responded to the item in PIAAC 2012 and PIAAC-L 2015. Complete case analysis