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Table 3 The present number of books in the home

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

Response category

16 to 35 years old

36 to 50 years old

51 to 70 years old

Total sample

“10 books or less”

117

(11.36)

69

(6.63)

72

(6.06)

258

(7.91)

“11 to 25 books”

174

(16.89)

115

(11.05)

95

(7.99)

384

(11.78)

“26 to 100 books”

314

(30.49)

324

(31.12)

351

(29.52)

989

(30.34)

“101 to 200 books”

226

(21.94)

219

(21.04)

263

(22.12)

708

(21.72)

“201 to 500 books”

139

(13.50)

198

(19.02)

236

(19.85)

573

(17.58)

“More than 500 books”

60

(5.83)

116

(11.14)

172

(14.47)

348

(10.67)

Total

1030

(100.00)

1041

(100.00)

1189

(100.00)

3260

(100.00)

  1. Note. Valid frequencies by age groups for PIAAC-L 2015 Germany (column percentages in parentheses). Absolute total missing values: 3