Table 3.

Background variables related to home literacy environment

Variables	Experimental group, n = 30 (%)	Control group, n = 27 (%)
Number of years of schoolinga mother
≥15	53	44
10–14	43	44
≤ 9	3	11
Number of years of schoolinga father
≥15	43	44
10–14	37	26
≤9	20	30
Only father dyslexic	77	67
Only mother dyslexic	20	33
Both parents dyslexic	3	0
Reading problems direct family	47	63
Early problems with language (child)	37	37
Number of books in the home
<100	33	41
100–200	40	37
>200	27	22
Library membership child	73	67
Shared reading
<2 times a week	3	7
2–4 times a week	30	37
5 times a week or more	67	56

^aFrom first grade onwards