Table 3.

Home literacy environment characteristics

Environment	FHD+ (%)	FHD− (%)	P significant 2-tailed
Total number of children’s books in the home     No response     0 – 50     51 – 150     151 – 300     300+	6.90 10.35 49.38 17.24 17.61	4.76 4.76 47.61 33.33 9.52	0.42
Age (in months) of child when first read to     No response     Prenatal     0 – 6     6.1 – 24     24+	6.90 3.45 79.30 6.90 3.45	4.76 0 80.94 14.28 0	0.58
Amount of time at home (in hours) that someone reads to the child each week	3.05 ± 1.82	3.95 ± 2.36	0.13†
How often do family members read books, magazines or newspapers with the child?     No response     1–2 Times a Week     3–4 Times a Week     5–6 Times a Week     Daily	0 6.90 10.34 31.03 51.72	0 4.76 4.76 14.28 76.19	0.13
How often do family members teach the child the alphabet?     No response     1–2 Times a Week     3–4 Times a Week     5–6 Times a Week     Daily	3.45 31.01 27.59 17.24 20.68	0 52.38 23.80 14.28 9.52	0.96
How often does the child look at books at home by themselves?     No response     1–2 Times a Week     3–4 Times a Week     5–6 Times a Week     Daily	0 4.76 19.05 9.52 66.67	0 13.79 17.24 17.24 51.73	0.27

Note: Right columns contain the percent of parents selecting each answer choice and P significant for Mann-Whitney Tests performed on the given ordinal variables;

^†Independent samples t-test;

^*p < 0.05.