Table 3.
Relationship between community socio-demographic (distal) factors and literacy and language resources (proximal influences). All correlations significant at p≤.05.
| Community socio-demographics (distal environmental influences) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community literacy and language resources
(proximal environmental influences |
% Latino | % Latinos who are HS graduates | Residential/commercial heterogeneity | Median COL-adjusted income | |
| Literacy Resources | Printed material for sale
(excluding libraries, bookstores) |
−.34 | .53 | .37 | |
| Number of books and magazines | .41 | ||||
| # of libraries | −.49 | .36 | |||
| # of bookstores | −.47 | .45 | |||
| Language of literacy Materials | Language of signs,newspapers, free printed material* | −.59 | .59 | ||
| % of reading material for sale in Spanish | .42 | ||||
| Language of commercial signs* | −.48 | .49 | .38 | ||
| Language of social service signs* | −.53 | .36 | .48 | ||
| Community Language | % population speaks only English | −.96 | .54 | .54 | |
| % population speaks Spanish; little, no Eng | .76 | −.72 | −.42 | ||
| Language heard around the community* | −.78 | ||||
| Language used in stores and other establishments* | −.73 | .69 | |||
*
1=only Spanish, 2= mostly Spanish, 3=Spanish and English equally, 4=mostly English, 5=only English.