READING HABIT ASSESSING SCALE

Name: Locale: Urban/Rural

Gender: M/F Place:

General Information (Mark a tick ( ) in the appropriate column)

➢ Your age group.

20-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90

➢ Which is (all are) the literature type (types) mostly read by you?

Literary works (Novel, stories, poems etc) Spiritual Readings Newspaper

Magazines Informative publications Others (Specify)…………………..

➢ Subject (Subjects) you mostly prefer to read

Science and Technology Cinema Music Travelling History

Psychology Food & Cooking Fashion Sports Economics

Commerce Politics Fantasy Automobile Gossips

Others (Specify)………………………….

➢ Number of books you have read completely until now.

0-10 10-20 20-50 50-100 100 above

➢ INSTRUCTIONS: Certain statements related to reading habits are given below. You are requested
to read each statement carefully & and explain your view with regard to each by putting a tick
( ) mark against the appropriate choice. There are five choices namely: Strongly Agree (SA),
Agree (A), Disagree (D), Strongly Disagree (SD), Undecided (U). Your responses will be kept
confidential and used for research purpose. Kindly give your response to all statements.

Sl. No. STATEMENTS RESPONSE

1. I believe that I have a good reading habit SA A D SD U

2. I prefer to read in my native language SA A D SD U
3. Even though I know the original language in which a book is published, SA A D SD U
I prefer to read its translated version to my native language.
4. In this era of mobile phones and computers, I prefer to read electronic SA A D SD U
reading materials (E books, E Newspapers etc.) than printed ones.
5. My reading habit has influence on my child in his intellectual, mental, SA A D SD U
social, emotional & spiritual development.
6. My reading habit has prompted my child to cultivate a good reading SA A D SD U
habit.
7. I believe that my reading habit had significant role in shaping my SA A D SD U
career and educational status.