Factors Involved in the Leisure Reading of Upper Elementary School Students

Reading educators are becoming increasingly concerned with aliteracy. While the desire to create lifelong readers is strong, knowledge of the factors which influence the leisure reading habit is only now a focus of research initiatives. This study of thirty‐nine avid and non‐avid leisure readers examined home and personal factors related to their leisure reading behavior. Differences were discovered for some aspects of attitude toward reading, for motivation and for several home factors.