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Table 2 The number of books in the home when respondent was 16 years old

From: Measuring cultural capital through the number of books in the household

Response category 16 to 35 years old 36 to 50 years old 51 to 70 years old Total sample
“10 books or less” 104 (10.16) 120 (11.65) 172 (14.51) 396 (12.23)
“11 to 25 books” 135 (13.18) 160 (15.53) 259 (21.86) 554 (17.10)
“26 to 100 books” 329 (32.13) 375 (36.41) 408 (34.43) 1112 (34.33)
“101 to 200 books” 170 (16.60) 147 (14.27) 167 (14.09) 484 (14.94)
“201 to 500 books” 177 (17.29) 136 (13.20) 112 (9.45) 425 (13.12)
“More than 500 books” 109 (10.64) 92 (8.93) 67 (5.65) 268 (8.27)
Total 1024 (100.00) 1030 (100.00) 1185 (100.00) 3239 (100.00)
  1. Note. Valid frequencies by age groups for PIAAC-L Germany 2015 (column percentages in parentheses). Absolute total missing values: 24