CSAL Item Number: 18
CSAL Question: About how many books are there in your home? Do not include magazines, newspapers or schoolbooks. To give an estimation, one foot of shelving is about 10 books.
CSAL Response Options: 1=10 books or less, 2=11 to 25 books, 3=26 to 100 books, 4=101 to 200 books, 5=201 to 500 books, 6=More than 500 books, 777=Don’t know, 888=No response
Source: The 2012 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and adapted for the United States by the U.S Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 20, 2016 from https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/final_en_bq.htm
Source ID: J_Q08
CSAL question form: Verbatim to source
CSAL response options form: Verbatim to source