Economic Status as Reflected in Student Use of a College Library

Abstract

The question asked in this study was whether differences in student use of a college library could be detected when undergraduate students were arranged by parents' Income. Five hundred forty-five students were categorized on the basis of questionnaire Information, while circulation data for each group was gathered from library records. Results (p<.05) indicated that students with family incomes under $4,000 borrowed more library materials than did pupils whose families had incomes exceeding $16,000. When students were categorized as coming from low, middle, and high income families, some differences could be found Indicating that low income students borrowed significantly more books than the other two groups. With p<.01, a trend indicated that as income increased the number of books borrowed by students decreased.

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