Television owning and its correlates

Abstract

202 adults, of whom 15.4% owned television sets were interviewed in this study. It was found that: (1) TV-set owners went to fewer movies and said they spent less time listening to radio than non-owners; (2) trends were observed for TV-set owners to read fewer books; their estimates of time spent reading newspapers were slightly less than non-owners; (3) in the number of magazines read, TV-set owners and non-owners showed the least difference, percentagewise; (4) two categories of newspaper reading were studied on two different days. No owners vs. non-owner differences emerged, and (5) TV-set owners tended to know less about current governmental affairs. Owners did not significantly differ from non-owners in incomes, education, social activity or intelligence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)