Source: Good News Network
If you grew up in a household that had its fair share of book shelves, it might say something positive about your personality now that you’re all grown up.
This new study from the Australian National University School of Sociology found that people who grew up in book-filled homes have higher reading, math, and technological skills.
The researchers analyzed data that was taken from surveys between 2011 and 2015. The data featured 160,000 adults (ages 25 to 65) across 31 nations, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Singapore, and Turkey.
All participants were asked how many books there were in their home when they were 16 years old. (One meter of shelving, they were told, holds about 40 books.) They chose from a series of options ranging from “10 or less” to “more than 500.”
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If a household held at least 80 books, then participants went on to display the average rate…
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