The Effects of Marital Status on In-Service Teachers’ Reading Interest

The purpose of this study was to examine marital status influences on reading interest of in-service teachers working in the colleges of education of Punjab. The current study utilized six indicators viz; suitability, prior knowledge, novelty, personal relevance, sequence order and fluency in reading to determine in-service teachers’ reading interest for understanding how marital status has influenced in-service teachers’ reading interest. The paper utilizes quantitative data obtained from the study. The results show that no significant differences were observed between marital status and in-service teachers’ score on the indicators; suitability, prior knowledge, novelty and fluency in reading however responses were influenced by the indicators; personal relevance, sequence order and total score of reading interest.