Abstract When schools are on break, some households may be constrained to provide educational resources to their children. Public libraries could be low-cost providers of materials and services that foster educational investment. This research extends existing literature by combining household-level data (public library checkout counts, residential property tax assessment values, student enrollment rosters, and distance to public library measures) to conduct a panel analysis of public library use across the public school calendar. The empirical analyses find that public- school breaks generally impact library use for households with children in public school, but not for households without children in public school or for the lowest socioeconomic status households with children in public school. Distance to library is found to be negatively correlated with public library use for all households, but differentially and dependent on households' socioeconomic status and structure. Lastly, community events and weather are identified to impact use.

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家庭公共图书馆在整个学校日历中的使用

摘要 当学校放假时，一些家庭可能会被迫为孩子提供教育资源。公共图书馆可以是促进教育投资的材料和服务的低成本提供者。本研究通过结合家庭级数据（公共图书馆借阅次数、住宅物业税评估值、学生入学名册和公共图书馆距离措施）扩展现有文献，对整个公立学校日历中的公共图书馆使用情况进行面板分析。实证分析发现，公立学校的休息时间通常会影响有孩子在公立学校就读的家庭的图书馆使用情况，但对没有孩子上公立学校的家庭或有孩子上公立学校的社会经济地位最低的家庭没有影响。发现到图书馆的距离与所有家庭的公共图书馆使用情况呈负相关，但存在差异并取决于家庭的社会经济地位和结构。最后，确定社区事件和天气会影响使用。