ABSTRACT
These are the topics covered in the standard interview. For the Lancaster city interviews a specific set of questions was written for each separate interview. Interviews of case study people started with these topics and in later interviews moved on to further topics. LITERACY PRACTICES Reading matter Reading processes Writing practices Writing processes Record-keeping Public and private ACCESS Borrowing and owning Use of libraries Acquiring reading materials VALUES Attitudes Value of ownership Morality Censorship Religion ROLES Asymmetry of roles NETWORKS Networks of support CONTEXTS Other forms of information exchange HISTORICAL BASIS Reading and writing life history Childhood
