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Abstract

The aim of this study was to adapt Caldwell and Bradley's (1984) Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory (Infant version) for use in Pakistan. The study also explored the relation of different demographic variables with the home environment of children. The pilot study was done on 5 boys and 5 girls belonging to 10 different families. The sample for the main study included 25 boys and 25 girls of 50 different families from upper-middle and lower-middle socio-economic status (SES). Their age range was 4 to 36 months. The inventory appeared to be internally consistent (KR-20= .8293). Significant differences (p<.05) were found on the total and subscales of HOME Inventory scores for SES and fathers' occupation;, and some of the subscales of fathers' and mothers' education, mothers' occupation, birth order of the child, and family type. No significant difference was found in gender, age, number of male and female siblings, language used in the family, current child caregiver, and family size.