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Demographic Characteristics of U.S. Adults Reading Literature1(12-month period ending Aug. 2002)Demographic
characteristics | Percent
reading
literature | Number
reading
literature
(in millions) |
|---|
| Overall population | 46.7% | 96 | | Gender | | | | Female | 55.1 | 59 | | Male | 37.6 | 37 | | Ethnicity and race | | | | Hispanic | 26.5 | 6 | | White | 51.4 | 77 | | African American | 37.1 | 9 | | Other | 43.7 | 4 | | Age | | | | 18 to 24 | 42.8 | 11 | | 25 to 34 | 47.7 | 18 | | 35 to 44 | 46.6 | 21 | | 45 to 54 | 51.6 | 20 | | 55 to 64 | 48.9 | 13 | | 65 to 74 | 45.3 | 8 | | 75 or older | 36.7 | 6 | | Education | | | | Grade school | 14.0% | 2 | | Some high school | 23.4 | 5 | | High school graduate | 37.7 | 24 | | Some college | 52.9 | 30 | | College graduate | 63.1 | 23 | | Graduate school | 74.3 | 13 | | Family income | | | | $9,999 or less | 32.1 | 5 | | $10,000 to $19,999 | 37.5 | 8 | | $20,000 to $29,999 | 37.5 | 9 | | $30,000 to $39,999 | 44.1 | 11 | | $40,000 to $49,999 | 47.9 | 8 | | $50,000 to $74,999 | 52.3 | 18 | | $75,000 or more | 60.8 | 28 | | Income not reported | 39.8 | 9 |
1. “Literature” includes novels, short stories, plays, and poetry but not works of nonfiction. Source: National Endowment for the Arts, Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America, June 2004.
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