Table 15-1. Percentage of respondents age 25 or older who reported reading literature in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics: Various years, 1982–2002
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| Characteristic |
1982 |
1985 |
1992 |
2002 |
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| Total |
55.7 |
55.7 |
54.3 |
47.3 |
| Sex |
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|
|
|
| Male |
48.2 |
48.3 |
47.4 |
37.7 |
| Female |
62.3 |
62.4 |
60.6 |
56.1 |
| Race/ethnicity1 |
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|
|
|
| American Indian |
— |
36.9! |
52.6 |
49.6 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
— |
51.5 |
38.7 |
41.2 |
| Black |
38.6 |
41.5 |
44.4 |
38.2 |
| White |
59.3 |
58.8 |
58.2 |
51.7 |
| Hispanic |
34.4 |
41.5 |
33.6 |
27.6 |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
| 25–34 |
62.1 |
59.3 |
54.6 |
47.8 |
| 35–44 |
59.7 |
61.2 |
58.9 |
46.6 |
| 45–54 |
54.9 |
56.1 |
57.0 |
51.3 |
| 55–64 |
52.8 |
49.8 |
53.0 |
49.0 |
| 65 or older |
44.8 |
48.8 |
46.6 |
41.7 |
| Education |
|
|
|
|
| Less than high school |
29.0 |
31.0 |
25.0 |
18.9 |
| High school diploma or equivalent |
54.9 |
53.4 |
49.6 |
38.1 |
| Some college |
72.4 |
70.7 |
66.2 |
53.0 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher |
82.0 |
78.2 |
74.8 |
66.8 |
| Family income |
|
|
|
|
| Less than $15,000 |
— |
— |
38.3 |
33.3 |
| $15,000–29,999 |
— |
— |
50.3 |
38.4 |
| $30,000–49,999 |
— |
— |
60.3 |
47.2 |
| $50,000–74,999 |
— |
— |
69.2 |
52.4 |
| $75,000 or more |
— |
— |
77.7 |
61.0 |
| Employment status |
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|
|
|
| Employed |
59.0 |
58.3 |
— |
49.4 |
| Looking for work |
48.5 |
49.2 |
— |
44.4 |
| Not in labor force |
50.5 |
51.8 |
— |
43.4 |
| Community type |
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|
|
|
| Urban |
55.1 |
55.7 |
52.4 |
48.4 |
| Suburban |
59.8 |
61.4 |
56.7 |
48.9 |
| Rural |
51.2 |
48.4 |
52.5 |
41.3 |
| Citizenship |
|
|
|
|
| U.S.-born |
— |
— |
— |
49.2 |
| Naturalized U.S. citizen |
— |
— |
— |
37.5 |
| Non-U.S. citizen |
— |
— |
— |
32.4 |
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— Not available.
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! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
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1 American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.
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NOTE: Literature in this indicator refers to any type of fiction, plays, and poetry that the respondent felt should be included and not just what literary critics might consider literature. See supplemental note 2 for more information on the Current Population Survey (CPS). See supplemental note 3 for more information on the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA).
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SOURCE: National Endowment for the Arts, Survey of Public Participation in the Arts as part of the 1982 Bureau of the Census National Crime Survey, 1985 and 1992 Bureau of the Census National Crime Victimization Survey, and 2002 Bureau of the Census Current Population Survey, August Supplement, previously unpublished tabulation (February 2005).
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