Table 15-2. Percentage of respondents age 25 or older who reported reading literature in the past 12 months, by highest educational attainment and selected characteristics: 2002
|
|---|
Characteristic |
Less than
high school |
High school
diploma or
equivalent |
Some college |
Bachelor’s
degree or
higher |
|
| Total |
18.9 |
38.1 |
53.0 |
66.8 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
13.0 |
26.2 |
40.8 |
58.2 |
| Female |
24.5 |
47.7 |
63.4 |
76.0 |
| Race/ethnicity1 |
|
|
|
|
| American Indian |
3.0! |
45.7 |
75.7 |
59.1 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
16.9 |
29.4 |
44.9 |
50.2 |
| Black |
18.2 |
29.2 |
46.7 |
60.3 |
| White |
21.6 |
40.6 |
55.5 |
69.6 |
| Hispanic |
15.3 |
30.8 |
36.1 |
53.8 |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
| 25–34 |
24.2 |
33.9 |
52.8 |
64.9 |
| 35–44 |
16.5 |
35.3 |
52.4 |
62.8 |
| 45–54 |
18.7 |
39.6 |
53.5 |
69.4 |
| 55–64 |
17.6 |
41.2 |
54.5 |
70.3 |
| 65 or older |
18.2 |
40.9 |
51.7 |
70.3 |
| Family income |
|
|
|
|
| Less than $15,000 |
18.9 |
36.6 |
49.4 |
64.4 |
| $15,000–29,999 |
18.3 |
35.5 |
49.9 |
65.5 |
| $30,000–49,999 |
19.6 |
36.8 |
54.1 |
68.0 |
| $50,000–74,999 |
21.0 |
40.5 |
54.5 |
66.6 |
| $75,000 or more |
26.3 |
44.9 |
58.7 |
68.0 |
| Employment status |
|
|
|
|
| Employed |
17.7 |
37.4 |
52.5 |
65.4 |
| Looking for work |
12.5! |
36.9 |
53.0 |
70.5 |
| Not in labor force |
20.2 |
39.3 |
54.1 |
71.7 |
| Community type |
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
17.8 |
38.8 |
55.0 |
70.2 |
| Suburban |
21.8 |
37.5 |
52.6 |
64.3 |
| Rural |
15.6 |
37.0 |
49.7 |
67.9 |
| Citizenship |
|
|
|
|
| U.S.-born |
19.9 |
38.9 |
53.8 |
69.2 |
| Naturalized U.S. citizen |
17.2 |
28.4 |
42.7 |
51.7 |
| Non-U.S. citizen |
15.9 |
33.6 |
44.0 |
53.9 |
|
! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
|
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.
|
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 about 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 2002 Bureau of the Census Current Population Survey, August Supplement, previously unpublished tabulation (February 2005).
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