Standard errors for the percentage of respondents age 25 or older who reported reading literature in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics: Various years, 1982

Trends in Adult Literary Reading Habits

Table S15-1. Standard errors for the percentage of respondents age 25 or older who reported reading literature in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics: Various years, 1982–2002

Characteristic	1982	1985	1992	2002

Total	0.43	0.79	0.50	0.47
Sex
Male	0.64	0.74	0.76	0.67
Female	0.56	0.65	0.65	0.63
Race/ethnicity
American Indian	†	11.73	8.33	5.46
Asian/Pacific Islander	†	3.74	3.14	2.35
Black	1.41	1.60	1.66	1.51
White	0.46	0.53	0.55	0.53
Hispanic	1.80	2.19	1.69	1.41
Age
25–34	0.79	0.94	1.01	1.04
35–44	0.93	1.04	1.00	0.96
45–54	1.03	1.21	1.20	1.02
55–64	1.05	1.28	1.33	1.22
65 or older	1.01	1.13	1.13	1.02
Education
Less than high school	0.73	0.93	0.97	0.94
High school diploma or equivalent	0.72	0.83	0.84	0.81
Some college	0.90	1.04	1.05	0.91
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.77	0.91	0.89	0.84
Family income
Less than $15,000	†	†	1.05	1.26
$15,000–29,999	†	†	1.00	1.10
$30,000–49,999	†	†	0.95	1.02
$50,000–74,999	†	†	1.37	1.12
$75,000 or more	†	†	1.55	0.98
Employment status
Employed	0.55	0.63	†	0.59
Looking for work	2.56	3.01	†	2.70
Not in labor force	0.75	0.83	†	0.80
Community type
Urban	0.83	0.92	0.88	1.00
Suburban	0.66	0.72	0.74	0.72
Rural	0.75	0.95	1.06	0.99
Citizenship
U.S.-born	†	†	†	0.50
Naturalized U.S. citizen	†	†	†	1.89
Non-U.S. citizen	†	†	†	1.75

† Not applicable.
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Crime Victimization Survey, and 2002 Bureau of the Census Current Population Survey, August Supplement, previously unpublished tabulation (February 2005).