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Trends in Adult Literary Reading Habits
Table S15-2.  Standard errors for the 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 0.94 0.81 0.91 0.84
Sex        
  Male 1.17 1.14 1.37 1.25
  Female 1.44 1.10 1.17 1.05
Race/ethnicity        
  American Indian 1.88 9.70 7.05 13.48
  Asian/Pacific Islander 5.00 4.75 5.81 3.39
  Black 2.63 2.46 2.81 3.71
  White 1.29 0.92 1.01 0.90
  Hispanic 1.74 2.78 3.66 4.37
Age        
  25–34 2.55 1.88 1.92 1.80
  35–44 2.11 1.70 1.81 1.66
  45–54 2.59 1.81 1.90 1.68
  55–64 2.47 2.10 2.39 2.12
  65 or older 1.45 1.67 2.43 2.28
Family income        
  Less than $15,000 1.62 2.18 3.30 4.78
  $15,000–29,999 1.78 1.73 2.24 3.11
  $30,000–49,999 2.37 1.63 1.85 2.05
  $50,000–74,999 3.86 2.02 1.99 1.85
  $75,000 or more 5.80 2.42 2.01 1.25
Employment status        
  Employed 1.48 1.06 1.10 0.97
  Looking for work 4.32 4.46 5.18 5.35
  Not in labor force 1.27 1.32 1.73 1.69
Community type        
  Urban 1.78 1.84 2.00 1.68
  Suburban 1.80 1.27 1.41 1.21
  Rural 1.59 1.61 1.92 2.30
Citizenship        
  U.S.-born 1.10 0.86 0.95 0.88
  Naturalized U.S. citizen 3.33 3.42 4.67 3.19
  Non-U.S. citizen 2.17 3.87 5.17 3.74

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in the Arts as part of the 2002 Bureau of the Census Current Population Survey, August Supplement, previously unpublished tabulation (February 2005).

 
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