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| Table 5.1b. Percentage distribution of 8th-grade students in public schools according to frequency of reading for fun, by race/ethnicity: 2007 |
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| Race/ethnicity | Never or hardly ever | 1–2 times a month | 1–2 times a week | Almost every day |
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| Total1 | 34 | 24 | 24 | 18 |
| White | 35 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
| Black | 28 | 27 | 29 | 16 |
| Hispanic | 37 | 27 | 24 | 12 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 21 | 23 | 32 | 23 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 36 | 22 | 24 | 17 |
| 1 Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Reading Assessment, retrieved January 2008 from http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/. |
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