CSULB Freshmen 2003: Reading Characteristics

Hours Per Week Spent Reading for Pleasure in the Past Year
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	613	20.2	20.4	20.4
	< 1	872	28.8	29.1	49.5
	1-2	787	25.9	26.2	75.7
	3-5	453	14.9	15.1	90.8
	6-10	183	6.0	6.1	96.9
	11-15	53	1.7	1.8	98.7
	16-20	18	.6	.6	99.3
	Over 20	21	.7	.7	100.0
	Total	3000	98.9	100.0
Missing	System	33	1.1
Total		3033	100.0

How many novels do you read each year?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	none	346	11.4	11.6	11.6
	1-5	1891	62.3	63.2	74.8
	6-10	496	16.4	16.6	91.3
	11-25	191	6.3	6.4	97.7
	26+	68	2.2	2.3	100.0
	Total	2992	98.6	100.0
Missing	System	41	1.4
Total		3033	100.0

What is your favorite section of the newspaper?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Front page	874	28.8	30.6	30.6
	Sports	741	24.4	26.0	56.6
	Comics	501	16.5	17.5	74.1
	Editorial page	174	5.7	6.1	80.2
	Local news	565	18.6	19.8	100.0
	Total	2855	94.1	100.0
Missing	System	178	5.9
Total		3033	100.0

How many books were in your home when you were growing up?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Fewer than 50	678	22.4	23.7	23.7
	51-200	1116	36.8	39.0	62.8
	201-500	553	18.2	19.3	82.1
	501-1000	295	9.7	10.3	92.4
	More than 1000	216	7.1	7.6	100.0
	Total	2858	94.2	100.0
Missing	System	175	5.8
Total		3033	100.0

Average SAT-Verbal Scores by Hours Spent Reading for Pleasure Each Week
Reading for Pleasure	Mean	N	Std. Deviation
None	483.32	569	75.766
< 1	491.38	797	79.108
1-2	504.57	716	87.138
3-5	515.59	415	87.289
6-10	521.41	163	95.043
11-15	544.29	49	98.594
16-20	535.00	16	94.868
Over 20	523.68	19	122.529
Total	500.02	2744	84.736

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