CSULB Freshmen 2004: Reading Characteristics

Hours Per Week Spent Reading for Pleasure in the Past Year
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	432	19.8	20.3	20.3
	< 1	589	27.0	27.7	48.0
	1-2	585	26.9	27.5	75.5
	3-5	325	14.9	15.3	90.7
	6-10	129	5.9	6.1	96.8
	11-15	40	1.8	1.9	98.7
	16-20	16	.7	.8	99.4
	Over 20	12	.6	.6	100.0
	Total	2128	97.7	100.0
Missing	System	50	2.3
Total		2178	100.0

How many novels do you read each year?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	none	250	11.5	12.2	12.2
	1-5	1323	60.7	64.4	76.6
	6-10	313	14.4	15.2	91.9
	11-25	118	5.4	5.7	97.6
	25+	49	2.2	2.4	100.0
	Total	2053	94.3	100.0
Missing	System	125	5.7
Total		2178	100.0

What is your favorite section of the newspaper?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Front page	633	29.1	31.1	31.1
	Sports	488	22.4	24.0	55.1
	Comics	412	18.9	20.3	75.4
	Editorial page	119	5.5	5.9	81.3
	Local news	381	17.5	18.7	100.0
	Total	2033	93.3	100.0
Missing	System	145	6.7
Total		2178	100.0

How many books were in your home when you were growing up?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Fewer than 50	547	25.1	30.7	30.7
	50-200	681	31.3	38.2	68.9
	201-500	326	15.0	18.3	87.2
	501-1000	143	6.6	8.0	95.2
	More than 1000	86	3.9	4.8	100.0
	Total	1783	81.9	100.0
Missing	System	395	18.1
Total		2178	100.0

Average SAT Verbal Scores Based Upon Hours Per Week Spent Reading for Pleasure
Reading for Pleasure	Mean	N	Std. Deviation
None	499.68	321	77.238
< 1	503.25	406	80.663
1-2	511.22	414	92.310
3-5	529.41	248	90.381
6-10	544.57	94	93.333
11-15	533.75	32	89.470
16-20	530.91	11	90.494
Over 20	591.25	8	86.096
Total	512.71	1534	86.975

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