CSULB Freshmen 2005: Reading Characteristics

Hours per week spent reading for pleasure in the past year
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	492	21.2	22.2	22.2
	Less than one hour	580	25.0	26.2	48.4
	1 to 2 hours	581	25.1	26.2	74.6
	3 to 5 hours	334	14.4	15.1	89.7
	6 to 10 hours	138	6.0	6.2	95.9
	11 to 15 hours	47	2.0	2.1	98.0
	16 to 20 hours	19	.8	.9	98.9
	Over 20 hours	25	1.1	1.1	100.0
	Total	2216	95.6	100.0
Missing	System	102	4.4
Total		2318	100.0

How many novels do you read each year?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	none	282	12.2	13.5	13.5
	1-5	1281	55.3	61.2	74.6
	6-10	340	14.7	16.2	90.9
	11-25	136	5.9	6.5	97.4
	25+	55	2.4	2.6	100.0
	Total	2094	90.3	100.0
Missing	System	224	9.7
Total		2318	100.0

What is your favorite section of the newspaper?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	front page	708	30.5	34.2	34.2
	sports	447	19.3	21.6	55.8
	comics	405	17.5	19.6	75.4
	editorial page	152	6.6	7.3	82.7
	local news	357	15.4	17.3	100.0
	Total	2069	89.3	100.0
Missing	System	249	10.7
Total		2318	100.0

How many books were in your home when you were growing up?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	fewer than 50	542	23.4	29.1	29.1
	50-200	701	30.2	37.7	66.8
	201-500	363	15.7	19.5	86.3
	501-1000	171	7.4	9.2	95.5
	more than 1000	83	3.6	4.5	100.0
	Total	1860	80.2	100.0
Missing	System	458	19.8
Total		2318	100.0

Average SAT Verbal Scores Based Upon Hours Per Week Spent Reading for Pleasure
Reading for pleasure	Mean	N	Std. Deviation
None	495.22	334	74.099
Less than one hour	518.91	417	76.937
1 to 2 hours	520.54	393	84.806
3 to 5 hours	538.95	242	87.148
6 to 10 hours	546.96	92	81.074
11 to 15 hours	548.29	35	105.063
16 to 20 hours	544.00	15	95.753
Over 20 hours	576.50	20	80.018
Total	520.67	1548	82.867

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