CSULB Transfer Students 2003: Reading Characteristics

Hours per Week Spent Reading for Pleasure in the Past Year
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	429	21.0	22.0	22.0
	< 1	482	23.5	24.7	46.7
	1-2	509	24.9	26.1	72.8
	3-5	295	14.4	15.1	87.9
	6-10	133	6.5	6.8	94.8
	11-15	50	2.4	2.6	97.3
	16-20	32	1.6	1.6	99.0
	Over 20	20	1.0	1.0	100.0
	Total	1950	95.3	100.0
Missing	System	97	4.7
Total		2047	100.0

How many novels do you read each year?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	none	545	26.6	27.4	27.4
	1-5	1112	54.3	56.0	83.4
	6-10	198	9.7	10.0	93.4
	11-25	79	3.9	4.0	97.4
	26+	52	2.5	2.6	100.0
	Total	1986	97.0	100.0
Missing	System	61	3.0
Total		2047	100.0

What is your favorite section of the newspaper?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	front page	701	34.2	38.2	38.2
	sports	389	19.0	21.2	59.4
	comics	205	10.0	11.2	70.5
	editorial page	95	4.6	5.2	75.7
	local news	446	21.8	24.3	100.0
	Total	1836	89.7	100.0
Missing	System	211	10.3
Total		2047	100.0

How many books were in your home when you were growing up?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	fewer than 50	575	28.1	31.1	31.1
	51-200	638	31.2	34.5	65.5
	201-500	329	16.1	17.8	83.3
	501-1000	162	7.9	8.8	92.1
	more than 1000	147	7.2	7.9	100.0
	Total	1851	90.4	100.0
Missing	System	196	9.6
Total		2047	100.0

Average SAT Verbal Scores by Hours Spent Reading for Pleasure
Hours per Week Spent Reading for Pleasure in the Past Year	Mean	N	Std. Deviation
None	506.59	41	83.617
< 1	525.71	63	81.334
1-2	548.19	72	81.627
3-5	573.14	51	77.679
6-10	568.42	19	79.181
11-15	580.00	7	88.129
16-20	500.00	1	.
Total	543.11	254	83.623

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