CSULB Transfer Students 2005: Reading Characteristics

Hours per week spent reading for pleasure in the past year
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	492	20.4	21.2	21.2
	Less than one hour	562	23.3	24.2	45.4
	1 to 2 hours	640	26.5	27.6	72.9
	3 to 5 hours	374	15.5	16.1	89.0
	6 to 10 hours	148	6.1	6.4	95.4
	11 to 15 hours	54	2.2	2.3	97.7
	16 to 20 hours	27	1.1	1.2	98.9
	Over 20 hours	26	1.1	1.1	100.0
	Total	2323	96.3	100.0
Missing	System	89	3.7
Total		2412	100.0

How many novels do you read each year?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	none	595	24.7	26.6	26.6
	1-5	1264	52.4	56.6	83.2
	6-10	238	9.9	10.7	93.9
	11-25	103	4.3	4.6	98.5
	25+	34	1.4	1.5	100.0
	Total	2234	92.6	100.0
Missing	System	178	7.4
Total		2412	100.0

What is your favorite section of the newspaper?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	front page	805	33.4	36.5	36.5
	sports	429	17.8	19.5	56.0
	comics	298	12.4	13.5	69.5
	editorial page	154	6.4	7.0	76.5
	local news	517	21.4	23.5	100.0
	Total	2203	91.3	100.0
Missing	System	209	8.7
Total		2412	100.0

How many books were in your home when you were growing up?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	fewer than 50	625	25.9	32.7	32.7
	50-200	713	29.6	37.3	70.1
	201-500	308	12.8	16.1	86.2
	501-1000	162	6.7	8.5	94.7
	more than 1000	102	4.2	5.3	100.0
	Total	1910	79.2	100.0
Missing	System	502	20.8
Total		2412	100.0

Average SAT verbal scores based upon hours spent reading for pleasure per week in past year
Reading for pleasure	Mean	N	Std. Deviation
None	532.93	82	98.112
Less than one hour	541.22	82	87.593
1 to 2 hours	533.30	97	78.617
3 to 5 hours	567.50	42	81.220
6 to 10 hours	558.08	26	98.631
11 to 15 hours	611.54	13	123.683
16 to 20 hours	602.86	7	118.422
Over 20 hours	652.50	4	149.527
Total	546.56	353	92.648

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