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Old 04-13-2011, 09:44 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph View Post
42% of college graduates never read another book after college

Recent blog post discussing the stats of US readers. Other stats included:



I could not track down the survey where the statics were farmed from, but there was this from Wikipedia:


and this from Parapublishing (older data):



There is more recent data but it is harder to quote from, lol.
OMG, that:

1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.
80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.

is horrible --- especially the last one!
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