Thread: 42% of college graduates never read another book after college
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Old 04-19-2011, 08:46 PM   #104
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Originally Posted by CazMar View Post
I was trying to find similar statistics for Australia - but the only study I could see was done in 2006 - http://www.abs.gov.au
It shows a reading rate of just under 48% read a book in the previous week. Yet despite this our 2 largest booksellers have just gone broke! No doubt Amazon makes a lot of money out of Australia and the libraries are always busy.
I find it hard to believe the USA statistics quoted - surely the figures should be more on par with Australia's? The educational level is similar and both countries are almost 100% literate.
Your data specifically say that they are from people who have read a book for pleasure in the past three years. This would dramatically change the results. The data discussed in this thread are for everybody in the country (allegedly). Also the data are pretty old at about 5 years.
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