READING AT RISK: A SURVEY OF LITERARY READING IN AMERICA

READING AT RISK: A SURVEY OF LITERARY READING IN AMERICA

CONTENTS

PREFACE*

Chapter 1 10 KEY FINDINGS

CONCLUSION

Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION

DATA COLLECTION

LITERATURE VS. BOOKS

Chapter 3 LITERATURE PARTICIPATION IN 2002

NUMBER OF BOOKS READ

COMPARISON OF LITERATURE PARTICIPATION WITH OTHER CULTURAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

PARTICIPATION OF LITERARY READERS IN OTHER CULTURAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS

SUMMARY OF LITERATURE PARTICIPATION IN 2002

Chapter 4 FACTORS IN LITERARY READING

DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS IN LITERARY READING

AGE

ETHNICITY AND RACE

EDUCATION

FAMILY INCOME

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

EMPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATION

PARENTS’ EDUCATION LEVEL

IMPACT OF TELEVISION

LITERACY

PARTICIPATION OF LITERARY READERS IN OTHER CULTURAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FREQUENT READERS

READERS OF NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, POETRY, AND PLAYS

LISTENING TO LIVE OR RECORDED READINGS OF NOVELS OR POETRY

PERSONAL CREATIVE WRITING

SUMMARY OF FACTORS IN LITERATURE PARTICIPATION

Chapter 5 TRENDS IN LITERATURE PARTICIPATION, 1982-2002

CHANGES IN LITERATURE PARTICIPATION

CHANGES IN POETRY READING AND LISTENING

CHANGES IN PERSONAL CREATIVE WRITING

CHANGES IN CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES OR LESSONS

FACTORS IN THE CHANGES IN LITERATURE PARTICIPATION

GENDER

RACE AND ETHNICITY

EDUCATION

AGE GROUPS

OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES

SUMMARY OF TRENDS IN LITERATURE PARTICIPATION

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

WHO READS LITERATURE?

FACTORS IN LITERATURE PARTICIPATION

PARTICIPATION IN OTHER ARTS ACTIVITIES

TRENDS IN LITERATURE PARTICIPATION

APPENDIX A

SURVEY OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS: BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY

1982 AND 1985 SURVEYS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS

1992 SURVEY OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS

1997 SURVEY OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS

2002 SURVEY OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS

APPENDIX B

DATA COLLECTION

Basic CPS

August 2002, Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) Supplement

APPENDIX C

VARIABLES

MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

EQUATION 1

EQUATION 2

EQUATION 3

MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL TO PREDICT LITERARY READING IN ADULTS

Coding of Independent Variables

Interpretation of Regression Coefficients, Standard Error and Odds Ratios

MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL TO PREDICT READING OF 12 OR MORE BOOKS PER YEAR IN 2002 (“FREQUENT”AND “AVID”READERS)

Coding of Independent Variables and Interpretation of Odds Ratios

ENDNOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

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