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Reading Books Is Still Popular Activity
69% Have Recently Read A Book
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In the digital era, is it possible that books are still number 1?

That’s one interpretation of a May 18 Rasmussen Reports lifestyle survey. Two-out-of-three American adults (69%) say they’ve recently read a book. Forty-six percent (46%) have recently rented or bought a movie to watch at home and 40% have gone to a children’s event such as little league games, school plays, or recitals.

For those with children living at home, reading a book and attending a children’s event are equally likely.

When it comes to activity outside the home, just 29% have gone to see a movie in a theater, 19% have gone out to watch live music, and 14% have been a fan at a pro sports event.

Two thirds of those who have seen a movie in a theater have also picked up movies for viewing at home. Those who don’t go to movies in a theater are far less likely to make the Blockbusters run to rent a movie.

Women are more likely than men to have read a book. Adults under 30 are less likely to have done so than their elders.

Seventy-three percent (73%) of married Americans have recently read a book along with 64% of those who are not married.

Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.

The Rasmussen Reports Election Edge™ Premium Service offers the most comprehensive public opinion coverage available anywhere.

Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.

May 18, 2006

Activities Participated In By Adults

Read A Book

69%

Rented or Bought a Movie

46%

Attended Childrens Event

40%

Gone to a Movie Theatre

29%

Watched Live Music

19%

Gone to a Pro Sports Event

14%

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