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by loupgarou21 5541 days ago
According to the page: 33 percent 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. 70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years. 57 percent of new books are not read to completion.[7][8]

So you're more likely to read a book if you graduate high school, but don't graduate from college than if you do graduate from college?

Also, 80% of families didn't read or buy a book in the last year? Almost all of my friends and family members are avid readers. Does this mean that my friends and family members are the only people in north America keeping the literature industry alive? Seems unlikely.