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On re-reading both sources, the more direct contradiction is that Gallup says that 16% of Americans read 0 books per year and the Literacy Project Foundation sa
by philipkglass 10y ago
On re-reading both sources, the more direct contradiction is that Gallup says that 16% of Americans read 0 books per year and the Literacy Project Foundation says 44%. The Literacy Project Foundation unfortunately cites names for the stats at the bottom of the page but does not link numbers to specific reports those numbers came from, so I can't dig further into the discrepancy.
- gnicholas 10y agoIt's actually not a contradiction — they just have different definitions of "read a book." If both are true, then it means that 84% of Americans started reading a book, but that only 56% finished at least one. But yes, it would be good if the Literacy Project Foundation linked to publicly-available sources.