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423. Profile of Consumer Expenditures for Sound Recordings
[In percent, except total value (6,254.8 represents $6,254,800,000). Based on monthly telephone surveys of the population 10 years old and over]
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ITEM
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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Total value (mil. dol)
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7,541.1
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7,834.2
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9,024.0
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10,046.6
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12,068.0
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12,320.3
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12,533.8
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12,236.8
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13,723.5
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14,584.5
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION 1
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Age: 10 to 14 years
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7.6
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8.2
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8.6
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8.6
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7.9
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8.0
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7.9
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8.9
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9.1
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8.5
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15 to 19 years
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18.3
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18.1
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18.2
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16.7
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16.8
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17.1
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17.2
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16.8
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15.8
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12.6
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20 to 24 years
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16.5
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17.9
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16.1
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15.1
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15.4
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15.3
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15.0
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13.8
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12.2
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12.6
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25 to 29 years
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14.6
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14.5
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13.8
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13.2
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12.6
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12.3
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12.5
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11.7
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11.4
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10.5
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30 to 34 years
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13.2
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12.5
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12.2
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11.9
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11.8
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12.1
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11.4
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11.0
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11.4
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10.1
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35 to 39 years
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10.2
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9.8
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10.9
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11.1
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11.5
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10.8
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11.1
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11.6
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12.6
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10.4
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40 to 44 years
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7.8
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6.7
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7.4
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8.5
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7.9
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7.5
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9.1
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8.8
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8.3
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9.3
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45 years and over
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11.1
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11.8
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12.2
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14.1
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15.4
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16.1
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15.1
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16.5
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18.1
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24.7
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Sex: Male
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54.4
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54.1
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52.6
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50.7
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52.7
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53.0
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50.9
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48.6
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48.7
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50.3
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Female
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45.6
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45.9
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47.4
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49.3
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47.3
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47.0
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49.1
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51.4
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51.3
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49.7
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Sales outlet:
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Record store
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69.8
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62.1
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60.0
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56.2
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53.3
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52.0
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49.9
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51.8
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50.8
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44.5
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Other store
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18.5
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23.4
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24.9
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26.1
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26.7
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28.2
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31.5
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31.9
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34.4
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38.3
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Music club
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8.9
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11.1
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11.4
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12.9
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15.1
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14.3
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14.3
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11.6
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9.0
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7.9
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Mail order
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2.5
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3.0
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3.2
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3.8
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3.4
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4.0
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2.9
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2.7
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2.9
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2.5
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Internet 2
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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0.3
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1.1
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2.4
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Music type: 3
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Rock
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36.1
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34.8
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31.6
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30.2
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35.1
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33.5
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32.6
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32.5
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25.7
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25.2
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Country
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9.6
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12.8
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17.4
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18.7
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16.3
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16.7
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14.7
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14.4
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14.1
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10.8
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Rap/Hip Hop
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8.5
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10.0
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8.6
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9.2
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7.9
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6.7
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8.9
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10.1
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9.7
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10.8
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R&B/Urban
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11.6
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9.9
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9.8
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10.6
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9.6
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11.3
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12.1
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11.2
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12.8
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10.5
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Pop
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13.7
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12.1
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11.5
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11.9
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10.3
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10.1
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9.3
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9.4
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10.0
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10.3
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Religious
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2.5
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3.8
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2.8
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3.2
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3.3
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3.1
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4.3
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4.5
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6.3
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5.1
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Classical
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3.1
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3.2
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3.7
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3.3
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3.7
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2.9
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3.4
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2.8
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3.3
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3.5
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Jazz
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4.8
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4.0
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3.8
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3.1
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3.0
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3.0
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3.3
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2.8
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1.9
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3.0
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Soundtracks
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0.8
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0.7
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0.7
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0.7
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1.0
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0.9
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0.8
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1.2
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1.7
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0.8
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Oldies
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0.8
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1.0
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0.8
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1.0
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0.8
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1.0
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0.8
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0.8
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0.7
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0.7
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New age
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1.1
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1.3
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1.2
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1.0
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1.0
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0.7
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0.7
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0.8
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0.6
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0.5
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Children's
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0.5
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0.3
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0.5
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0.4
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0.4
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0.5
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0.7
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0.9
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0.4
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0.4
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Other
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5.6
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4.2
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5.4
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4.6
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5.3
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7.0
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5.2
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5.7
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7.9
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9.1
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Media type:
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Cassettes
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54.7
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49.8
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43.6
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38.0
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32.1
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25.1
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19.3
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18.2
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14.8
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8.0
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CD's
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31.1
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38.9
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46.5
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51.1
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58.4
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65.0
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68.4
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70.2
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74.8
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83.2
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Vinyl LP's
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4.7
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1.7
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1.3
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0.3
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0.8
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0.5
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0.6
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0.7
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0.7
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0.5
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Singles (all types)
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8.7
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8.8
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7.5
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9.2
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7.4
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7.5
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9.3
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9.3
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6.8
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5.4
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Music video
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(NA)
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0.4
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1.0
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1.3
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0.8
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0.9
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1.0
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0.6
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1.0
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0.9
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NA Not available.
1 Percent distributions exclude nonresponses and responses of don't know.
2 Excludes record club purchases over the Internet.
3 As classified by respondent.
Source: Recording Industry Association of America, Inc.,Washington, DC, 1999 Consumer Profile.
http://www.riaa.com
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/423_profile_of_consumer_expenditures_for_sound.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
Copyright © 2019 Photius Coutsoukis and Information Technology Associates, all rights reserved.
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