U.S. Periodical Prices—2002

   

from American Libraries

TABLE VII: Children’s Periodicals
(6 titles dropped; 6 titles added) (28% of the titles increased in price)
Year Number of Titles Average Price Percentage Increase Index
1984 78 12.21 — 100.0
1985 78 13.31 9.0 109.0
1986 78 13.76 3.4 112.7
1987 78 15.19 10.4 124.4
1988 78 16.39 7.8 134.2
1989 78 16.95 3.4 138.8
1990 78 17.51 3.3 143.4
1991 78 18.38 5.0 150.6
1992 78 19.48 6.0 159.6
1993 78 19.83 1.8 162.4
1994 78 20.43 3.0 167.4
1995 78 21.31 4.3 174.5
1996 78 21.65 1.6 177.3
1997 79 23.08 6.6 189.0
1998 79 24.15 4.6 197.8
1999 79 24.69 2.2 202.2
2000 79 25.14 1.8 205.9
2001 79 25.52 1.5 209.0
2002 79 26.56 4.1 217.5