Reasons for challenging book content U.S. 2014

The statistic illustrates the reasons for challenging book content in the United States between January 1, 2013 and August 6, 2014. Between that time, the most frequently cited reasons for challenging a book was sexually explicitness with 92 challenges, and offensive language with 73 challenges.

Reasons for challenging* book content in the United States between January 2013 and August 2014

Reason	Number of challenges
Sexually explicit	92
Offensive language	73
Unsuited for age group	67
Violence	49
Religious viewpoint	22
Other offensive item	19
Nudity	17
Drugs, alcohol, smoking	17
Racism	11
Political viewpoint	11
Homosexuality	9
Anti-family	6
Cultural insensitivity	5
Suicide	4
Inaccurate	4
Sexism	3
Sex education	3
Occult Satanism	2
Gangs	2
Abortion	2
Anti-ethnic	1
Technical errors	0

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Release date

September 2014

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United States

Survey time period

January 1, 2013 to August 6, 2014

Supplementary notes

* The source provides the following explanations; ""A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials." "The data is based on reported challenges and does not account for those that go unreported.

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