With the 60th Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest media event, just weeks away, a recent survey conducted by the long-standing social research institute TNS Emnid collected some revealing data. According to the results, women read more often than men and young people more than older ones.
Overall, 26 percent of men questioned revealed they hadn’t read a single book during the past year. Only 16 percent of women responded that way. Furthermore, nearly one in two women or 47 percent said they read right before going to sleep, while only 33 percent of men said they do so.
Bookworms seemed especially prevalent in the study. While 21 percent of those surveyed hadn’t read a book in the past 12 months, 18 percent of the respondents were currently reading a book and another 26 percent had browsed through one during the previous week.
Of additional interest was that the most eager readers were found to be between the ages of 30-39. Within this group, 57 percent had read a book that day or the day just prior.
While young people seemed very interested in books, the desire to read seemed to diminish with age, according to the study. Only a third of the group 60 years and older questioned said they were presently reading a book or had recently read one.
The survey was conducted from a group of 1,006 persons.
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