Norway: elderly and younger people reading news 2017

This statistic shows the share of elderly and younger people reading news within the last week in Norway in 2017, by source. During this year, 81 percent of respondents at age 60 years and older used printed newspapers as their primary news source in the preceding week. In contrast, more than 70 percent of respondents at age 18 to 59 years read the news via the computer or mobile phone. For both age groups, tablets were the least used device for reading news.

Share of elderly and younger people who read the news last week in Norway in 2017, by source

Characteristic	18-59 years	60 years and older
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Release date

February 2019

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Region

Norway

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

1,997 respondents*

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* This survey has been conducted two times a year with two different age groups: age 60 years and age 18-59 years. The group of 60 years and older had approximately 550 respondents per year, whilst the younger age group had approximately 1,450 respondents per year.

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