This statistic illustrates the frequency of reading books in England in 2013, broken down by socio-economic group. Of respondents in the AB group, 34 percent of reported reading hard copy books every day, while 31 percent of DEs reported reading books less often than weekly.
* The original survey question was: "How often do you read each of the following...?" ** The source indicates: "SEG is a classification based on occupation which allows a household to be classified according to the occupation of the Chief Income Earner. It is based on a number of questions around their occupation, the type of organisation they work(ed) for, role, job title, managerial responsibilities and qualifications. The SEG classifications are as follows: A) High managerial, administrative or professional; B) Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional; C1) Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional; C2) Skilled manual workers; D) Semi and unskilled manual workers; E) State pensioners, casual or lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only.
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Booktrust. (March 11, 2014). How often do you read hard copy books?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/302376/frequency-of-reading-books-by-socio-economic-group-england-uk/
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Booktrust. (2014). How often do you read hard copy books?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/302376/frequency-of-reading-books-by-socio-economic-group-england-uk/
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