Name: Book reading frequency of teenagers in Germany in 2017-2018
Creator: Statista

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This statistic shows data on how often teenagers read books in Germany in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, 39 percent of German teenagers stated to read books daily or several times a week. 26 percent of respondents did so once a month or less often, while 16 percent stated they never read printed books.

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

June 6 to July 19, 2017; May 28 to August 5, 2018

Number of respondents

1,200 respondents

Age group

12-19 years

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

JIM is a series of surveys published by the Medienpädagogische Forschungsbund Südwest, which is supported by the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK) and the Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation Rheinlandpfalz (LMK). The surveys are developed in cooperation with SWR Medienforschung, the Zeitungs Marketing Gesellschaft (ZMG), the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, the Landeszentralen für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz and the Stiftung Lesen.

The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.

The figures for 2016 were taken from a previous publication.