Teenagers: frequency of reading books by gender Germany 2022

This statistic shows data on how often teenagers read books in Germany in 2022, broken down by gender. During the survey period it was found that 36 percent of girls and 28 percent of boys read books daily or several times a week.

How often do you read books?

Characteristic	Boys	Girls
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Release date

November 2022

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

June 2 to July 16, 2022

Number of respondents

1,200 teenagers

Age group

12-19 years

Special properties

Printed books only

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

JIM is a series of surveys published by the South-West Media Education Research Association (Medienpädagogische Forschungsbund Südwest), which is supported by the Regional Office for Communication Baden-Württemberg (Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK)) and the Regional Office for Media and Communication Rhineland-Palatinate (Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation Rheinlandpfalz (LMK)). The surveys are developed in cooperation with SWR Media Research (SWR Medienforschung), the Association for Newspaper Market Research (Zeitungsmarktforschung Gesellschaft (ZMG)), the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung), as well as its regional offices in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, and the Reading Foundation (Stiftung Lesen).

* includes only printed books.
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.

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