Book reading frequency of teenagers in Germany in 2019, by gender

Published by Evgenia Koptyug, Apr 7, 2020

This statistic shows data on how often teenagers read books in Germany in 2019, broken down by gender. During the survey period it was found that 40 percent of girls and 28 percent of boys read books daily or several times a week.

How often do you read books?

	Boys	Girls
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-

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Release date

April 2020

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

May 28 to August 17, 2019

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 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.

* 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.