This statistic displays the share of people in France who have read a book in the twelve months previous to a survey which took place in January 2021, by gender. It reveals that 85 percent of women respondents had read a book in the last twelve months, against 77 percent of men.
Penetration of book reading in France as of February 2021, by gender
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CNL. (March 30, 2021). Penetration of book reading in France as of February 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/415274/book-reading-among-men-and-women-in-france/
CNL. "Penetration of book reading in France as of February 2021, by gender." Chart. March 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/415274/book-reading-among-men-and-women-in-france/
CNL. (2021). Penetration of book reading in France as of February 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/415274/book-reading-among-men-and-women-in-france/
CNL. "Penetration of Book Reading in France as of February 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/415274/book-reading-among-men-and-women-in-france/
CNL, Penetration of book reading in France as of February 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/415274/book-reading-among-men-and-women-in-france/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Penetration of book reading in France as of February 2021, by gender [Graph], CNL, March 30, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/415274/book-reading-among-men-and-women-in-france/