Purpose of reading books in France 2015
What is your purpose of reading?
by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Mar 16, 2015
This statistic displays respondents' answers to a survey concerning the purposes of reading books in France, as of February 2015. Almost three thirds of respondents declared they read books as a hobby, whereas seven percent stated they read books for work.
What is your purpose of reading?
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| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| For hobby | 74% |
| For work and hobby | 19% |
| For work | 7% |
| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| For hobby | 74% |
| For work and hobby | 19% |
| For work | 7% |
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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Mar 16, 2015
This statistic displays respondents' answers to a survey concerning the purposes of reading books in France, as of February 2015. Almost three thirds of respondents declared they read books as a hobby, whereas seven percent stated they read books for work.
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- Release date
- March 2015
- Region
- France
- Survey time period
- February 3 to 11, 2015
- Number of respondents
- 938 respondents
- Age group
- 15 years and older
- Special properties
- book readers
- Method of interview
- Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
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- Region
- France
- Survey time period
- February 3 to 11, 2015
- Number of respondents
- 938 respondents
- Age group
- 15 years and older
- Special properties
- book readers
- Method of interview
- Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
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- Books: average number of copies printed annually in France from 2010 to 2016Books: average number of copies printed in France 2010-2016
- Number of book titles available in France from 2010 to 2017Book references available in France 2010-2017
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- Digital books sales value going to publishers in France from 2010 to 2016 (in million euros)Digital book sales: publisher revenue in France 2010-2016
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- When do you choose the book that you will purchase?*Path to purchase: choosing a book in France 2015
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- Wish to read more books among the French population, 2015
- Revenue of children's and youth books by type of books in France 2015
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- Attendance of bookstores by young French people 2016
- Survey on situations chosen to read aloud to children in Germany 2014
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- Brazil: reading penetration 2015, by book type & education
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- Brazil: reading penetration 2011-2015, by book type
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- Distribution of revenue in the U.S. printing industry in 2012, by segment
- Printing and service activities related to printing revenue in Malta 2010-2022
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Statistics on "Books in France - Book market"
- Number of books sold in France 2010-2016
- Book production volume in France 2010-2017
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- Books: average number of copies printed in France 2010-2016
- Book references available in France 2010-2017
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- Share of translated books among marketed production of books in France 2009-2017
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Statistics on "Books in France - Perception of book reading"
- Book reading importance in households in France 2015
- Purpose of reading books in France 2015
- Reasons for book gifting in France 2015
- Benefits of reading: opinion in France 2015
- Reading motivation among book readers in France 2015, by gender
- Public opinion regarding purposes of reading in France as of 2015
- Breakdown of importance given to book reading in France 2015, by age
Statistics on "Books in France - Profile of book readers"
- Reading consumption distribution in France 2017
- Avid book readers in France 2015, by age
- Book reading penetration in France 2017, by gender
- Presence of books at home as a child in France 2015
- Purposes of reading books in France 2015, by age group
- French readers opinion of their own reading consumption 2015, by age
Statistics on "Books in France - Reading habits"
- Book reading penetration in France 2017, by format
- Reading frequency of book consumers in France 2015
- Number of books read on average in France 2017, by format
- Most popular book genres read in France 2017
- Number of digital and print books read annually in France 2017
- Book-related practices carried out by French parents 2015
- Reading frequency of book consumers in France 2015, by age
- Most popular book reading locations in France 2015
- Preferred book reading occasions in France 2015
Statistics on "Books in France - Access method to books"
- Book access methods penetration in France 2015
- Book giving: people to whom book buyers gave books in France 2015
- Book buying: place of purchase in France 2015
- Reasons for not buying books in bookstores in France 2015
- Library lending frequency among book readers in France 2015
- Library lending penetration among book readers in France 2015, by age
- Reasons for not borrowing books from media libraries in France, as of 2015
- Path to purchase: choosing a book in France 2015
Statistics on "Books in France - Trends"
- Purchase incentives for books in France 2017
- Purchase incentives for books in France 2015, by gender
- Book purchase incentives in France 2015, by age group
- Impulse buying: book purchase incentives in France 2017
- Breakdown of reasons for not reading more books in France 2015
- Reasons that encourage reading more books in France 2015
- E-reader penetration in France from Q1 2013 to January 2015
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- Wish to read more books among the French population 2015, by age
- Production of children's and youth books in France 2010-2015
- Production of children's and youth books by number of titles in France 2010-2015
- Wish to read more books among the French population, 2015
- Revenue of children's and youth books by type of books in France 2015
- Frequentation of libraries / school libraries by French young people 2016
- Attendance of bookstores by young French people 2016
- Survey on situations chosen to read aloud to children in Germany 2014
- Daily time spent reading books in Norway 2008-2018, by gender
- Brazil: reading penetration 2015, by book type & education
- Sources of book acquisition by young French 2016
- Brazil: reading penetration 2011-2015, by book type
- Survey on the usage of assisistive device to read books in Sweden 2016
- Italy: foreigners´ book readership 2012, by book origin and language difficulty
- Italy: foreigners´ book readership 2011-2012, by book origin and macro-region
- Distribution of revenue in the U.S. printing industry in 2012, by segment
- Printing and service activities related to printing revenue in Malta 2010-2022
- Industry revenue of »publishing activities« in Czechia 2011-2023
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