The statistic displays the share of people sometimes reading literary books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background. The survey results indicate that among survey respondents, those with a Dutch background read more literary books than respondents with migration backgrounds. 27 percent of respondents with a Dutch background read literary books, while the survey found that this figure was lowest for Dutch people with a Moroccan background, at nine percent.
Share of people sometimes reading literary books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background*
* The source does not provide the exact survey question, the precise date of the survey and the number of respondents.
The source adds the following information regarding the definition of Dutch people with a migration background:
"In this article we used the CBS definition of Dutch people with migration backgrounds: Dutch people who were themselves (first generation) or whose parents (second generation) were born outside the Netherlands. Antillean Dutch people are from the former Dutch Antilles, which up until 2010 included the islands of Curaçao, Aruba, Sint Maarten, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Bonaire."
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Bibliotheekinzicht. (October 31, 2018). Share of people sometimes reading literary books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/949736/share-of-people-sometimes-reading-literary-books-in-the-netherlands-by-background/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Bibliotheekinzicht. "Share of people sometimes reading literary books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background*." Chart. October 31, 2018. Statista. Accessed March 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/949736/share-of-people-sometimes-reading-literary-books-in-the-netherlands-by-background/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Bibliotheekinzicht. (2018). Share of people sometimes reading literary books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/949736/share-of-people-sometimes-reading-literary-books-in-the-netherlands-by-background/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Bibliotheekinzicht. "Share of People Sometimes Reading Literary Books in The Netherlands in 2018, by Migration Background*." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/949736/share-of-people-sometimes-reading-literary-books-in-the-netherlands-by-background/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Bibliotheekinzicht, Share of people sometimes reading literary books in the Netherlands in 2018, by migration background* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/949736/share-of-people-sometimes-reading-literary-books-in-the-netherlands-by-background/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited March 16, 2025)
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