THE READING PUBLIC
A survey made by the British Institute of Public Opinion, by questioning a representative cross-section of the population of Great Britain, indicates that 62 per cent, of adults . (persons over twenty-one years of age) read books. This makes the number of book readers in the country 19,840,000, and the number who do not read books 12,160,000. The survey shows that men outnumber women as readers by a margin of 4 per cent. Young people outnumber middle-aged people as readers by 12 per cent., and middle-aged people outnumber those over 50 years by 10 per cent. In reply to a question as to how they came t by the last book they read, 35 per cent, said from a public library; 20 per cent, said from a 2d shop library; 9 per cent, said from a subscription library; 21 per cent, borrowed the last book they read; ]5 per cent, bought it. Nearly twice as many men as women buy: books, but nearly twice as many women as men patronise 2d shop libraries.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 76, 26 September 1940, Page 7
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175THE READING PUBLIC Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 76, 26 September 1940, Page 7
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