Every year the survey on “Aspects of daily life” gathers information about leisure-time book reading.<\/p>\n
The term ‘readers’ refers to people aged 6 and over who have read at least one book not strictly for work or study reasons during the 12 months prior to the interview.<\/p>\n
The information presented today is taken from the survey conducted in February 2009 and regards book reading and the contents of home libraries.<\/p>\n
The sample included 19,000 households, representing a total of 48,000 individuals. For further information see the methodological note available in download.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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