Reading Habits in Different Communities
Residents of urban, suburban, and rural areas vary in their purposes for reading, their use of digital content, their engagement with public libraries, and where they turn for book recommendations
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Part 1: Introduction
This report is part of a series exploring the rising e-book environment and its impact on the general reading habits of Americans, as well as its impact on public libraries. To understand the place e-reading, e-books, and libraries have in Americans’ evolving reading habits, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the Pew Internet Project […]
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Part 7: Differences Between Heavy, Light, and Non-book readers Across Community Type
In The Rise of E-Reading report we noted that the distribution between heavy and light readers is relatively even. Among those ages 16 and older who had read a book in the past 12 months: 8% read 1 book 17% 2-3 books 16% 4-5 books 19% 6-10 books 18% 11-20 books 22% more than 20 […]
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Reading & Library Habits in Different Communities
A snapshot of the reading and library habits within the different types of communities studied.
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Methodology
Library Services Survey Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project November 2012 SUMMARY The Library Services Survey obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 2,252 people ages 16 and older living in the United States. Interviews were conducted via landline (nLL=1,127) and cell […]
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Kathryn Zickuhr
Kathryn Zickuhr is a research associate at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Zickuhr studies the changing role of libraries in Americans’ lives and communities in the era of digital content. She has also published reports on topics ranging from location-based services to broadband adoption. Zickuhr is a graduate of the University […]
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Methodology
Library Services Survey Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project November 2012 SUMMARY The Library Services Survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample […]