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U.S. consumers types of reading material in April 2017, by gender

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Alexander Kunst,

Dec 20, 2019

The statistic shows the formats read on a regular basis by consumers in the United States in 2017, by gender. During the survey, 58 percent of male respondents stated that they read non-fiction books regularly.

What do you read on a regular basis?

table column chart

Characteristic	Female	Male
Novels/fiction books	84%	69%
Non-fiction books	55%	58%
Magazines (reports)	39%	53%
Newspapers (reports)	37%	64%
Cook books	30%	20%
Graphic novels/comics	12%	34%
Scientific reports/scientific books	11%	37%
Poetry	10%	14%
Other	5%	4%
None of the above	1%	0%

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Details: United States; Statista Survey; April 4 to April 12, 2017; 1,020 respondents; 18 years and older; English-speaking residential population, who read books or newspapers; Online survey

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Source

Statista Survey

Survey by

Statista Survey

Survey name

Statista Survey E-Books 2017

Published by

Statista Survey

Source link

statista.com

Release date

April 2017

Citation formats

Region

United States

Survey time period

April 4 to April 12, 2017

Number of respondents

1,020 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

English-speaking residential population, who read books or newspapers

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

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