The results of a survey carried out in the UK in 2019/2020 show which generations are more likely to read magazines or newspapers while watching TV. Just under a third of over 65s sometimes do so. Roughly one fifth of all respondents hardly ever do this.
TV activities: How often, if at all, do you read a magazine or newspaper while watching TV?
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Question phrased by the source: "How often, if at all, do you do any of the following activities whilst watching TV? Please select one option per row: Read magazines or newspaper"
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dunnhumby Beyond. (June 12, 2020). TV activities: How often, if at all, do you read a magazine or newspaper while watching TV? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127254/reading-magazines-or-newspaper-while-watching-tv-uk-age-group/
dunnhumby Beyond. "TV activities: How often, if at all, do you read a magazine or newspaper while watching TV?." Chart. June 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127254/reading-magazines-or-newspaper-while-watching-tv-uk-age-group/
dunnhumby Beyond. (2020). TV activities: How often, if at all, do you read a magazine or newspaper while watching TV?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127254/reading-magazines-or-newspaper-while-watching-tv-uk-age-group/
dunnhumby Beyond. "Tv Activities: How Often, If at All, Do You Read a Magazine or Newspaper While Watching Tv?." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127254/reading-magazines-or-newspaper-while-watching-tv-uk-age-group/
dunnhumby Beyond, TV activities: How often, if at all, do you read a magazine or newspaper while watching TV? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127254/reading-magazines-or-newspaper-while-watching-tv-uk-age-group/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
TV activities: How often, if at all, do you read a magazine or newspaper while watching TV? [Graph], dunnhumby Beyond, June 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127254/reading-magazines-or-newspaper-while-watching-tv-uk-age-group/