This timeline presents the enjoyment of reading in the United States from 1994 to 2012. According to Pew, five percent of the respondents stated they did not enjoy reading books at all in 2006.
The original question posed by the source was: "How much do you enjoy reading… A lot, some, not much, or not at all?" The date of survey and the number of respondents apply only to the 2012 data. Data regarding earlier years are available in the source, on page 45.
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Pew Research Center. (September 27, 2012). How much do you enjoy reading books? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/244264/enjoyment-of-reading-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "How much do you enjoy reading books?." Chart. September 27, 2012. Statista. Accessed January 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244264/enjoyment-of-reading-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2012). How much do you enjoy reading books?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244264/enjoyment-of-reading-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "How Much Do You Enjoy Reading Books?." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244264/enjoyment-of-reading-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, How much do you enjoy reading books? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244264/enjoyment-of-reading-in-the-us/ (last visited January 10, 2025)
How much do you enjoy reading books? [Graph], Pew Research Center, September 27, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/244264/enjoyment-of-reading-in-the-us/
