Unemployed citizens in the United States spent the most time reading, with their average daily reading time at 25.2 minutes, down slightly from the previous year. Meanwhile, those in full-time employment spent just over 10 minutes reading per day.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 22, 2023). Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by employment status (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/412485/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-employment-status/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by employment status (in hours)." Chart. June 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/412485/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-employment-status/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by employment status (in hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/412485/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-employment-status/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average Daily Time Spent Reading per Capita in The United States from 2018 to 2022, by Employment Status (in Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/412485/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-employment-status/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by employment status (in hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/412485/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-employment-status/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by employment status (in hours) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/412485/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-employment-status/