As of December 2021, just 12 percent of surveyed women in the United States said that they had not read any books in the last year, ten percent less than the share of men who said the same. Both male and female respondents were most likely to have read one to five books in the year leading to the survey, though nine percent of women reported having read more than 51 books in that time.
Number of books read each year by consumers in the past year in the United States as of December 2021, by gender
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Gallup. (January 10, 2022). Number of books read each year by consumers in the past year in the United States as of December 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/896508/number-of-books-consumers-read-per-year-by-gender/
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