Most Ukrainians read no more than five books a year. In addition, they preferred printed books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is stated in the sociological study “Reading in the context of media consumption and life design”, published by the Ukrainian Book Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“67% of the population read printed books during the year, 28% – electronic, and 15% – listened to audiobooks, most of them read or listened to only 1-5 books per year. Compared to 2018, from 4% to 2% decreased the share of those who has read 26 or more printed books, “the study said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among printed book readers who have read at least one book in the last 12 months, 40% have purchased books, 39% have borrowed from a home library, 35% have borrowed from friends, 17% have borrowed from a public library, and 13% have received as a gift. and 7% – took in the school library. Daily readers often bought books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among e-book readers who have read at least one book in the last 12 months, 69% of respondents downloaded books for free, 4% bought, and 2% used an online subscription. The survey states that 22% did not want to answer questions, which may indicate a desire to hide the fact of using pirated content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most often, e-books are read from a smartphone (69%), 19% – from a tablet, 17% – from a computer or laptop and only 7% from a device for reading books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study also found that 59% of audiobook listeners downloaded audiobooks for free, 4% bought, and 2% used an online subscription. 32% did not want to answer the question, which may indicate a desire to hide the fact of using pirated content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study was conducted by the method of personal interviews at home of respondents in August-September 2020 throughout Ukraine except for the uncontrolled territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. A total of 2,100 adults aged 15-59 and 1,800 children aged 6-17 were interviewed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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