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Reading Habits of Croatian Citizens

The study aims to investigate reading habits of Croatian citizens. We are interested in how often people read books, where they like to read, and how often and what content they read on electronic devices. In addition, we are interested in how many people are enrolled in public libraries, and how often they borrow books from those libraries. We conducted a field survey on a nationally representative random sample of 750 adult participants (18 years and older) (356 men and 394 women). Our results show that almost one third of Croatian citizens never read books, and 6% of them read almost every day. Most often they read at home, but also out in the open – on the beach or in a park. Almost two thirds of participants own electronic devices that can be used for reading and what they most often read on them are daily newspapers, web portals, blogs and magazines, and only rarely electronic books. Only a third of participants are enrolled in public libraries, and fewer than half of those participants often borrow books from libraries. As for gender differences, our results show that women read more often than men, and are also more often enrolled in public libraries. There are no age differences found in reading habits.

reading habits, Croatia, books, e-books

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