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Rich People Read More Than Poor People in the UK: Booktrust

Rich People Read More Than Poor People in the UK: Booktrust

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/rich-people-read-more-than-poor-people-in-the-uk-booktrust_b83577

“Socioeconomic background has a lot to do with how much people read in the UK. According to a new report from Booktrust, which includes survey results from 1,500 adults, the more money you have, the more likely you are to read and vice versa.

Twenty-seven percent of adults from the poorest socio-economic backgrounds revealed that never read books, while only 13 percent of the richest people surveyed admitted to never reading books. In addition, the report found that 62 percent of richest respondents admitted reading daily or weekly, whereas 42 percent of the poorest respondents read that often. Not surprisingly, richer people own twice as many books as poorer people.

Despite discrepancies in access to books and the time spent reading, most of the interview subjects agreed that reading improves their lives. According to the report, 76 percent of survey respondents said that reading improves their lives. Broken down into socioeconomic background, 83 percent of rich adults and  72 percent of poor adults admitted this. (Via The BBC).”

Hmmm… simply duh? Causative” Correlative? Start debate.

Stephen

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Posted on: March 22, 2014, 6:46 am Category: Uncategorized

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