Summary

National Reading Barometer Project 2023 Summary Report

The National Reading Barometer project describes adult reading culture and the broader reading ecosystem in South Africa. The project includes two components: the National Reading Survey (NRS), a nationally representative survey of the adult population aged 16+, and the National Reading Barometer (NRB), a new compilation of secondary datasets that assesses the overall health of the South African reading ecosystem. The summary report shares high-level findings from the project and recommendations for further research.

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Findings report

National Reading Survey 2023 Findings Report

This report presents the results of the South African National Reading Survey, conducted in 2023. The National Reading Survey is a nationally representative survey of the adult population aged 16+ which describes the reading practices, preferences and contexts of adults, both in terms of reading for themselves and reading with children in their household. In addition to covering information about frequency, depth and types of reading, access to and preferences regarding reading materials, and attitudes/motivations related to reading, the survey has focus areas relating to library use, digital reading, reading with children and reading language preferences.
 

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National Reading Survey Technical Report 2023

National Reading Survey 2023 Technical Report

This report describes the methodology of the 2023 South African National Reading Survey, a nationally representative survey of the adult population aged 16+ which describes the reading practices, preferences and contexts of adults, both in terms of reading for themselves and reading with children in their household. The technical report provides information about the data collection process, the structure of the open source questionnaire and dataset, and the key data cleaning and data analysis processes followed to arrive at the results reported in the survey findings reports.

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