National Reading Survey 2022-2023
South Africa, 2022 - 2023
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Data file: nrs-2022-2023-v1
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Valid:
290
Type:
Discrete
loc_start_pos:
4087
loc_end_pos:
4252
Width:
166
Range:
-
Format:
character
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (cannot access the internet. Only sms, not whatsapp) | 1 |
0.3%
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| (street book boxes, etc.) Borrow books from family, friends or colleagues | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| ) | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| - neither agree nor disag80 | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| - neither agree nor disagreeDisagree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| -10 | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| 0 | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Cellphone (cannot access the internet. Only sms, not whatsapp) Radio Television set Computer/ laptop | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Charity shop or flea market Informal or street trader Book donation or public book sharing (street book boxes, etc.) Borrow printed books from a community, work, sch | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines Text books from school Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Disagree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| English | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Informal or street trader | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Neutral - neither agree nor disagreeStrongly disagree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Never | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| People at my school (the school I attend or that my children attend) | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Several times a week | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Stationary store (like CNA, PNA, etc.) Through a mobile app | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Television set Cellphone (cSchool Library | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Text books from school | 5 |
1.7%
|
|
| Text books from school Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 10 |
3.4%
|
|
| Text books from school Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 12 |
4.1%
|
|
| Text books from school Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Text books from school Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Textbooks (school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Y | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| a week | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| a yearLess than once a yearLess than once a yearSeveral times a monthNever | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| access the internet. Only sms, not whatsapp) Smartphone (internet enab | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ack African | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| agree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| agree nor disagreeStrongly disagree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| aily | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| al times a week | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| alot, Loot, Amazon, etc.) Online e-book stores or apps (like Amazon, Kobo, etc.) Online free book download sites (book sharing or pirate sites) Second-hand bookseller | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| app/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| atsapp) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| attend or that my children attend) Influencers on my tiktok/facebook/instagram/other social media feed Leaders at my church | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| b Directly from the author Through a mobile app Online | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| books with pictures and stories from school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| bookseller | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| cess the internet. Only sms, not whatsapp) Smartphone (internet enabled can download apps) Radio Television set Computer/ laptop | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| cial media contacts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| d reading glasses | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| d second-hand booksSpecialised book shop (sells new books) Second-hand bookseller Stationery store (like CNA, PNA, etc.) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| d sometimes I don’t) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| d stories from school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| d stories from school) Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| d traditional stories) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| d traditional stories) Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| d-hand books | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| don’t want to get books | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| don’t) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| e | 4 |
1.4%
|
|
| e English Setswana | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| e a month | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| e apps | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| e apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 5 |
1.7%
|
|
| e sites) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eStrongly disagree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ead books | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| easily myself | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eeeeeee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eeeeeeee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eeeeeeeee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eeeeeeeeee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eeeeeeeeeee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eeeeeeeeeeee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| either agree nor disagreeAgree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| either agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeDisagree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ek | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eligious books or pamphlets Cookbooks Dictionaries Encyclopedias/reference books Newspapers Textbooks (tertiary/college/university) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| en attend) My friends and family Influencers on my tiktok/facebook/instagram/other social media feed | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| eral times a week | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| ers on my tiktok/facebook/instagram/other social media feed | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| es | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| es (book sharing or pirate sites) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| es from school) | 6 |
2.1%
|
|
| es from school) Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ever | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| ewspapers or magazines | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| f the above | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| frikaans English | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| g materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| glish | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| gly agree | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| gree | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| h | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| h isiZulu | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| hemselves | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| home | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| hool Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| hool Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| hool Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| hop | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| hops/retail Online Through mobile apps | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| how to | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| i rank Petrol station Spaza shop Other shops/retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| ike about animals, people, history, etc.) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ike musicians, sportspeople, etc. Influencers on my tiktok/facebook/instagram/other social media feed My social media contacts People at my school (the school I atten | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ildren’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 4 |
1.4%
|
|
| ildren’s stories in newspapers or magazines Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| imes a monthSeveral times a monthDaily | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| in paper format | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ines Newspapers Religious books or pamphlets Dictionaries | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ion books for adults Non-fiction books (excluding textbooks) for adults Religious books or pamphlets Poetry books Dictionaries Magazines Newspapers Textbooks (school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| isiXhosa Sesotho Setswana siSwGÍà¯YYesAn aspiring reader (I don’t read much but would like to read more) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| isiZulu | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ither agree nor disagreeAgree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| k/facebook/instagram/other social media feed | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ke musicians, sportspeople, etc. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ks from family, friends or colleagues | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| l times a week | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| l) Textbooks (tertiary/college/university) Books for children to read for themselves Books for young children (picture books for children that cannot read yet) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| lack African | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ligious stories | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| lish isiZulu | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| mation (factual information like about animals, people, history, etc.) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| mes a week | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| month | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| more often on digital devices | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| n digital devices | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| n occasional reader (sometimes I read and sometimes I don’t) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| n once a week | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| n whatsapp but not download apps or search the internet) Television set Computer/ laptop | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| neither agree nor disagreeDisagree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| never read books | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ng textbooks) for adults Poetry books Dictionaries Magazines Newspapers Textbooks (school) Textbooks (tertiary/college/university) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeStrongly | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| not knoweSeveral times a monthSeveral times a monthSeveral times a monthSeveral times a monthAbout once a month | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| n’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| n’s stories in newspapers or magazines Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| n’s stories in newspapers or magazines Text books from school | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| n’t want to get books | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| o | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| o 10 | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| oks Magazines Newspapers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| oks for children to read for themselves Fiction books for adults Non-fiction books (excluding textbooks) for adults Religious books or pamphlets Dictionaries Newspape | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| oks from school | 16 |
5.5%
|
|
| oks from school Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 18 |
6.2%
|
|
| oks from school Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines Content from free reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| ol or college/university library Second-hand bookseller | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| om family, friends or colleagues | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ometimes I don’t) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| once a month | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| one (cannot access the internet. Only sms, not whatsapp) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| onth | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ooks or pamphlets Fiction books for adults Non-fiction books (excluding textbooks) for adults | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ookseller | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ool) Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| or work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| or young children (picture books for children that cannot read yet) Religious books or pamphlets Dictionaries Textbooks (school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ories from school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ould read it easily myself | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| r almost never | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| r pamphlets Dictionaries Textbooks (school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| r reader (I read often for various reasons) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| read books | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| reader (I read often for various reasons) | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| reading materials for children online, on mobile apps or sent by whatsapp/sms | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ree | 3 |
1%
|
|
| rk | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| rmarket Second-hand bookseller Informal or street trader Borrow printed books from a community, work, school or college/university library Borrow books from family, f | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| s | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| s an important part of my life) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| s with pictures and stories from school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| seSeveral times a day | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| set | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sh | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sion set | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| stories | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| stories, folk tales and traditional stories) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| suburb | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| swana | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| t easily myself | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| t interested | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| tbooks (school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| thSeveral times a monthSeveral times a week | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| thSeveral times a week | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ther agree nor disagreeDisagree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| times a monthDaily | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| times a monthI read books about equally in print and on digital deviceseSeveral times a day | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| times a year | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| tral - neither agree nor disagreeStrongly agree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| trongly agree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ttend or that my children attend) My social media contacts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| uldn't buy it anywhere | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ures and stories from school) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ver | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| village | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| waZulu NatalKwaZulu-NatalTownship | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| week | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| y agree | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| year | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| e | 1 |
0.3%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.