National Reading Survey 2022-2023
South Africa, 2022 - 2023
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| Value | Category | Cases | |
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| (like Takealot, Loot, Amazon, etc.) | 1 |
0.4%
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| ) Books for children to read for themselves Religious books | 1 |
0.4%
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| , etc. | 1 |
0.4%
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| - neither agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor dis | 1 |
0.4%
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| Agree | 2 |
0.8%
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| Cape | 1 |
0.4%
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| Children’s stories in newspapers or magazines | 1 |
0.4%
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| Directly from the author Borrow printed books from a commun | 1 |
0.4%
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| English isiXhosa | 1 |
0.4%
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| Female | 1 |
0.4%
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| Free market | 1 |
0.4%
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| I would readeI encourage children in my home to look at boo | 1 |
0.4%
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| NA, PNA, etStrongly agree | 1 |
0.4%
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| NatalTownship | 1 |
0.4%
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| Neutral - neither agree nor disagreeAn occasional reader (s | 1 |
0.4%
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| Never | 1 |
0.4%
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| Not aware | 1 |
0.4%
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| Online free book download sites (book sharing or pirate si | 1 |
0.4%
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| Only sms, not whatsapp) | 1 |
0.4%
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| PNA, etc.) | 1 |
0.4%
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| Radio | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| SAFM, Umhlobo Wenene, Ukhozi, Phalaphala, Lotus FM etc) New | 1 |
0.4%
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| Several times a week | 1 |
0.4%
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| Smartphone that can access internet and download apps | 1 |
0.4%
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| Strongly agree | 1 |
0.4%
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| Strongly disagree | 1 |
0.4%
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| Y | 1 |
0.4%
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| a | 1 |
0.4%
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| a monthDaily | 1 |
0.4%
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| a week | 1 |
0.4%
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| able | 1 |
0.4%
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| ad apps) Radio Teeeeeeeeeeeeee | 1 |
0.4%
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| ad but would love to learn how to | 1 |
0.4%
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| agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeAn oc | 1 |
0.4%
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| al times a monthNever | 1 |
0.4%
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| amphlets | 1 |
0.4%
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| an read themselves I make up stories to tell children/famil | 1 |
0.4%
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| an whatsapp but not dow | 1 |
0.4%
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| ana | 1 |
0.4%
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| and sometimes I don’t) | 1 |
0.4%
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| annot read yet) Books for children to read for themselves F | 1 |
0.4%
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| articipatedNever heard of it | 1 |
0.4%
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| artphone (internet enabled can download apps) Radio Televis | 1 |
0.4%
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| ask someone to read it to me | 1 |
0.4%
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| availableeeSometimes | 1 |
0.4%
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| away or transport is too expensive | 1 |
0.4%
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| be difficultisiXhosa | 1 |
0.4%
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| books) Stationery store (like CNA, PNA, etc.) Directly fro | 1 |
0.4%
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| clopedias/reference books Poetry books Cookbooks Religious | 1 |
0.4%
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| d | 1 |
0.4%
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| d booksSpecialised book shop (sells new books) Stationery s | 1 |
0.4%
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| d on digital deviceseSeveral times a week | 1 |
0.4%
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| da English Sepedi | 1 |
0.4%
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| disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeAgree | 1 |
0.4%
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| e | 6 |
2.5%
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| e for printed books (like Takealot, Loot, Amazon, etc.) | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| e nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeStrongly | 1 |
0.4%
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| e phone (can whatsapp but not download apps or search the i | 1 |
0.4%
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| eAgree | 1 |
0.4%
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| eNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agre | 2 |
0.8%
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| eNo | 1 |
0.4%
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| eSeveral times a week | 1 |
0.4%
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| ead books about equally in print and on digital deviceseI d | 1 |
0.4%
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| ee | 3 |
1.2%
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| ee nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeNeutral | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| eeDaily | 1 |
0.4%
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| eeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeDisagree | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| eee | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| eeeeSmartphone that can access internet and download apps | 1 |
0.4%
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| eeeee | 1 |
0.4%
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| eeeeeeee | 3 |
1.2%
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| eeeeeeeee | 1 |
0.4%
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| eeeeeeeeee | 1 |
0.4%
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| eeeeeeeeeee | 1 |
0.4%
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| eeeeeeeeeeee | 2 |
0.8%
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| elevision set | 1 |
0.4%
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| er agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeSt | 1 |
0.4%
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| es I want to read The people who work there are not helpful | 1 |
0.4%
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| es a day | 1 |
0.4%
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| es a month or more)Use frequently (several times a month or | 1 |
0.4%
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| es a week | 1 |
0.4%
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| et | 1 |
0.4%
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| etc.) | 1 |
0.4%
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| ever used | 1 |
0.4%
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| fficult to read | 1 |
0.4%
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| for children that cannot read yet) Religious books or pamp | 1 |
0.4%
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| frequently (several times a month or more)Used once | 1 |
0.4%
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| gh a book club Directly from the author Second-hand booksel | 1 |
0.4%
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| gital deviceseSeveral times a week | 1 |
0.4%
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| glish | 1 |
0.4%
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| gree | 1 |
0.4%
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| hone (internet enabled can download apps) Radio Television | 1 |
0.4%
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| hor Online store for printed books (like Takealot, Loot, Am | 1 |
0.4%
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| i | 1 |
0.4%
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| ibrary | 1 |
0.4%
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| ikaans Setswana English | 1 |
0.4%
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| ily myself | 1 |
0.4%
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| in my home to look at books I encourage children in my home | 1 |
0.4%
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| in print and on digital deviceseSeveral times a month | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| io (like SAFM, Umhlobo Wenene, Ukhozi, Phalaphala, Lotus FM | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ious books or pamphlets Magazines Newspapers Textbooks (sch | 1 |
0.4%
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| isagree | 1 |
0.4%
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| ish | 1 |
0.4%
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| ision set Computer/ laptop | 1 |
0.4%
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| it but I have not participatedI have heard of it but I hav | 2 |
0.8%
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| it easily myself | 1 |
0.4%
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| ither agree nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagre | 1 |
0.4%
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| k | 1 |
0.4%
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| k boxes, etc.) Borrow printed books from a community, work, | 1 |
0.4%
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| l times a week | 1 |
0.4%
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| l town | 1 |
0.4%
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| lack African | 1 |
0.4%
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| lasses | 1 |
0.4%
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| ldren in my home to read | 1 |
0.4%
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| lish Sesotho | 1 |
0.4%
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| love to learn how to | 1 |
0.4%
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| lways or Almost always availableeeAlways | 1 |
0.4%
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| mes a month | 1 |
0.4%
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| mes a monthDaily | 1 |
0.4%
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| mes a week | 1 |
0.4%
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| monthly or less) | 1 |
0.4%
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| mphlets | 1 |
0.4%
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| n | 1 |
0.4%
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| n download apps) Radio Te | 1 |
0.4%
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| n/Asian | 1 |
0.4%
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| nal reader (sometimes I read and sometimes I don’t) | 1 |
0.4%
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| nd family | 1 |
0.4%
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| nda | 1 |
0.4%
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| neither agree nor disagreeDisagree | 1 |
0.4%
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| net enabled can download apps) Radio Television set | 1 |
0.4%
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| nglish isiXhosa | 1 |
0.4%
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| ngly agree | 1 |
0.4%
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| nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeNeutral - | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| nor disagreeNeutral - neither agree nor disagreeStrongly di | 1 |
0.4%
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| now | 1 |
0.4%
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| ns) | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| nstagram/other social media feed Popular figures like music | 1 |
0.4%
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| nthDaily | 1 |
0.4%
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| ntheSeveral times a week | 1 |
0.4%
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| o Tele | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| o Television set Computer/ laptop Smartphone (internet enab | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ok download sites (book sharing or p | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ok shop (sells new books) Supermarket Stationery store (lik | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| onary store (like CNA, PNA, etc.) | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| one that can access internet and download apps | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ongly agree | 1 |
0.4%
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| onth | 1 |
0.4%
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| onthSeveral times a | 1 |
0.4%
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| on’t want to get books | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ooks) for adults Fiction books for adults Books for childre | 1 |
0.4%
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| op Supermarket Stationary store (like CNA, PNA, etc.) Throu | 1 |
0.4%
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| or disagreeAgree | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| or printed books (like Takealot, Loot, Amazon, etc.) Second | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ories from school) Text books from school | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ot access the internet. Only sms, not whatsapp) Smartphone | 1 |
0.4%
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| ot aware | 2 |
0.8%
|
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| ot looking for work | 1 |
0.4%
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| ot participatedNever heard of it | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ourage children in my home to look at books | 1 |
0.4%
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| paper format | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| people, | 1 |
0.4%
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| ple like me | 1 |
0.4%
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| r | 1 |
0.4%
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| r heard of it | 1 |
0.4%
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| r used | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| rage children in my home to look at books | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ral - neither agree nor disagreeDisagree | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ral times a week | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| rd of it but I have not participatedI was involved/particip | 1 |
0.4%
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| re | 2 |
0.8%
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| re not interested when I have time I don't read well enough | 1 |
0.4%
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| read bue | 1 |
0.4%
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| rikaans English | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| rk | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| rol station Spaza shop Other shops/retail Online | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| s Influencers on my tiktok/facebook/instagram/other social | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| s Newspapers Encyclopedias/reference books Dictionaries Coo | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| s a day | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| s a week | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| s a year | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| s or search the internet) Radio Television set | 1 |
0.4%
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| sagree | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| school I attend or that my children attend) My friends and | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| set Radio | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| sh isiXhosa isiZulu Sesotho | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| sion set | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ss than once a yearDaily | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| t home and sometimes away from home07:00:00 | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| t participatedNever heard of it | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| talKwaZulu NatalRural village | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| tedI have heard of it but I have not participatedI have hea | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| tertiary/college/university) Newspapers Dictionaries Religi | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| that can access internet and download apps | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| the above | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| themee | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| times a week | 2 |
0.8%
|
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| tional stories) | 1 |
0.4%
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| tired | 1 |
0.4%
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| trongly agree | 1 |
0.4%
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| trongly disagree | 1 |
0.4%
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| ttend or | 1 |
0.4%
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| ture books for children that cannot read yet) | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| u | 1 |
0.4%
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| u NatalRural village | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ulu | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| used | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ut would like to read more) | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ve | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ver taught how to read but would love to learn how to | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| versity library School (textbooks) | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| week | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| wnload apps | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| wnload apps) Television set Computer/ laptop | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| would read it easily myself | 2 |
0.8%
|
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| y | 2 |
0.8%
|
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| y agree | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| y disag | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| yearSeveral times a week | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| | 1 |
0.4%
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| e | 4 |
1.6%
|
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| ¯YYesA non-reader (I don’t read much and don’t like rea | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| àe | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| ™t like reading) | 1 |
0.4%
|
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.