National Reading Survey 2022-2023
South Africa, 2022 - 2023
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Reference ID
zaf-nrb-nrs-2022-2023-v1
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Nal’ibali Trust, National Library of South Africa
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Jun 07, 2023
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BM26_other_cleaned (lib_novisit_other_cl_5_3)
Data file: nrs-2022-2023-v1
Overview
Valid:
505
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
loc_start_pos:
7316
loc_end_pos:
7355
Width:
40
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Already have books (physical or digital) | 37 |
7.3%
|
|
| Aready have books (physical or digital) | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Can't read | 25 |
5%
|
|
| Covid-19 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Don't know where it isx | 21 |
4.2%
|
|
| Don't like reading | 4 |
0.8%
|
|
| Don’t know where it is | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Have books at home | 3 |
0.6%
|
|
| Library not functional | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Library was closed due to Covid-19 | 15 |
3%
|
|
| No library | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| No library in area | 92 |
18.2%
|
|
| No need for library | 14 |
2.8%
|
|
| No time | 6 |
1.2%
|
|
| No time - too busy | 166 |
32.9%
|
|
| Reading barrier not accomodated | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Too old | 47 |
9.3%
|
|
| Unable to - physical ailment | 17 |
3.4%
|
|
| Use another library | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| Use internet/ Google | 8 |
1.6%
|
|
| other | 41 |
8.1%
|
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.