This statistic illustrates the share of young people in the United Kingdom who reported that they could be happy without books as of 2018, broken down by age group. Among those aged 18 to 25 years, 28 percent of respondents stated yes to this question.
* n (16-17) = 363, n (18-25) = 1,430, n (26-34) = 719, n (34+) = 294. ** The graphic displays the share of respondents that reported "yes." The remaining share of respondents to 100 percent reported "no."
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Generation What. (February 22, 2019). Could you be happy without books? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/538003/book-abandonment-among-young-people-uk/
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