This statistic illustrates the results of a survey on the proportion of parents who read on a touch screen device in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013, by frequency and demographic. Among parents aged between 36 and 40 years, 49.5 percent reported reading on a touch screen daily.
Frequency of reading on a touch screen device among parents in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013, by demographic
Characteristic
Once or twice a week
A few times a week
Daily
All parents
12.8%
18.8%
45.2%
Fathers
11.1%
20.1%
45.4%
Mothers
14.6%
17.5%
45%
18-30 years
13.4%
22.5%
37.3%
31-35 years
13.6%
18.2%
45.8%
36-40 years
11.7%
16.3%
49.5%
Over 41 years
12.9%
20.4%
44.2%
Group AB
9.8%
19.9%
48.9%
Group C1
16.3%
19.2%
43.9%
Group C2
12.2%
15.1%
46%
Group DE
15.2%
19.2%
36.4%
No qualification
8.3%
25%
41.7%
Non-university qualification
13.7%
22.8%
37.6%
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National Literacy Trust. (March 1, 2014). Frequency of reading on a touch screen device among parents in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013, by demographic [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/554731/parents-touch-screen-reading-frequency-by-demographic-uk/
National Literacy Trust. "Frequency of reading on a touch screen device among parents in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013, by demographic." Chart. March 1, 2014. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/554731/parents-touch-screen-reading-frequency-by-demographic-uk/
National Literacy Trust. (2014). Frequency of reading on a touch screen device among parents in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013, by demographic. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/554731/parents-touch-screen-reading-frequency-by-demographic-uk/
National Literacy Trust. "Frequency of Reading on a Touch Screen Device among Parents in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2013, by Demographic." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/554731/parents-touch-screen-reading-frequency-by-demographic-uk/
National Literacy Trust, Frequency of reading on a touch screen device among parents in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013, by demographic Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/554731/parents-touch-screen-reading-frequency-by-demographic-uk/ (last visited June 06, 2025)
Frequency of reading on a touch screen device among parents in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013, by demographic [Graph], National Literacy Trust, March 1, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/554731/parents-touch-screen-reading-frequency-by-demographic-uk/
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