Reading Profile of Malaysians, 1996: Report of a Study

A2 SERIES ability and reading ability to read aged 15 Bahasa Malaysia Bahasa Melayu Base books read Bumiputra Chinese Indian Central South East CHARACTERISTICS AND HOUSEHOLD CHART children aged CONT'D DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS Distribution Educational Level Ethnic Group Gender Excluding school textbooks Frank Small hours to less Household Income Group Inadequate reading ability Indian Others Male Jawi script Kuala Lumpur library facilities MAIN REASON Malaysia Nanban Malaysians aged Male Female 10-14 Mandarin North Central South percent of Malaysians PERSONAL COMPUTERS PERSONS AGED practice of reading PROFILE OF MALAYSIANS Radio/TV adequate read books read comics read magazines Read moderately reading activities reading habit READING MATERIAL READ READING PROFILE REASON FOR READING Reason Total Rural North Central Sabah/Sarawak sample Sarawak Sarawak Tribune shows South East Sabah Strata Region survey Tamil Nesan Total Below RM500 Total Bumiputra Chinese Total Urban Rural types of reading UNESCO Urban Rural North USAGE OF LIBRARIES Utusan Sarawak