The document summarizes the results of a survey conducted by a transnational working group on gender, age, school subjects, spare time activities, reading habits, and language preferences of students in several European countries. Some key findings include: - Males made up 55% of respondents overall, except in Sweden which had 85% males. - The most common ages of respondents were 16 and 15 overall, though there was some variation between countries. - Popular school subjects included natural science, history, and computer studies. Religion was generally disliked. - Students enjoyed spending spare time on social media, sports, and with friends, but disliked activities like video games and reading. - Most respondents read

1. Survey conclusion
Meeting in Biella
By transnational working group

2. Gender
• Approximately 55% males
• Approximately 45% females
• This applies to all countries except
Sweden.
• Sweden has 85% males, 15% females

3. Age
• Most common age in all countries is 16,
next is 15.
• Sweden: Most common is 16, then 15
• Spain: Most common is 15, then 14
• Germany: Most common is 16, then 15
• Ireland: Most common is 17, then 16
• Italy: Most common is 17, then 16

4. School subjects
• Subjects that people love:
Natural science, History, Computer studies,
Physical Education
• Subjects that people like:
Math, Native language, Social science,
Foreign langauge, Handicraft
• Subjects that people dislike:
Religion

5. Spare time
• Love to do in spare time:
Social medias, Sports, Spending time with
friends
• Like to do in spare time:
School work
• Dislike to do in spare time:
Videogames, computer games, Reading,
Writing and Drawing

6. What do you normally read?
• Most people like to read:
News (on computer and newspaper),
Novels, Chat posts, School books
• Most people dislike reading short stories

7. How often do you read?
• Most people eople read everyday!
• But a lot of people only read when they
have to.
• Some people like to read up to two times a
week.

8. How much time do you spend on
each occasion?
• The average time of reading is 15-30
minutes.
• A lot of people also read for 1 hour or
more.

9. Where do you read?
• People really love to read in bed and in
front of the TV.
• The rest usually read at school or at a
table.

10. How do you read?
People like to read in a traditional way on
paper and also in a technical way on the
computer or on a smartphone.

11. What kind of genre would you like
to choose?
• The most common genre is Fantasy,
Adventure, Crime and Comedy.
• People dislike reading Poetry and peoples’
biographies.

12. How many novels have you read in
the last 3/6/12 months?
• The average novels people read in 3
months was 1 novel.
• The average novels read in 6 months was
3 or more novels.
• The average novels read in 12 months
was 3 or more novels.

13. What was the purpose of reading
those books?
• People usually read for both school work
and for fun.
• For fun is also a common alternative.

14. What language do you prefer to
read in?
• People love reading in their Native
language instead of reading in English
except Ireland.
• Ireland love to read in English because
most people don’t speak their Native
language.

15. Have you ever used a talking book/
audio book?
• Approximately 30% have used a talking
book/ audio book.
• It is probably because it is not popular.