Table 2
Percentage of people who follow news and current affairs daily, several times a week, several times a month or rarely, by sex and age group, 2013

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Table 2
Percentage of people who follow news and current affairs daily, several times a week, several times a month or rarely, by sex and age group, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of people who follow news and current affairs daily Population 15 years and older, Type of media, Total, Newspapers (print), Magazines (print), Television, Radio and Internet, calculated using Number of people (in thousands) and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Population 15 years and older Type of media
Total Newspapers (print) Magazines (print) Television Radio Internet
number of people (in thousands)
Total 29,132 13,834 4,769 21,101 13,595 16,421
  percentage
Sex  
Men 49 49 45 48 50 52
Women 51 51 55 52 50 48
Age group  
15 to 24 years 16 12 11 12 12 20
25 to 34 years 17 13 14 14 16 22
35 to 44 years 16 13 15 15 17 19
45 to 54 years 18 18 18 19 21 18
55 to 64 years 16 19 19 18 18 13
65 to 74 years 10 14 14 13 10 6
75 years and older 8 11 10 9 6 2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2013 General Social Survey.
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