PublicLibraries: Public Library Usage

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Public Library Usage

Description

Frequency of public library use by political party

Format

A data frame with 2429 observations on the following 2 variables.

LibraryUse

Coded as Monthly, Few Times, Rarely, or Never

Party

Political party (Dem=Democrat,Ind=Independent, Rep=Repubican)

Details

In a survey conducted by YouGov in April 2024, a sample of adults answered a question on how frequently they use public libraries and their polical party affiliation

Source

Van Dam, A, "Who uses public libraries the most? There’s a divide by religion, and politics."" The Washington Post, October 2, 2024. Some values approximated from data available at https://today.yougov.com/.


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