Who buys books in Canada?

Table 2: Book spending by quartile, 2001 Number of Quartile Spending households Total spending Share of all range reporting on books book spending spending Low spending households $1 to $50 1.6 million $56 million 5% Moderate spending households $51 to $100 1.5 million $130 million 12% High spending households $101 to $200 1.3 million $222 million 20% Highest spending households $201 or more 1.4 m [...] In comparison: • 31% of the highest spenders on performing arts spent more than $200 on books; • 28% of the highest spenders on museums are in the highest spending quartile; • 26% of the highest spenders on art, antiques and decorative ware spent more than $200 on books; and • 23% of the highest spenders on live sports events are in the highest spending group. [...] Table 5: Book spending of households with or without children, 2001 Number of Percentage With / without children households of Total Share of Average under 18 in home reporting households spending all book spending per spending reporting spending household spending With children in home 2.3 million 58% $402 million 36% $177 No children in home 3.5 million 43% $723 million 64% $208 All 5.7 million [...] Table 6: Book spending of households with or without youth(s) (18 to 24 years of age), 2001 Number of Percentage of With / without a households households Total Share of Average youth reporting reporting spending all book spending per spending spending spending household With youth in home 1.1 million 52% $210 million 19% $185 No youth in home 4.6 million 48% $915 million 81% $198 All 5.7 million [...] Table 9: Book spending by size of area of residence, 2001 Number of Percentage Population of area of households of Total Share of Average residence reporting households spending all book spending per spending reporting spending household spending Population of 100,000 or over 4.0 million 50% $819 million 73% $207 Population under 100,000 0.9 million 44% $158 million 14% $177 Rural 0.9 million 45%