| -2 |
Refused |
0 |
| -1 |
Don't Know |
0 |
| 1 |
You moved house |
0 |
| 2 |
You had significantly more disposable income |
1 |
| 3 |
You had significantly less disposable income |
4 |
| 4 |
Significant increase in financial commitments such as househ |
3 |
| 5 |
Major financial crisis, like losing the equivalent of 3 mont |
0 |
| 6 |
You left school or university |
0 |
| 7 |
Your work demands increased |
12 |
| 8 |
You [or your partner] changed jobs |
5 |
| 9 |
You [or your partner] lost your [their] job |
1 |
| 10 |
You [or your partner] retired |
3 |
| 11 |
You got a pet |
0 |
| 12 |
Your pet died / became ill |
0 |
| 13 |
You started a new relationship |
1 |
| 14 |
You moved in with your partner |
0 |
| 15 |
You got engaged or married |
0 |
| 16 |
You had your first child |
3 |
| 17 |
You had another child |
4 |
| 18 |
Your child/ren started school |
9 |
| 19 |
Your child/ren left home |
0 |
| 20 |
Serious illness or injury |
7 |
| 21 |
Someone in your immediate family became seriously ill |
1 |
| 22 |
You have taken on additional caring responsibilities for a f |
4 |
| 23 |
Separation from your partner due to divorce, marital difficu |
1 |
| 24 |
Death of a spouse |
2 |
| 25 |
Death of a close family member |
0 |
| 26 |
Death of a close friend |
0 |
| 27 |
I have less childcare responsibilities / children are less d |
1 |
| 28 |
I have more free time |
66 |
| 29 |
My friends started going / going more |
11 |
| 30 |
I wanted to meet new people |
1 |
| 31 |
I enjoy going to the library with other people |
20 |
| 32 |
I wanted to encourage my child to read books |
100 |
| 33 |
I like to read/wish to read more |
72 |
| 34 |
There were (more) events at the library that interested me d |
27 |
| 35 |
I wanted to broaden my interests |
20 |
| 36 |
I wanted to do something for myself |
17 |
| 37 |
My health improved |
4 |
| 38 |
The facilities have improved |
23 |
| 39 |
The staff/service has improved |
2 |
| 40 |
Facilities have become available close to where I live |
13 |
| 41 |
Books have become too expensive to buy |
21 |
| 42 |
I needed to access the internet |
37 |
| 43 |
I started a course/needed the library to study |
23 |
| 44 |
No particular reason/coincidence |
9 |
| 45 |
Other reason |
100 |
| 98 |
Main reason unknown |
7 |
| 99 |
No answer |
4 |
| -7 |
Not asked in fresh sample questionnaire |
5269 |
| -5 |
Not in questionnaire at this time |
0 |
| -4 |
Excluded due to questionnaire error |
0 |
| -3 |
Excluded from filter |
4447 |
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