| -2 |
Refused |
0 |
| -1 |
Don't know |
15 |
| 1 |
You moved house |
4 |
| 2 |
You had significantly more disposable income |
0 |
| 3 |
You had significantly less disposable income |
4 |
| 4 |
Significant increase in financial commitments such as househ |
1 |
| 5 |
Major financial crisis, like losing the equivalent of 3 mont |
0 |
| 6 |
You left school or university |
3 |
| 7 |
Your work demands increased |
6 |
| 8 |
You [or your partner] changed jobs |
1 |
| 9 |
You [or your partner] lost your [their] job |
0 |
| 10 |
You [or your partner] retired |
2 |
| 11 |
You got a pet |
0 |
| 12 |
Your pet died or became ill |
0 |
| 13 |
You started a new relationship |
1 |
| 14 |
You moved in with your partner |
0 |
| 15 |
You got engaged or married |
1 |
| 16 |
You had your first child |
4 |
| 17 |
You had another child |
2 |
| 18 |
Your child(ren) started school |
9 |
| 19 |
Your child(ren) left home |
1 |
| 20 |
Serious illness or injury |
4 |
| 21 |
Someone in your immediate family became seriously ill |
2 |
| 22 |
You have taken on additional caring responsibilities for a f |
3 |
| 23 |
Separation from your partner due to divorce, marital difficu |
0 |
| 24 |
Death of a spouse |
0 |
| 25 |
Death of a close family member |
1 |
| 26 |
Death of a close friend |
0 |
| 27 |
I have less childcare responsibilities or children are less |
2 |
| 28 |
I have more free time |
58 |
| 29 |
My friends started going or going more often. |
14 |
| 30 |
I wanted to meet new people. |
3 |
| 31 |
I enjoy going to the library with other people |
12 |
| 32 |
I wanted to encourage my child to read books |
98 |
| 33 |
I like to read or wish to read more |
52 |
| 34 |
There were (more) events at the library that interested me d |
28 |
| 35 |
I wanted to broaden my interests. |
17 |
| 36 |
I wanted to do something for myself. |
13 |
| 37 |
My health improved |
5 |
| 38 |
The facilities have improved |
14 |
| 39 |
The staff or service has improved |
1 |
| 40 |
Facilities have become available close to where I live |
15 |
| 41 |
Books have become too expensive to buy |
12 |
| 42 |
I needed to access the internet |
35 |
| 43 |
I started a course or needed the library to study |
19 |
| 44 |
No particular reason; coincidence |
5 |
| 45 |
Other reason |
95 |
| 98 |
No answer |
0 |
| 99 |
Don't know |
0 |
| -7 |
Not asked in fresh sample questionnaire |
4827 |
| -3 |
Excluded from filter |
4428 |
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