Overall, the research highlights four justifications for initiatives to encourage reading for pleasure from an early
age, particularly among disadvantaged groups:
People who read books are significantly more likely to be happy and content with their life.
Most people who read books feel this improves their life. It also makes them feel good.
People who were read to and encouraged to read as children are significantly more likely to read as
adults, both to themselves and to their own children.
Those who never read books live in areas of greater deprivation and with more children in poverty