For example, a Birds Eye frozen foods/HarperCollins survey published in August 1993 found that less than a third of primary school-aged children (5-11) read for pleasure, compared to more than half of the same age-group two generations ago. Fifty-five per cent named watching television as their favourite occupation, while thirty-seven per cent preferred computers (including games machines).

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