°Interest in political news
	Occupying oneself with politics and current affairs
	Switzerland
	by age in %				by education in %				by occupation in %
	18–39 years	40–59 years	60 years and over		Low education	Inter-mediate	High education		Economically inactive	Part-time employed	(Mostly) in employment
More than half an hour per day on television	30.3	41.5	58.8		40.8	42.4	40.5		38.8	33.0	38.4
More than half an hour per day on the radio	26.6	36.8	38.8		23.3	36.9	31.0		32.0	40.5	34.1
More than half an hour per day in newspapers	11.1	14.7	30.5		11.0	17.2	24.4		13.9	16.5	15.4
	by country in %
	US*	FR	SE	UK	ES	DE	CH
More than half an hour per day on television	81.1	64.3	64.0	61.3	58.2	53.6	41.7
More than half an hour per day on the radio		34.6	38.3	35.8	42.0	37.9	33.2
More than half an hour per day in newspapers		18.6	25.8	23.3	25.6	26.4	17.7
US*: 2005