Abstract
Book reading is an important factor contributing to children’s cognitive development and education for sustainable development. However, in a developing country like Vietnam, statistics have reported a low figure in book reading: only 1.2 books a year. This research study used a dataset of 1676 observations of junior high school students from Northern Vietnam to explore students’ reading behavior and its association with demographic factors, and the family’s reading culture. Data analysis suggests the older the student gets, the less inclined they are to read, and being female and having hobbies of low sensory stimulation are linked to higher preference for reading. Regarding scholarly culture at home, students who read more varied types of books and spend more time on books are correlated with higher reading interest. Reading habits are also positively reinforced by the capacity to access books and parental book reading.
Highlights
IntroductionA Brief Overview “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture
The dataset consists of 1676 observations, a subset of the data obtained through the survey “Studying reading habits and preference of junior high school students in Vietnam” [70]
Does their birth order in the family affect a student’s propensity to like reading books? What is the relationship between age, birth order, and reading interest?
Summary
A Brief Overview “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them” —Ray Bradbury. Sustainability 2019, 11, x FOR PEER REVIEW. Humankind has always concerned itself with preserving what they have learned and created and 1. As the printing press facilitated the production of written materials, oral traditions gave way to books as the dominant medium of recording human knowledge. AveBnriceuf Oltuverrevsietwhat to this day rely more on word-of-mouth would perhaps benefit from being do“cYuomuednotne’dt hinavwe troitbteunrnfobromokss. OJuusgthgentoptetohpeleotno lsytomp ereaandsi,nigs thheemre”fore crucial in the process of gaining knowledge (see Figure 1). Maintaining appreciation for book r—eadRianygBhraasdbbeucroyme essential in nurturing and sustaining cultures
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