Hyewon Chung|Soyoung Park|Jung-In Kim|Arum Kim
Exploring Variables Affecting Adolescents’ Reading Literacy and Life Satisfaction: PISA 2018 International Comparison of Korea and Finland
purpose study explore compare variables explain adolescents reading literacy life satisfaction korea finland random forest method machine learning technique applied pisa 2018 data explore important variables among student school related 262 variables multilevel modeling utilized test significance selected important variables korean adolescentsn6650 finnish adolescentsn5649 main results follows findings random forest revealed 14 variables commonly selected important variables korea finland eight additional variables korea seven additional variables finland selected reading literacy similarly 13 variables commonly selected korea finland five additional variables korea seven additional variables finland selected life satisfaction results multilevel modeling revealed ict available home student behaviour hindering learning statistically negatively related reading literacy korean adolescents moreover family wealth attitude towards school learning activities perception cooperation school use ict school general statistically positively related korean adolescents life satisfaction afraid emotion statistically negatively related korean adolescents life satisfaction based findings current study implications improving korean adolescents literacy life satisfaction compared finnish adolescents discussed