Th? Thu Hi?n Lê|Trung Tran|Trinh Thi Phuong Thao|Chi Thành Nguyên|Thuy Phuong Tram Nguyen|Thu Trang Vuong|Thi Hanh Vu|Di?u Bùi|Ha My Vuong|Phuong Hanh Hoang|Minh Hoàng Nguy?n|Manh?Toan Ho|Quan?Hoang Vuong
Reading Habits, Socioeconomic Conditions, Occupational Aspiration and Academic Achievement in Vietnamese Junior High School Students
Vietnam National University, Hanoi|Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences|Thai Nguyen University|Vietnam National University, Hanoi|Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted|Sciences Po|Foreign Trade University|The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences|Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted|The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences|Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University|Phenikaa University|Université Libre de Bruxelles|Phenikaa University
reading practices play important role learning process students especially fastchanging world knowledge nature society constant state flux book reading helps students foster skills thinking valuing adaptability creativity sustainable development research study used dataset 1676 observations junior high school students northern vietnam explore students academic achievement association reading passion family socio economic condition parental education occupational aspiration empirical results show higher grades stemrelated subjects predicted reading interest readbook 0425 p lt 00001 students love reading books achieve higher score take interest books remarkably education level mother strongly enhances academic performance 0721 p lt 00001 cases mother university diploma higher students coming wealthy families likely buy books whereas borrowing library main source books students grow notrich families however even among wealthy families investment buying books still rely personal interest despite aforementioned educational benefits book reading evidenced 7 percentage point disparity likelihood purchasing books among wealthyfamily students took interest reading 45 versus students background like read 387 results present implications education policy making vision towards united nations sustainable development goal 4 quality education