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Reading habits, socioeconomic conditions, occupational aspiration and academic achievement in Vietnamese junior high school students

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  • Thi Thu Hien Le
  • Trung Tran
  • Thi Phuong Thao Trinh
  • Chi Thanh Nguyen
  • Thuy Phuong Tram Nguyen
  • Thu Trang Vuong
  • Thi Hanh Vu
  • Dieu Quynh Bui
  • Ha My Vuong
  • Phuong Hanh Hoang
  • Minh Hoang Nguyen
  • Manh Toan Ho
  • Quan-Hoang Vuong

Abstract

Reading practices play an important role in the learning process of students. Especially in a fast-changing world where knowledge about nature and society is in a constant state of flux, book reading helps students foster skills such as thinking, valuing, adaptability and creativity for sustainable development. This research study used a dataset of 1676 observations of junior high school students from Northern Vietnam to explore students' academic achievement and its association with their reading passion, family socio economic condition, parental education and occupational aspiration. The empirical results show that higher grades in STEM-related subjects are predicted by reading interest (βReadbook = 0.425, p

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  • Thi Thu Hien Le & Trung Tran & Thi Phuong Thao Trinh & Chi Thanh Nguyen & Thuy Phuong Tram Nguyen & Thu Trang Vuong & Thi Hanh Vu & Dieu Quynh Bui & Ha My Vuong & Phuong Hanh Hoang & Minh Hoang Nguyen, 2019. "Reading habits, socioeconomic conditions, occupational aspiration and academic achievement in Vietnamese junior high school students," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/296857, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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    Keywords

    Academic achievement; Junior high school students; Occupational aspiration; Parental influence; Quality education; Reading practices; Socioeconomic background; STEM; Sustainable development goal 4; Vietnam;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
    • Q0 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General
    • Q2 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation
    • Q3 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation
    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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