چکیده:
This study aimed to investigate the effect of gender on the amount and type of reading. This study was descriptive. The research population consisted of people over 15 years of age in Ahvaz city. A multistage random sampling technique was used, and the data were collected using a questionnaire. The independent t-test and contingency table were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that gender could affect reading, and women had more reading time than men. Also, there were differences in reading interests based on gender. Women were more likely than men to read popular books. Still, men were more elitist and were more likely to read non-fiction books than popular works. Men were more likely to read intellectual and cultural magazines, while women tended to read more popular ones. Besides, women and men had different reading interests in different sections of the newspapers. The deep familiarity of readers with discovering the level and type of reading and defining a developmental plan for reading can provide a valuable guide to policy-making for promoting reading by trusted institutions.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Many studies have revealed gender differences in the level and type of reading (Bennett, Emmison & Frow, 1999; Knulst & Van Den Broek, 2003; Toivonen, 2004).
Osareh, Shehni Yailagh, Navah and Koohi Rostami (2017) demonstrated that cultural and social capital, cultural lifestyle, gender, and education level directly positively affect the level of reading of Ahvaz citizens.
These studies revealed that there are differences between women and men, even with the same cultural capital, concerning the level and type of reading and its nature.
Therefore, in this study, gender was considered the key variable to determine the difference between men and women living in Ahvaz concerning the level and type of reading interests?
Research Objectives The main objectives of this study included: (1) to evaluate the relationship between gender and amount of reading, and (2) to identify the difference between gender groups living in Ahvaz concerning the kind of reading, books of interest, magazines, and newspaper sections.
53 with a degree of freedom of 2 (p Table 4 Multidimensional Chi-Square test of gender anal ysis and section of the newspapers {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} Discussion The results showed the effect of gender on the reading level; women generally read books more than men did.
The results from this study which are consistent with several prior studies, demonstrated differences between women and men, even with the same cultural capital, concerning the level and type of reading and its nature.