Impact of Family Factor on Individuals Reading Habit in China

Abstract

Though it is nearly a common recognition that reading is beneficial to an individuals internal growth, the size of reading population seems to shrink so fast in modern society: people always use their lack of leisure time as well as the busyness of working and studying as their excuses. However, reading is not only a hobby, but also a long-term habit that may company an individual for the whole lifetime. We form all kind of habit since childhood time, does family attribute to our reading habits? This paper summarizes some previous literatures which investigates the influence of family factors on individuals reading habit, but surprisingly notices that some of the findings do not align with todays phenomenon in China. To find out how the family factors such as family income and parents attitudes toward reading influence ones reading habit, this paper conduct research using self-report questionnaire, analyzes some of the potential factors that may contribute more to todays changing reading trend, while debunking some findings that do not fit todays situation.