In Korea, 15% of high school students do not read a single book while in high school.
The average number of books read by Korean students stands at 1.81, and they have neither a positive nor negative attitude toward reading books.
High schoolers who read many books demonstrate high academic performance, a greater maturity in their career aspirations, more openness to cultural diversity, and higher self-efficacy.
Their reading habits have been found to be affected largely by the number of hours they study alone and their academic performance in their third year of middle school.
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