The Nippon Foundation conducted the 30th 18-year-old awareness survey (target: men and women aged 17 to 19 years old nationwide) under the theme of "reading and writing."Nearly 6% of people like reading, and only about 1% say they don't like it.
According to the survey, 59.7% answered that they liked reading and 12.8% answered that they disliked reading.As for the number of books read a month, "1 or 2 books" was the top with 44.8%, and 32.7% answered "I do not read at all".My favorite genres are "novel" 62.6%, "manga" 49.9%, and "light novel" 26.0%.One in four people say that the amount of reading has increased due to the corona sickness.
Regarding newspapers, 32.7% answered that they "read" and 67.3% answered that they did not read. It was 2018 points lower than the survey result (9%) of the "2nd: Newspaper" conducted in September 47.5.The most common reading time was "14.8 minutes or more and less than 5 minutes" at 10%, followed by "less than 44.3 minutes" at 5%.
Regarding writing sentences, "like" was 29.4% and "dislike" was 27.7%.Those who like to write sentences tend to be 3 points or more higher than those who like reading and those who read 10 or more books a month.When asked what they particularly liked about posting and writing, "Posting a short sentence to SNS" was the most common at 24.0%, followed by "Posting to SNS using photos" at 14.8%.
In recent years, 65.4% answered that their reading comprehension was "unfavorable", 38.2% said that they were "low", and 33.7% said that they did not think that their reading comprehension was low. ..Forty-eight percent of those who read three or more books said they "don't think it's low."
Kazuyuki Sano, Deputy Vice-Principal of Kaetsu Ariake Junior and Senior High School, said that the greater the number of books read, the higher the percentage of people who liked writing sentences. Since it requires an active attitude, the act of reading a book itself strengthens independence, and learning using books may be required more and more in the field of education. " There is.
Miho Takuma, a senior policy analyst at the OECD Education and Skills Bureau, and Fumitaka Suzuki, an analyst, said, "18-year-olds who do not read newspapers, including online, account for 67.3%, but in the future society, fake news etc. Distinguishable media literacy and data literacy are becoming more and more important, and for that purpose, it is necessary to develop the ability to critically interpret various types of sentences and data, including newspapers, while distinguishing facts and opinions. It's important. "
