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Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas

versión On-line ISSN 1729-519X

Resumen

RESTREPO BETANCUR, Luis Fernando. Type of reading preferred by university students from the Health Sciences in Medellin, Colombia. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2020, vol.19, n.6, e2870.  Epub 10-Ene-2021. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction:

Reading is fundamental for anyone in order to acquire knowledge and develop skills in different areas.

Objective:

To evaluate the preference for the type of reading in university students from the Health Sciences in the city of Medellin, Colombia.

Material and Methods:

Multivariate techniques called exploratory factor and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used for the analysis of information. The sample size was 600 students; the random sampling method was used.

Results:

There is statistical difference between sexes with regard to the factorial structure related to the type of reading preference. It was found that female students read more than male students.

Conclusions:

Female people like to read topics related to culinary aspects, art, adventure stories, spirituality, leadership, personal improvement and poetry while male students prefer to read poetry, horror reading, science fiction, stories and esotericism, health reading, entrepreneurship, history and science in general.

Palabras clave : Reading attitude; library and reading; education; liking for books; reading preference.

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