Ungas läsning. En logistisk regressionsanalys av hur socioekonomi och födelseland påverkar läsningen bland unga

Sammanfattning: Previous reports and studies have found that gender, socioeconomic status, migration background and education are important factors in explaining reading amongst young people. A previous report from the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society indicate that there are differences in reading depending on gender and birth country using confidence intervals. However, the report indicated that living in an area with higher socioeconomic status are not associated with more reading among young people in Sweden. In this thesis I examine the same data using binary logistic regression. The dependent variable is measured by young people in Sweden who read books at least every week, using the results from the National Youth Survey. The results show that reading is dependent on gender, birth country (Sweden or abroad), parents’ education, socioeconomic status of living area as well as library visits. Very high socioeconomic status of living area is, however, negatively associated with reading compared to low socioeconomic status of living area. A possible explanation is the disproportionate level of young people with parents with higher education amongst respondents.