Private Education and the Scientific Area, favor the Reading of University Students

This research reports about the incidence of gender, type of institution, public or private, and the scientific area, as regards the student’s dedication to reading. Therefore 5 455 university students were surveyed about: the Internet use, and the digital or printed reading. An univariate and a correlational analysis were carried out for verifying the two hypothesis and the results find that the use of internet is positively correlated with the students reading dedication to lecture, in both printed and digital formats. The Humanities and the Social Sciences students from public universities presented the greatest number of hours dedicated to lecture. As to digital reading: gender, type of scientific discipline and of institution, these trends affected the number of hours dedicated to lecture. Male university students of Basic Sciences and Engineering and private universities, showed the greatest digital reading dedication. Results, discussion and conclusions are included.