Factors Affecting Book Reading Practice among Older Adults

The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting book reading practice among older adults.For this, 9,526 older adults aged over 65 were analyzed using year 2023 Social Survey data of Statistics Korea.The analysis methods include frequency analyses, Descriptive analyses, T-test, Chi-square test, and logistic regression analyses.Factors affecting book reading practice amon older adults were composed of sociodemographic factors, physical factors and social relational factors.Results of the analyses showed that age, gender, education level, and income among sociodemographic factors had significant effects on book reading practice.More specifically, lower age, being female, higher level of education, and higher level of income increased the possibility of book reading practice.Among physical factors, vision had significant effect on book reading practice.That is, better vision status increased the possibility of book reading practice.Among social relational factors, satisfaction with personal relationship had significant effect on book reading practice.That is, higher level of satisfaction with personal relationship increased the possibility of book reading practice.Based on these findings, ways to promote book reading practice of older adults were discussed.