Abstract Studies have shown that Nigerians have a poor reading culture which could be as a result of several factors including unavailability of print resources. Literature has revealed that the quality of reading by secondary school students in Edo State was regrettably on the decline and that inadequate use of print resources was a major factor. The descriptive survey design of correlational type was adopted for the study. Stratified multi-stage sampling technique was adopted in selecting participants for this study. Fifty percent was used to select nine local governments, 10 % to select public and private secondary schools from the already selected nine local governments, making a total of 65 schools. From each of the selected 65 schools, a sampling fraction of 11 % was used to select a total of 895 students for the study. A questionnaire was used for students while an interview checklist was used for school principals in justification of the students’ responses. Regression analysis (at 0.05 level of significance) was used to analyse the data. Findings revealed that secondary school students in Edo State have print resources readily available, while secondary school students had a poor reading culture with the weighted average of 3.06. The effect of print resources (β = 0.141; p < 0.05) in predicting students’ reading culture was significant. Conclusively, the study showed that secondary school students in Edo State have a poor reading culture irrespective of the availability of print resources.

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印刷资源的可用性是影响尼日利亚江户州中学生阅读文化的一个因素

摘要研究表明，尼日利亚人的阅读文化很差，这可能是由于多种因素造成的，包括没有可用的打印资源。文献表明，令人遗憾的是，江户州中学生的阅读质量正在下降，而印刷资源的使用不足是一个主要因素。本研究采用相关类型的描述性调查设计。本研究选择参与者采用分层多阶段抽样技术。50％的学生选择了9个地方政府，10％的学生从已经选择的9个地方政府中选择了公立和私立中学，总共有65所学校。从所选的65所学校中的每所学校中，使用11％的抽样比例来选择总共895名学生进行研究。学生使用问卷调查表，校长使用访谈清单作为学生回答理由的证明。回归分析（显着性水平为0.05）用于分析数据。调查结果表明，江户州的中学生拥有随时可用的印刷资源，而中学生的阅读文化很差，加权平均值为3.06。印刷资源（β= 0.141； p <0.05）在预测学生的阅读文化中的作用是显着的。结论是，该研究表明，江户州中学生的阅读文化较差，无论其可获得的印刷资源如何。05显着性水平）用于分析数据。调查结果表明，江户州的中学生拥有随时可用的印刷资源，而中学生的阅读文化很差，加权平均值为3.06。印刷资源（β= 0.141； p <0.05）对预测学生的阅读文化的影响显着。结论是，该研究表明，江户州中学生的阅读文化较差，无论其可获得的印刷资源如何。05显着性水平）用于分析数据。调查结果表明，江户州的中学生拥有随时可用的印刷资源，而中学生的阅读文化很差，加权平均值为3.06。印刷资源（β= 0.141； p <0.05）对预测学生的阅读文化的影响显着。结论是，该研究表明，江户州中学生的阅读文化较差，无论其可获得的印刷资源如何。