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Are computer gamers less likely to go to university?
Not what pre-college gamers probably want to hear but the results of this study don't surprise me.Are computer gamers less likely to go to university?
By Zack Whittaker | April 8, 2011, 10:12am PDT
A University of Oxford sociological research study seems to think so, finding those who play computer games are less likely to reach university level education.
A study of 17,000 people followed since they were sixteen years old, found that those who read in their spare time, instead of played computer games, had better success at reaching higher education.
Regular video gamers who have little or no other extracurricular activities were found to have reduced chances of going to university from 24 percent to 19 percent for young males, and from 20 percent to 14 percent for young females.
Teenagers who read a book for pleasure, or visited the theatre, or engaged with at least one arts platform at least once a month, did achieve a higher probability of reaching university.
Simply put, reading books for pleasure instead of playing computer games can raise the probability of going to college.
Is it a bad thing not to go to college?
As I recall Gates was a college drop-out.
Interesting list.Top 10 College Dropouts
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