The article mentioned in the previous node "Study habits of secondary school students in relation to their socio-economic status and gender" describes a research study in which 224 secondary school students in India were given surveys to ascertain their study habits and socioeconomic status (SES). The idea was to find out what relationship there was between study habits and gender as well as SES and to see if there was an interaction effect for gender and SES with regards to study habits. 

Differences in Study Habits for Gender and SES

This 2012 paper describes a research study conducted for 289 Nigerian secondary school students who had their study habits examined through a survey in order to determine if the age and/or gender of the student had any effect on the study habits of the student. 

Age and Gender Differences in Study Habits- Summary

Parental income has slightly stronger association for girls than boys. 
 Boys in the last three income quartiles are less  likely to attend university than boys in the first quartile of income. However, girls in the l last two quartile still enjoy advantage over girls in the bottom income quartile

Differences in Parental incomes and Study Habits

this study found that females had better study habits than their male counterparts and thus higher academic achievement. this was based on the idea that females are able to manage their time more and are less prone to going out on the weekends/during their free time and instead focus on their schoolwork.

evidence females having superior study habits

Many studies based on different metrics have found that females generally have better study habits than males

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New York University

- Females generally have better study habits than males
- Females prefer highlighting text more than males
- Females trend towards preferring small group teaching more than males
- Females trend towards preferring doing internet research more than males
- Females prefer studying in the morning while males prefer studying during the evening or at night
- Females generally study more than males per day regardless of when the exam is
- Males generally delay starting to study later than females (procrastination)
- Male traits correlate with better study strategies than female traits

Differences in study habits based on gender

Razia, B. (2015). Study habits of secondary school students in relation to their socio-economic status and gender. International Journal of Social Sciences and Management, 2(1), 68-73. https://doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i1.11815

Study Habits of Secondary School Students in Relation to their Socio-Economic Status and Gender

-  In the study, masculine traits were described as instrumental, such as independence and decisiveness, while feminine traits are described as expressive which are kindness and awareness of others' feelings. 

Male traits generally correlate with better study strategies than female traits

Differences in Gender Study Habits in Medical Science

In an introductory CS course, Chinn et. al found that male and female students have different studying habits outside of class. Using a Likert-based survey questionnaire and regression analysis / Mann-Whitney U tests, the following trends were observed from their class (n=95):
- Of the total number of respondents, 81% were male, and 19% were female.
- Female students spent more time using the textbook than male students (1.5 hrs vs .9 hrs).
- Female students were more likely to work with other students (U=577.5, p<0.05).
- Female students found "lab solutions" less useful (U=663, P<0.05).
- Attendance, prior knowledge, confidence, course-resource usefulness, and expected grade showed no differences when comparing genders.

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