How do childcare and pregnancy affect the academic success of college students?. Issue 2 (12th February 2023)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- How do childcare and pregnancy affect the academic success of college students?. Issue 2 (12th February 2023)
- Main Title:
- How do childcare and pregnancy affect the academic success of college students?
- Authors:
- Manze, Meredith
Watnick, Dana
Freudenberg, Nicholas - Abstract:
- Abstract: Objective: We examined socioeconomic, academic, and health-related factors associated with respondent reports that childcare interfered with academics. Participants: 176 undergraduate student parents Methods: We administered a cross-sectional survey to a representative sample of students at a public university in New York City. Using a sub-set of those who reported being parents/guardians (n = 176), we conducted bivariate analyses to assess factors associated with childcare problems interfering with school. Results: About 30% of the sample reported that childcare interfered with school somewhat/moderately/a lot in the last year. Compared to those with no/little perceived interference, they were significantly more likely to need mental health treatment (30% vs. 13%; p < 0.01), worry that they would run out of food sometimes/often (32% vs. 16%; p < 0.01), and experience housing problems (26% vs. 9%; p < 0.01). Conclusions: Offering mental healthcare and services addressing food and housing insecurity can help college students to navigate challenges inherent to being a student parent.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of American college health. Volume 71:Issue 2(2023)
- Journal:
- Journal of American college health
- Issue:
- Volume 71:Issue 2(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 71, Issue 2 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 71
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0071-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 460
- Page End:
- 467
- Publication Date:
- 2023-02-12
- Subjects:
- Childcare -- food insecurity -- housing insecurity -- mental health -- pregnancy
College students -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Periodicals
College students -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals
College students -- Mental health -- Periodicals
Universities and colleges -- Health promotion services -- Periodicals
362.10883781980973 - Journal URLs:
- http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?db=aph&jid=%22ACL%22&scope=site ↗
http://metapress.com/content/119928 ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/vach20 ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/07448481.2021.1895174 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0744-8481
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