TY - JOUR
T1 - How do childcare and pregnancy affect the academic success of college students?
AU - Manze, Meredith
AU - Watnick, Dana
AU - Freudenberg, Nicholas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Childcare
KW - food insecurity
KW - housing insecurity
KW - mental health
KW - pregnancy
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2021.1895174
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2021.1895174
M3 - Article
C2 - 33760708
AN - SCOPUS:85103026715
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 71
SP - 460
EP - 467
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 2
ER -