How do childcare and pregnancy affect the academic success of college students?
作者信息
Manze Meredith, Watnick Dana, Freudenberg Nicholas
机构信息
Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Department of Community Health and Social Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, New York, USA.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Bronx, New York, USA.
出版信息
J Am Coll Health. 2023 Feb-Mar;71(2):460-467. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1895174. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
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%; < 0.01), worry that they would run out of food sometimes/often (32% vs. 16%; < 0.01), and experience housing problems (26% vs. 9%; < 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.
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