Zhejiang Academy of Higher Education, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China.
Institute of Higher Education, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 May 2;10:873696. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.873696. eCollection 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically threatened the post-secondary education setting. It is crucial to understand the factors that potentially affect college students' COVID-19 responses, such as risk awareness, knowledge of the disease, and pandemic preparedness. However, there is insufficient literature on whether family characteristics contribute to students' COVID-19 responses. Leveraging the data from self-administrated survey - titled College Students' Epidemic Preparedness in the Post-COVID-19 Era (CSEPPCE), we find that students from high-income families were more likely to have a greater awareness of risk and better knowledge of COVID-19. Additionally, students whose parents were employed by the government had a higher probability of knowing COVID-19 symptoms and wearing masks. However, the relationships among risk awareness, knowledge, and family income did not meaningfully vary by sex or ethnicity. Implications and future directions are discussed.
新冠疫情大流行对高等教育环境构成了巨大威胁。了解哪些因素可能影响大学生对新冠疫情的反应至关重要，例如风险意识、对疾病的了解和大流行防范准备。然而，关于家庭特征是否会影响学生对新冠疫情的反应，相关文献还不够充分。本研究利用一项名为“后疫情时代大学生防疫准备情况调查（CSEPPCE）”的自填式调查数据，发现来自高收入家庭的学生风险意识更强，对新冠疫情的了解也更好。此外，父母受雇于政府的学生更有可能了解新冠病毒的症状并佩戴口罩。然而，风险意识、知识与家庭收入之间的关系在性别或族裔上并无显著差异。文章还讨论了研究的意义和未来方向。
