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.

中文翻译：

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育儿和怀孕如何影响大学生的学业成功？

摘要

客观的

我们调查了与受访者报告儿童保育干扰学业相关的社会经济、学业和健康相关因素。

参加者

176名本科学生家长

方法

我们对纽约市一所公立大学的代表性学生样本进行了横断面调查。使用报告为父母/监护人的子集（n = 176），我们进行了双变量分析，以评估与影响学校的儿童保育问题相关的因素。

结果

大约 30% 的样本报告说，儿童保育在去年对学校的影响有些/适度/很大。与那些没有/几乎没有感知到干扰的人相比，他们明显更有可能需要心理健康治疗（30% 对 13%；p < 0.01 ）  ，担心他们有时/经常会没有食物（32% 对 16 %；p  < 0.01），并经历住房问题（26% 对 9%；p  < 0.01）。

结论

提供精神保健和解决食物和住房不安全问题的服务可以帮助大学生应对作为学生家长所固有的挑战。