No Time for College? An Investigation of Time Poverty and Parenthood

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ID9011979
AutoresClaire Wladis (0000-0003-3904-6113, Mathematics Department, Borough of Manhattan Community College at the City University of New York, Urban Education Department, Graduate Center at the City University of New York, New York, New York, USA, autor correspondente), Alyse C Hachey (0000-0001-6503-7283, College of Education-Teacher Education Department, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA), Katherine M Conway (0000-0003-3374-9678, Business Department, Borough of Manhattan Community College at the City University of New York, New York, New York, USA), Katherine Conway
Ano2018
Volume89
Fascículo6
Páginas807-831
Data de publicação2018-05-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-1546 • E-ISSN: 1538-4640
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221546.2018.1442983
OpenAlexW2806179716
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas39
Referências citadas23

Postsecondary outcomes are significantly worse for student parents even though they earn higher GPA’s on average. This study used institutional records and survey data from a large urban U.S. university to explore whether time poverty explains this trend. The results of regression and KHB decomposition analysis reveal that students with preschool-aged children have a significantly lower quantity and quality of time for college than comparable peers with older or no children, and that time spent on childcare is the primary reason for this difference. Both quantity and quality of time for education had a significant direct effect on college persistence and credit accumulation, even when controlling for other factors. Thus, greater availability of convenient and affordable childcare (e.g. increased on-campus childcare, revised financial aid formulas that include more accurate estimates of childcare costs) would likely lead to better college outcomes for students with young children

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Poverty · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Higher Education Research Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges