Risk of food and housing insecurity among college students during the Covid‐19 pandemic

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ID11043322
AuthorsOlya Glantsman (0000-0002-5712-2688, Department of Psychology DePaul University Chicago Illinois USA, corresponding author), Rebecca Mcgarity-Palmer (0000-0002-8229-481X, Department of Psychology DePaul University Chicago Illinois USA), Rebecca McGarity‐Palmer, Helena L Swanson (0000-0002-6852-5765, Department of Psychology DePaul University Chicago Illinois USA), Jackson T Carroll (Department of Psychology DePaul University Chicago Illinois USA), Kayleigh E Zinter (0000-0001-7810-6882, Department of Psychology DePaul University Chicago Illinois USA), Kelly M Lancaster (Department of Psychology DePaul University Chicago Illinois USA), Luciano Berardi (0000-0002-4734-9168, Department of Psychology DePaul University Chicago Illinois USA)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue6
Pages2726-2745
Publication date2022-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22853
PMID35383949
OpenAlexW4223926360
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited28

The aim of this study was to assess college students’ food and housing insecurity risk amidst the pandemic. Data were collected through an online survey in the summer of 2020 from 1956 graduate and undergraduate students attending a large, private, urban university in the Midwest, U.S. Food insecurity among students increased (25% before; 29% during COVID) with housing insecurity staying roughly the same (34% before; 36% during COVID). Results indicate certain student groups were at greater risk of basic needs insecurity during the pandemic compared to their counterparts. Results also suggest changes in food and housing insecurity trends. College students are burdened with basic needs insecurity, exacerbated during the pandemic. Institutions need to work toward solutions to address the needs of vulnerable populations disproportionately affected by basic needs insecurity. Recommendations on addressing the basic needs of college students are also provided

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Agriculture · Basic needs · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Graduate students · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Pandemic · Pedagogy · Political science · Poverty · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Work (physics) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology

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