Kao-Ping Chua1, Melissa DeJonckheere2, Sarah L Reeves3, Alison C Tribble4, Lisa A Prosser5. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, University of Michigan Medical School (KPC, SLR, LAP), Ann Arbor, Mich; Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health (KPC, LAP), Ann Arbor, Mich. Electronic address: chuak@med.umich.edu. 2. Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School (MD), Ann Arbor, Mich. 3. Department of Pediatrics, Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, University of Michigan Medical School (KPC, SLR, LAP), Ann Arbor, Mich; Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health (SLR), Ann Arbor, Mich. 4. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School (ACT), Ann Arbor, Mich. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, University of Michigan Medical School (KPC, SLR, LAP), Ann Arbor, Mich; Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health (KPC, LAP), Ann Arbor, Mich.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine which factors are associated with plans for in-person school attendance during the 2020-2021 school year and with support for 15 school-based COVID-19 risk mitigation measures among parents and guardians. METHODS: In June 2020, we conducted an online survey of parents and guardians of public school children in Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. In a child-level analysis, we used linear regression to assess which demographic factors, health-related concerns, and parent/guardian views were associated with plans for in-person school attendance. In a respondent-level analysis, we used linear regression to assess factors associated with the number of risk mitigation measures supported. RESULTS: Among 2202 children in the child-level analysis, in-person school attendance was planned for 71.0%. Such plans were less likely among children of Black respondents (-14.1 percentage points, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -25.7, -2.6) and Asian respondents (-16.8, 95% CI: -31.3, -2.2), and among children with perceived high-risk health conditions (-9.7, 95% CI: -15.8, -3.6). Among 1,126 respondents in the respondent-level analysis, the mean number of measures supported was 8.0 (SD 4.4). Several factors were associated with support, but the magnitude of associations was generally modest. CONCLUSIONS: During the COVID-19 pandemic, families of children with health conditions or who are of Black or Asian race/ethnicity may be less likely to opt for in-person learning. For these families, addressing barriers to remote education is critical. As schools plan for the 2020-2021 school year and beyond, they should respond to the desire among parents and guardians to implement substantial numbers of risk mitigation measures.
OBJECTIVE: To determine which factors are associated with plans for in-person school attendance during the 2020-2021 school year and with support for 15 school-based COVID-19 risk mitigation measures among parents and guardians. METHODS: In June 2020, we conducted an online survey of parents and guardians of public school children in Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. In a child-level analysis, we used linear regression to assess which demographic factors, health-related concerns, and parent/guardian views were associated with plans for in-person school attendance. In a respondent-level analysis, we used linear regression to assess factors associated with the number of risk mitigation measures supported. RESULTS: Among 2202 children in the child-level analysis, in-person school attendance was planned for 71.0%. Such plans were less likely among children of Black respondents (-14.1 percentage points, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -25.7, -2.6) and Asian respondents (-16.8, 95% CI: -31.3, -2.2), and among children with perceived high-risk health conditions (-9.7, 95% CI: -15.8, -3.6). Among 1,126 respondents in the respondent-level analysis, the mean number of measures supported was 8.0 (SD 4.4). Several factors were associated with support, but the magnitude of associations was generally modest. CONCLUSIONS: During the COVID-19 pandemic, families of children with health conditions or who are of Black or Asian race/ethnicity may be less likely to opt for in-person learning. For these families, addressing barriers to remote education is critical. As schools plan for the 2020-2021 school year and beyond, they should respond to the desire among parents and guardians to implement substantial numbers of risk mitigation measures.
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