Melissa D Olfert1, Rebecca L Hagedorn-Hatfield1, Bailey Houghtaling2, Monica K Esquivel3, Lanae B Hood4, Lillian MacNell5, Jessica Soldavini6, Maureen Berner7, Mateja R Savoie Roskos8, Melanie D Hingle9, Georgianna R Mann10, Julia F Waity11, Linda L Knol12, Jennifer Walsh13, Valerie Kern-Lyons14, Christopher Paul15, Keith Pearson16, Jeannine R Goetz17, Marsha Spence18, Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves18, Elizabeth D Wall-Bassett19, J Porter Lillis20, E Brooke Kelly20, Adam Hege21, Mary Catherine Fontenot22, Patricia Coleman23. 1. Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. 2. School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, Louisian, USA. 3. Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 4. Department of Nutrition, Health, and Human Performance, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. 5. Department of Public Health, Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA. 6. Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. 7. School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. 8. Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA. 9. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. 10. Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA. 11. Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. 12. Department of Human Nutrition and Hospitality Management, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 13. Department of Health Professions, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. 14. Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, Illinois, USA. 15. Department of Public Administration, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 16. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Public Health, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 17. Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. 18. Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. 19. School of Health Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics Program, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA. 20. Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina, USA. 21. Department of Health & Exercise Science, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA. 22. School of Human Ecology, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, USA. 23. Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services, Northern Marianas College, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To quantify the number and type of students failing to secure basic needs. PARTICIPANTS: Students attending 22 postsecondary schools in the United States in Fall 2019. METHODS: The Adult Food Security Module and part of the #RealCollege Survey were used to measure food and housing insecurity, respectively. Logistic and linear regression models were used to assess the relationship between selected factors and basic needs insecurities. RESULTS: Participants (n = 22,153) were classified as 44.1% and 52.3% food insecure and housing insecure, respectively. Homeless students or those who experienced childhood food insecurity were at the greatest odds of college food insecurity. Year in school was the largest contributor to being housing insecure, with PhD or EdD students being 1,157% more likely to experience housing insecurity compared to freshmen. CONCLUSIONS: High prevalence of basic needs insecurities remain. Current campus initiatives may be insufficient, calling for a more holistic approach at the campus, state, and national levels.
OBJECTIVES: To quantify the number and type of students failing to secure basic needs. PARTICIPANTS: Students attending 22 postsecondary schools in the United States in Fall 2019. METHODS: The Adult Food Security Module and part of the #RealCollege Survey were used to measure food and housing insecurity, respectively. Logistic and linear regression models were used to assess the relationship between selected factors and basic needs insecurities. RESULTS: Participants (n = 22,153) were classified as 44.1% and 52.3% food insecure and housing insecure, respectively. Homeless students or those who experienced childhood food insecurity were at the greatest odds of college food insecurity. Year in school was the largest contributor to being housing insecure, with PhD or EdD students being 1,157% more likely to experience housing insecurity compared to freshmen. CONCLUSIONS: High prevalence of basic needs insecurities remain. Current campus initiatives may be insufficient, calling for a more holistic approach at the campus, state, and national levels.
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Keywords:
Basic needs; college; food insecurity; housing insecurity; student; university
Authors: Ashlyn Anderson; Jacqueline Lazarus; Elizabeth Anderson Steeves Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-10-10 Impact factor: 4.614