COVID-19 and Parenting Challenges with Food Insecurity and Educational Vulnerability.
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| Title: | COVID-19 and Parenting Challenges with Food Insecurity and Educational Vulnerability. |
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| Authors: | Jagannathan, Radha1 (AUTHOR) radha@rutgers.edu, Camasso, Michael J.2 (AUTHOR), delaCalle, Maia1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Latinos & Education. Nov/Dec2025, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p1357-1367. 11p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Mixed methods research, *Parenting, *Virtual classrooms, COVID-19, Food security, Immigrant families, Working poor, Psychological vulnerability |
| Geographic Terms: | New Brunswick (N.J.) |
| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially damaging to the economic stability of disadvantaged Hispanic households with low-wage earners. School closures due to Covid, moreover, have served to exacerbate the chronic problem of food insecurity for these families while adding a second problem of parents ill-equipped to assist their children's learning in a virtual environment. We use survey data collected from a disadvantaged group of Hispanic mothers in New Brunswick, New Jersey (n = 135) and implement a mixed methods approach of using log-linear analysis to test a "double whammy" hypothesis and complementing it with some rich qualitative data. We find that less-educated parents are especially susceptible to the dual problems of providing food for their children and helping them adjust to on-line learning. Specifically, less educated parents have 3.5 times higher odds of experiencing food insecurity and difficulty assisting children with online learning; and have over 6 times greater odds of having difficulties finding groceries and assisting children's virtual learning, relative to more educated parents. We also discuss well-post-Covid, future implications of our findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially damaging to the economic stability of disadvantaged Hispanic households with low-wage earners. School closures due to Covid, moreover, have served to exacerbate the chronic problem of food insecurity for these families while adding a second problem of parents ill-equipped to assist their children's learning in a virtual environment. We use survey data collected from a disadvantaged group of Hispanic mothers in New Brunswick, New Jersey (n = 135) and implement a mixed methods approach of using log-linear analysis to test a "double whammy" hypothesis and complementing it with some rich qualitative data. We find that less-educated parents are especially susceptible to the dual problems of providing food for their children and helping them adjust to on-line learning. Specifically, less educated parents have 3.5 times higher odds of experiencing food insecurity and difficulty assisting children with online learning; and have over 6 times greater odds of having difficulties finding groceries and assisting children's virtual learning, relative to more educated parents. We also discuss well-post-Covid, future implications of our findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 15348431 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15348431.2025.2471322 |
