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Amos Jeng1, Elise M McCarren1, Alejandro J Suñé2
1Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Objective:
This study explored the relationship between weekly hours worked and food security among full-time college students in the United States, as well as the extent to which this relationship depends on racial identity and regional location.
Participants/Methods:
We performed a secondary analysis of data from 1,450 full-time college students in the labor force who completed the 2019 Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey. Moderated multiple logistic regression was used to analyze the data.
Results:
We found that among full-time college students in the labor force, working a greater number of hours per week was not related to one's likelihood of being food insecure, with an exception for students who identified as Asian.
Conclusions:
These findings highlight the importance of considering the intertwined nature of contributing factors to food security for specific groups of students.
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