Plans of US Parents Regarding School Attendance for Their Children in the Fall of 2020: A National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

As schools consider reopening for in-person instruction prior to availability of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, families may be weighing their priorities regarding school attendance.

Objective

To characterize the association of planned in-person school attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic with factors, including family socioeconomic characteristics, and parent attitudes and beliefs about their child's school attendance.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional survey study. Data were collected from June 2, 2020, to June 5, 2020, weighted to reflect population norms, and analyzed using ordered probit regression. A sample of US parents (of children ages 5-17 years) were recruited using a nonprobability survey panel with stratificat

SUBMITTER: Kroshus E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7428818 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature