Factors Associated With School Attendance Plans and Support for COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Measures Among Parents and Guardians.

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 scho

SUBMITTER: Chua KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8106633 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature