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Title: Sick of Our Loans: Student Borrowing and the Health of U.S. Young Adults
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Walsemann, Katrina Michelle Gee, Gilbert C. Gentile, Danielle |
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Sick of Our Loans: Student Borrowing and the Health of U.S. Young Adults Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): College Education; Debt/Borrowing; Financial Assistance; Health, Mental/Psychological; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Student Loans / Student Aid; Wealth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. We investigated how college loans are related to health during early adulthood, whether this relationship is stronger among those with less parental wealth or without a college degree, and if this relationship varied by type of college attended (e.g. 2-year versus 4-year). We analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, a nationally representative sample of young adults, restricting our sample to persons who ever attended college (n=4,643). Multivariate regression tested the association between college loans and self-rated health and psychological functioning in 2010, adjusting for a robust set of socio-demographic indicators. Student loans were associated with poorer self-rated health and psychological functioning. This association varied by level of parental wealth, but not degree attainment or type of college attended. Our study raises provocative questions for further research regarding student loan debt and the possible spillover effects on other life circumstances, such as occupational trajectories and health inequities. |
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Walsemann, Katrina Michelle, Gilbert C. Gee and Danielle Gentile. "Sick of Our Loans: Student Borrowing and the Health of U.S. Young Adults." Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014. |