ERIC Number: EJ1492734
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0897-5264
EISSN: EISSN-1543-3382
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Multidimensional Poverty among College Students: Focusing on Race and First-Generation College Student Status
Taewon Kim; Yunkyoung Garrison; Ethan Sahker
Journal of College Student Development, v66 n6 p725-741 2025
Distinct classes of multidimensional poverty were identified by using basic needs insecurity and relational poverty indicators to examine disproportionate poverty prevalence and structures based on race and first-generation college student status. By using LCA (Latent Class Analysis) with secondary data that consisted of a 3,886 U.S. college student sample, we found that there were different poverty structures based on race. Specifically, among Students of Color, four classes emerged: (1) Extreme Multifaceted Poverty (1.9%), (2) Moderate Poverty without Eviction (16.7%), (3) Relational Poverty (7.3%), and (4) Economically Secured (74.1%). White students had three classes: (1) Moderate Poverty without Eviction (6.6%), (2) Mild Multifaceted Poverty (7.2%), and (3) Economically Secured (86.2%). First- generation White college students were less likely to belong to the Mild Multifaceted Poverty class than the Moderate Poverty without Eviction class, whereas first-generation college Students of Color were less likely to belong to the Economically Secured class than the Extreme Multifaceted Poverty class. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Descriptors: Racial Differences, First Generation College Students, Minority Group Students, Poverty, White Students, Needs, Racism, Ethnicity, Financial Problems
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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