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WHEN STUDENT PARENTS FIND/HAVE/ MAKE THE TIME TO COMPLETE THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AND STUDY

When everybody goes to bed

Family watching children

During the day

38%

27%

27%

Weekend

8%

Figure 44. When interview participants complete their assignments and study.

Thirty-eight percent of students reported they completed assignments when everyone in their home went to bed and mentioned a second instance: everybody goes to bed or morning, everybody goes to bed or weekend, everybody goes to bed or lunch break. Twentyseven percent indicated a family member would watch their children for them to be able to complete their school work. Another 27% said they would do their homework during the day and 8% would do this on the weekends.

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THREE AREAS STUDENT PARENTS WOULD CHOOSE TO IMPROVE AT ASU

Childcare

Family Housing

Financial resources such, as Sun Devil Child Care Subsidy

65%

27%

8%

Figure 45. three areas student parents would choose to improve at ASU.

When students were asked if they could choose improvement in either childcare, financial resources such, as Sun Devil child care subsidy or family housing at ASU, which one they would choose, 65% reported childcare needed improvement, either its affordability, the long waiting lists or the required full-time schedule for children to attend. A student tells her experience with her mother in school when she was a child: "My mother used to work at Sinaloa State University. She was also a


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