Student loans: Women borrowers really don't feel ready to return to repayments, survey finds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Women take on an average of $31,276 in student loans while men borrow an average of $29,270, according to the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
52% : During his presidential campaign, President Biden promised to forgive $10,000 in student debt for all federal student loan borrowers.
49% : The AAUW noted that for the 16.3% of women who have a child, child care costs are roughly $520, which causes a heavy strain on their budget on top of repaying student loans.
47% : Solving this problem with student loan cancellation is a blunt tool, according to Kevin Carney, vice president for education policy at New America, given the underlying problem of tuition inflation: The average tuition, fees, and room and board for full-time undergraduate students have increased from $11,369 during the 1985-86 school year to $24,623 during the 2018-19 year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, a whopping 116% increase.
46% : Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), have repeatedly called on Biden to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt immediately via executive order.

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