Table 3.

Probability of Earned Income Tax Credit Benefit Category Membership by Health Status, standardized for age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

Primary Poor Health Status Indicator
EITC Benefit Category	Not in Poor Health	In Poor Health	Risk Difference	Lower Confidence Limit of Risk Difference	Upper Confidence Limit of Risk Difference	Relative Risk	Lower Confidence Limit of Relative Risk	Upper Confidence Limit of Risk Relative Risk	P
No Benefit	0.30%	2.40%	2.10%	1.75%	2.46%	8.09	6.68	9.79	<.0001
Phase-In	2.74%	9.28%	6.54%	5.82%	7.26%	3.39	3.12	3.69	<.0001
Plateau	2.04%	4.59%	2.55%	2.00%	3.09%	2.25	1.99	2.54	<.0001
Phase-Out	9.92%	15.30%	5.38%	4.46%	6.30%	1.54	1.45	1.64	<.0001
Too High	85.00%	68.43%	−16.57%	−17.65%	−15.49%	0.81	0.79	0.82	<.0001
Limited Ability to Work Health Status Indicator
No Benefit	0.26%	3.14%	2.88%	2.47%	3.30%	12.31	10.17	14.90	<.0001
Phase-In	2.70%	10.00%	7.30%	6.44%	8.16%	3.71	3.39	4.06	<.0001
Plateau	2.01%	5.20%	3.18%	2.56%	3.80%	2.58	2.29	2.91	<.0001
Phase-Out	9.99%	14.15%	4.16%	3.17%	5.15%	1.42	1.32	1.52	<.0001
Too High	85.05%	67.52%	−17.53%	−18.77%	−16.29%	0.79	0.78	0.81	<.0001
Self-Rated Health Status Indicator
No Benefit	0.30%	1.97%	1.67%	1.40%	1.95%	6.50	5.43	7.79	<.0001
Phase-In	2.70%	7.62%	4.92%	4.31%	5.54%	2.82	2.60	3.07	<.0001
Plateau	1.96%	4.76%	2.80%	2.25%	3.34%	2.43	2.15	2.74	<.0001
Phase-Out	9.69%	16.62%	6.93%	6.03%	7.83%	1.72	1.62	1.81	<.0001
Too High	85.35%	69.03%	−16.32%	−17.33%	−15.31%	0.81	0.80	0.82	<.0001

Probabilities estimated by fitting multinomial logistic regression models followed by predictive margins, standardized for age, gender, race, and ethnicity.