Table 4.

Prevalence of pandemic-related challenges overall and by self-reported race¹

Survey Item	Overall Cohort	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black	Other1	P-value
	n(%) for positive responses
Have you had any trouble accessing any of the following for your child due to cost? (n=301)2	24 (8.0%)	7 (29%)	10 (42%)	7 (29%)	0.458
Formula	10 (3.3%)	4 (40%)	3 (30%)	3 (30%)
Diapers	5 (1.7%)	0	2 (40%)	3 (60%)
Medicine	3 (1.0%)	1 (33.3%)	2 (67%)	0
Medical Supplies	2 (0.7%)	1 (50%)	1 (50%)	0
More than one of these things.	4 (1.3%)	1 (25%)	2 (50%)	1 (25%)
Have you had any trouble accessing any of the following for your child due to availability? (n=298)	30 (10.1%)	6 (20%)	17 (57%)	7 (23%)	0.004
Formula	14 (4.7%)	2 (14%)	9 (64%)	3 (21%)
Diapers	7 (2.3%)	2 (29%)	3 (43%)	2 (29%)
Medicine	1 (0.7%)	0	1 (100%)	0
Medical Supplies	3 (1.0%)	0	1 (33%)	2 (67%)
More than one of these things.	5 (1.7%)	2 (40%)	3 (60%)	0
“We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more.”3 (n=267)	24 (9.0%)	6 (24%)	13 (54%)	5 (21%)	0.032
“The food we bought just didn’t last and we didn’t have money to get more.” 3 (n=262)	9 (3.4%)	3 (33%)	4 (44%)	2 (22%)	0.646
“We were unable to get food for another reason.”3(n=248)	12 (4.8%)	2 (17%)	6 (50%)	4 (33%)	0.207
Either parent’s employment changed (i.e. hours were reduced or become unemployed) (n=294)	129 (44%)	57 (44%)	36 (28%)	36 (28%)	0.150
Housing status changed (n=294)	18 (6.1%)	8 (44%)	3 (17%)	7 (39%)	0.952

¹Due to small sample sizes, respondents self-identifying as Hispanic, Asian, or Other were consolidated into one group to allow for cross-group comparisons.

²These sample sizes indicate the total responses received for this question.

³A positive response meant the caregiver endorsed feeling this way “often” or “sometimes.