Figure 1.
Unadjusted prevalence of household food insufficiency among households with and without children experiencing and not experiencing economic shocks before, during, and after advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) implementation. The figure shows the unadjusted prevalence of household food insufficiency in the periods before advance CTC implementation (January 6, 2021, through July 5, 2021), during advance CTC implementation (July 21, 2021, through January 10, 2022), and after advance CTC implementation (January 26, 2022, through July 11, 2022). The solid green line represents households with children experiencing economic shocks (health-related or employment-related shocks). The solid gray line represents households without children experiencing economic shocks. The green and gray dotted lines represent households with and without children, respectively, not experiencing economic shocks. Prevalence values are shown above or below each line. The dip in food insufficiency during the period of advance CTC implementation seen among households with children experiencing economic shocks is indicated with an arrow. Source: Authors' analysis of Household Pulse Survey data from the US Census Bureau, January 2021 to July 2022.