Table 3. OLS Regressions of Material Hardship Dimensions and Child Behaviors - Cross Sectional Analyses.
Externalizing | Internalizing | Positive behavior | ||||
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β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | |
Panel A: Year 3 | ||||||
Difficulty Paying Bills | 0.15** | (.05) | 0.04 | (.05) | 0.09 | (.05) |
Utilities Shut Off | 0.13* | (.05) | 0.04 | (.05) | 0.03 | (.05) |
Housing Instability | 0.14 | (.07) | 0.15 | (.08) | 0.03 | (.08) |
Medical Hardship | 0.02 | (.08) | 0.01 | (.09) | −0.06 | (.10) |
Food Hardship | 0.13 | (.07) | 0.04 | (.08) | 0.06 | (.07) |
N | 2,363 | 2,049 | 2,100 | |||
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Panel B: Year 5 | ||||||
Difficulty Paying Bills | 0.20*** | (.04) | 0.22*** | (.04) | −0.04 | (.04) |
Utilities Shut Off | 0.32*** | (.05) | 0.29*** | (.05) | 0.06 | (.04) |
Housing Instability | 0.22*** | (.07) | 0.19** | (.06) | 0.09 | (.06) |
Medical Hardship | 0.18 | (.09) | 0.19 | (.10) | −0.01 | (.09) |
Food Hardship | 0.17* | (.07) | 0.24** | (.07) | −0.12 | (.07) |
N | 2,708 | 2,715 | 2,963 |
Note: Not shown here, the models include controls for income-to-needs, age, race, mother lived with both parents at age 15, education, relationship status, multiple partner fertility, child gender, child low birth weight, mother mental and physical health, substance abuse, impulsivity, mother cognitive ability, social support, and city of residence.
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