Table 2.

Correlations among model variables on families with income below 200% of FPL

	TANF Receipt	Food Stamp Receipt	Income Less than 50%	Income between 100% & 150%	Income between 150% & 200%	Parent Education	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other	Marital Status	Maternal Employment
TANF Rec.	1.00
FS Receipt	.50^*	1.00
Inc.< 50%	.25*	.33^*	1.00
100–150%	−.11^*	−.17^*	−.27^*	1.00
150 – 200%	−.19^*	−.33^*	−.26^*	−.32^*	1.00
Par. Educ.	.09^*	.18^*	.14^*	−.05^*	−.18^*	1.00
Black	.10^*	.22^*	.14^*	−.05^*	−.09^*	.06^*	1.00
Hisp.	−.02	−.07^*	.00	.00	−.10^*	.16^*	−.35^*	1.00
Asian	.00	−.02	.00	−.02	−.01	−.07^*	−.13^*	−.14^*	1.00
Other	.04^*	.03^*	.07^*	−.02	−.02	−.06^*	−.14^*	−.15^*	−.06^*	1.00
Marital	−.22^*	−.32^*	−.21^*	.09^*	.21^*	−.13^*	−.30^*	.10^*	.13^*	−.06^*	1.00
Employ.	.15^*	.15^*	.13^*	−.03^*	−.10^*	.11^*	−.08^*	.10^*	.01	.02	.13^*	1.00
Child U.S.	.04^*	.07^*	−.01	.01	.03^*	.00	.08^*	−.17^*	−.07^*	.04^*	−.10^*	−.07^*
Eng. Lang.	.04^*	.09^*	−.02	.02	.10^*	−.12^*	.29^*	−.58^*	−.31^*	.10^*	−.21	−.14^*
Urban	.08^*	.07^*	.04^*	−.02	−.07^*	.03^*	.11^*	.21^*	.09^*	−.07^*	−.06^*	.02^*
Rural	−.02	.01	.02	−.01	.01	.01	−.05^*	−.18^*	−.08^*	.16^*	.02	.01
Par. Health	−.09^*	−.14^*	−.10^*	.04^*	.10^*	−.10^*	−.04^*	−.05^*	.01	.01	.07^*	−.07^*
Parent Dep.	.11^*	.17^*	.07^*	−.02	−.07^*	.06^*	.10^*	−.11^*	−.04^*	.00	−.15^*	−.03^*
Ch. Health	−.02	−.03^*	−.06^*	.01	.05^*	−.04^*	−.05^*	−.01	.00	.01	.04^*	−.04^*
Res. Ins.	.07^*	.10^*	.01	.00	−.02^*	−.03^*	−.06^*	−.05^*	−.05^*	.02	−.10^*	.00
FT <1yr.	.00	.03^*	−.01	.00	−.01	.00	.00	−.03^*	−.08^*	.03^*	−.03^*	−.03^*
FT >1 yr.	.07^*	.07^*	.04^*	−.01	−.01	−.05^*	.00	−.09^*	−.07^*	.00	−.08^*	−.04^*
Marg. FS	.07^*	.10^*	.04^*	−.01	−.07^*	.03^*	.04^*	.00	−.01	.02	−.06^*	.00
Low FS	.10^*	.11^*	.12^*	−.04^*	−.12^*	.06^*	−.01	.06^*	.01	−.01	−.05^*	.03^*

	Child born in U.S.	English Primary Language	Urban	Rural	Parent Health	Parent Depression	Child Health	Residential Instability	Financial Troubles Less than 1 yr.	Financial Troubles More than 1 yr.	Marginal Food Security	Low/Very Low Food Security
TANF Rec.
FS Receipt
Inc.< 50%
100–150%
150 – 200%
Par. Educ.
Black
Hisp.
Asian
Other
Marital
Employ.
Child U.S.	1.00
Eng. Lang.	.26^*	1.00
Urban	−.06^*	−.20^*	1.00
Rural	.06^*	.17^*	−.40^*	1.00
Par. Health	.01	.04^*	−.02	.01	1.00
Parent Dep.	.03^*	.14^*	.00	−.01	−.22^*	1.00
Ch. Health	.01	.03^*	.00	.01	.15^*	−.09^*	1.00
Res. Ins.	−.03^*	.11^*	.00	−.05^*	−.06^*	.11^*	−.01	1.00
FT <1yr.	.03^*	.07^*	−.01	.02	−.05^*	.10^*	−.02	.11^*	1.00
FT >1 yr.	.04^*	.13^*	−.04^*	.03	−.07^*	.12^*	−.02	.16^*	−.21^*	1.00
Marg. FS	.03^*	.01	.02^*	.00	−.06^*	.09^*	−.02	.02	.04^*	.05^*	1.00
Low FS	−.03^*	−.07^*	.03^*	−.04^*	−.13^*	.25^*	−.05^*	.08^*	.09^*	.15^*	−.20^*	1.00

p<.05

Note: TANF Rec.= TANF Receipt; Inc. < 50% = Income below 50% of Federal Poverty Line, 100–150% = Income between 100% and 150% of Federal Poverty Line; 150–200% = Income between 150% and 200% of Federal Poverty Line; Par. Educ. = Highest parent education is more than high school degree; Hisp. = Hispanic; Marital= parent is married; Employ.=Mother is not employed; Child U.S. = Child is born in U.S.; Eng. Lang. = English is primary language spoken in the home; Par. Health= Parent Health; Parent Dep. = Parent Depression; Ch. Health= Child Health; Res. Ins. = Residential Instability; FT = Financial Troubles; FS= Food Security.