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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Food Agric Econ. 2016 Jan;4(1):1–19.

Table 4.

Determinants of Household Food Insecurity Status by Education Level. Probit Model Estimates (Marginal Effects)

VARIABLES College High School VARIABLES College High
School
Financial Literacy −0.0124
(0.0081) 		−0.0180***
(0.0069) 		Disabled 0.1481**
(0.0581)		 0.0399
(0.0564)
Household Income %PL-C2 0.2106**
(0.0814)		 −0.0625
(0.0541)		 Retired −0.0896*
(0.0522)		 −0.1474***
(0.0506)
Household Income %PL-C3 0.0549
(0.0753)		 −0.0686
(0.0530)		 Housework or Other Work Status −0.0068
(0.0655)		 −0.1503***
(0.0529)
Household Income %PL-C4 0.0985
(0.0748)		 −0.0162
(0.0572)		 Divorce/Separated 0.1312***
(0.0403)		 0.0637*
(0.0380)
Household Income %PL-C5 0.0142
(0.0747)		 −0.1584**
(0.0618)		 Widowed 0.0829
(0.0784)		 −0.0647
(0.0549)
Household Income %PL-C6 −0.0200
(0.0748)		 −0.1248
(0.0759)		 Never Married 0.0047
(0.0402)		 0.0183
(0.0418)
Household Income %PL-C7 −0.0549
(0.0833)		 −0.2531***
(0.0684)		 Children in Household 0.1712
(0.0439)		 0.0425
(0.0488)
Household Income %PL-C8 −0.1050
(0.0856)		 −0.3030***
(0.0792)		 SNAP participant 0.0773*
(0.0411)		 0.0314
(0.0384)
Male −0.0256
(0.0334)		 −0.0401
(0.0306)		 WIC participant −0.2571***
(0.0724)		 0.0796
(0.0544)
Age −0.0011
(0.0014)		 0.0012
(0.0014)		 Children in Nutrition Program −0.0145
(0.0524)		 0.0853*
(0.0495)
Hispanic/Latino 0.0326
(0.0423)		 0.0789*
(0.0408)		 High School Degree −0.054
(0.0416)
African American 0.0329
(0.0516)		 0.0460
(0.0476)		 Some College −0.0085
(0.0431)
Unemployed 0.1253**
(0.0507)		 −0.0002
(0.0485)		 Bachelor Degree −0.0643**
(0.0310)

Notes: Authors' calculations using ALP data, survey 374. Sample restricted to families with less than 50K in annual income. Number of observations: 2284.

***

p<0.01,

**

p<0.05,

*

p<0.1.

State of residence dummies also included in the model. Weighted estimates using sample weights.