Table 2.
Change in economic and health outcomes for residents of intervention and comparison neighborhoods and difference in difference analysis in Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, between 2011 and 2014
Outcome | Intervention neighborhood (n = 571) |
Comparison neighborhood (n = 260) |
Difference in difference | P | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Follow-up | Mean change | Follow-up | Mean change | |||
Economic indicators | ||||||
Respondent employment full-time or part-time (%) | 37.1 | 2.9* | 35.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | .63 |
Mean per capita annual income $ | 13,779 | $623 | 13,689 | $927 | 1550* | .09 |
Income below federal poverty level (%) | 42.7 | −4.1* | 32.7 | −7.4** | 3.2 | .39 |
Household participated in SNAP in past year (%)* | 47.3 | −6.0** | 52.1 | 6.2** | −12.16** | .00 |
Household received WIC food vouchers in past year (%) | 4.7 | −0.5 | 6.7 | −1.5 | 1 | .78 |
Low or very low food security (%) | 22.3 | −12.0*** | 30.4 | −0.1 | −11.8** | .00 |
Health indicators | ||||||
Self-reported health rating of very good or excellent (%) | 24.6 | −1.9 | 28.1 | 1.2 | −3.1 | .43 |
Ever been told by a doctor that you have … ? (%) | ||||||
Heart disease | 11.2 | −1.4 | 18.5 | 1.4 | −2.8 | .23 |
High cholesterol | 25.2 | 0.5 | 36.5 | 10.1*** | −9.6** | .01 |
High blood pressure or hypertension | 55.2 | 5.4** | 54.0 | 5.0** | 0.5 | .87 |
High blood sugar | 19.8 | 4.0** | 20.2 | 0.3 | 3.7 | .18 |
Arthritis | 41.9 | 2.3 | 49.2 | 9.7*** | −7.4** | .02 |
Diabetes | 21.8 | 1.2 | 26.2 | 4.9** | −3.6* | .10 |
SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; WIC = Women, Infants, and Children.
P ≤ .10,
P ≤ .05, and
P ≤ .001.