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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2017 Dec;27(12):771–776. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.10.011

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.