Table 4.
Predicting directly assessed academic and teacher-reported social skills outcomes using food insecurity categories and control variables at the child- and school-level
| Reading | Science | Math | Working Memory | Cognitive Flexibility | Self-Control | Interper-sonal | Internal-izing | External-izing | |
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| Coeff. | Coeff. | Coeff. | Coeff. | Coeff. | Coeff. | Coeff. | Coeff. | Coeff. | |
| School-Level Variables | |||||||||
| Fewer teacher absences | 0.113* | 0.093* | 0.107* | 1.114 | 0.141 | −0.025 | −0.007 | 0.044* | 0.055* |
| Less teacher turnover | −0.028 | −0.026 | −0.037 | −1.22 | 0.013 | 0.001 | −0.028 | −0.003 | −0.058* |
| Less bullying | −0.004 | 0.019 | −0.028 | 0.492 | −0.137* | 0.001 | 0.008 | <−.001 | 0.004 |
| More parental involvement | 0.021 | 0.092*** | 0.023 | 1.344* | 0.071 | 0.015 | 0.001 | −0.004 | 0.004 |
| No weapons | 0.055 | 0.053 | 0.085 | 0.772 | 0.109 | −0.013 | −0.006 | −0.021 | −0.013 |
| Private (ref: public) | −0.127 | −0.143 | −0.143 | 0.309 | −0.184 | −0.229 | −0.204 | 0.165 | 0.198 |
| Title 1 | −0.238*** | −0.302*** | −0.288*** | −4.476*** | −0.28* | −0.105*** | −0.093** | 0.085*** | 0.095*** |
| School Enrollment | 0.012 | −0.019 | 0.018 | −0.532 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.008 | −0.007 |
| City (ref :suburb) | −0.104* | −0.117* | −0.061 | −0.39 | 0.02 | −0.041 | −0.032 | 0.024 | 0.021 |
| Town/Rural (ref: suburb) | 0.065 | 0.09 | 0.048 | 0.856 | 0.077 | −0.008 | −0.008 | 0.021 | 0.032 |
| Individual-Level Variables: | |||||||||
| Food Insecurity Transitions (ref: AvertFIS) | |||||||||
| PersistFIS | −0.048 | −0.012 | −0.052 | −1.245 | −0.182 | −0.059 | −0.065 | 0.056 | 0.07* |
| PersistMFIS | −0.034 | −0.034 | 0.053 | −2.433 | −0.018 | −0.106* | −0.115* | −0.041 | 0.093 |
| EmergFIS | −0.011 | 0.066 | −0.003 | −3.955 | 0.224 | −0.113 | −0.106 | 0.058 | 0.145** |
| EmergMFIS | 0.008 | 0.013 | −0.03 | 1.4 | −0.221 | −0.088 | −0.066 | −0.001 | 0.077 |
| DeepenFIS | 0.013 | −0.127 | −0.153* | −5.202* | −0.126 | −0.208** | −0.146 | −0.016 | 0.021 |
| RemFIS | −0.008 | −0.014 | 0.001 | 0.352 | 0.25 | −0.017 | 0.021 | 0.034 | −0.023 |
| RemMFIS | −0.038 | −0.015 | −0.015 | −0.059 | <.001 | −0.082* | −0.098** | 0.019 | 0.051 |
| AttenFIS | −0.018 | −0.025 | −0.007 | −0.507 | −0.29 | −0.087 | −0.031 | 0.03 | 0.055 |
| Parent/Household Characteristics | |||||||||
| Single Parent | −0.028 | −0.085*** | −0.024 | −0.416 | 0.175 | −0.073** | −0.114*** | 0.082*** | 0.071*** |
| Foreign-born parent(s) (ref: US born parent(s)) | 0.084*** | −0.125** | −0.01 | 0.034 | 0.01 | 0.08** | 0.016 | −0.074** | −0.09*** |
| One US-born and 1 foreign born parent (ref: US born parent(s)) | 0.015 | −0.008 | −0.041 | −0.528 | −0.163 | 0.05 | −0.036 | −0.011 | 0.001 |
| Household size | <−.001 | −0.026** | −0.01 | −0.246 | 0.057 | 0.01 | 0.004 | −0.012 | −0.014 |
| Teen mother | −0.01 | −0.042 | −0.011 | −0.339 | −0.24** | −0.049* | −0.059* | 0.033 | 0.055** |
| Parental depression | 0.005 | 0.009 | <.001 | −0.245 | 0.085 | 0.003 | −0.003 | −0.012 | 0.018 |
| Parental health status | 0.009 | 0.012 | −0.002 | 0.35 | −0.006 | 0.016 | 0.015 | −0.018 | 0.004 |
| SES | 0.059*** | 0.101*** | 0.046*** | 2.092*** | 0.29*** | 0.049*** | 0.058*** | −0.027* | −0.021 |
| Child Characteristics | |||||||||
| Black (ref: white) | −0.05 | −0.239*** | −0.214*** | −6.989*** | −0.784*** | −0.104** | −0.11** | −0.011 | 0.103*** |
| Hispanic (ref: white) | −0.058* | −0.189*** | −0.145*** | −3.825*** | −0.306** | −0.001 | 0.032 | −0.045 | −0.024 |
| Asian (ref: white) | −0.027 | 0.036 | −0.019 | 2.778 | −0.153 | 0.017 | 0.046 | −0.078* | −0.015 |
| Other (ref: white) | −0.009 | −0.001 | −0.094* | −0.74 | −0.078 | −0.001 | 0.034 | −0.028 | 0.006 |
| Female (ref: male) | 0.03* | −0.073*** | −0.088*** | −0.09 | 0.037 | 0.126*** | 0.159*** | −0.009 | −0.131*** |
| Age | −0.003* | 0.008*** | −0.003 | 0.025 | 0.02 | −0.001 | −0.001 | <.001 | −0.001 |
| Low birthweight | −0.037 | −0.06 | −0.023 | −1.854 | −0.488** | 0.013 | −0.001 | 0.02 | −0.006 |
| Disability | −0.092*** | −0.122*** | −0.09*** | −6.252*** | −0.47*** | −0.09*** | −0.095*** | 0.145*** | 0.094*** |
| Prekindergarten | 0.012 | −0.015 | 0.021 | 1.863** | 0.139 | −0.026 | −0.04* | −0.009 | 0.014 |
| Kindergarten Score | 0.755*** | 0.695*** | 0.864*** | 0.362*** | 0.149*** | 0.402*** | 0.386*** | 0.27*** | 0.53*** |
Note: The model uses the sampling weight W6CS6P_6T0a.
p≤.001,
p≤.01,
p≤.05