Table 2.
Estimated Parameters (SE) from Random-effects Logit Models of Earned Income Tax Credit Intervention on the Likelihood of Food Insecurity over Time, Chicago: 2014–2015.
| Model 1 |
Model 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | SE | p-value | β | SE | p-value | |
| Intervention Group (Ref: Control) | −0.20 | 0.24 | 0.422 | 0.22 | 0.32 | 0.507 |
| Time (Ref: Time 1) | ||||||
| Time 2 | 0.19 | 0.36 | 0.588 | |||
| Time 3 | 0.11 | 0.41 | 0.780 | |||
| Time 4 | 0.83 | 0.63 | 0.184 | |||
| Time*Intervention Group | ||||||
| Time 2 | −0.23 | 0.42 | 0.581 | |||
| Time 3 | −0.89 | 0.47 | 0.057 | |||
| Time 4 | −2.21 | 0.77 | 0.004 | |||
| Respondent Gender (Ref: Female) | ||||||
| Male | −0.02 | 0.45 | 0.965 | −0.03 | 0.46 | 0.950 |
| Other | 0.07 | 0.54 | 0.899 | 0.09 | 0.56 | 0.873 |
| Education (Ref: Less than HS) | ||||||
| HS or more | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.586 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.567 |
| Not Reported | −0.01 | 0.36 | 0.975 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.998 |
| Number of children | −0.15 | 0.16 | 0.365 | −0.15 | 0.17 | 0.387 |
| Household Size | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.198 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.205 |
| Comfort with Income | −0.41 | 0.12 | 0.001 | −0.32 | 0.13 | 0.016 |
| Receive public assistance (Ref: No) | −0.13 | 0.21 | 0.526 | −0.19 | 0.21 | 0.366 |
| Financial Stress | 0.96 | 0.13 | <0.001 | 0.95 | 0.14 | <0.001 |
| Constant | −3.76 | 0.69 | <0.001 | −3.99 | 0.73 | <0.001 |
Significance *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001.