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. 2020 Apr 4;11:100575. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100575

Table 2.

Objective 2: Proportion of children a) living in a high poverty neighborhood and b) with low food security at age 5, comparing children evicted in early childhood (ages 0–5) to children who were not evicted in early childhood (N = 2556).

Censoring weights only
Combined weightsc
Prevalence 95% CI Prevalence 95% CI
2a High poverty neighborhooda
 Not evicted (N = 2392) 38.2% 36.2, 40.1 38.7% 36.7, 40.7
 Evicted (N = 164) 39.6% 32.1, 47.1 39.8% 31.0, 48.5
 Ratio 1.04 0.87, 1.28 1.03 0.82, 1.29
2b Low food securityb
 Not evicted (N = 2392) 7.7% 6.6, 8.8 7.8% 6.7, 8.9
 Evicted (N = 164) 18.0% 12.11, 23.8 16.8% 10.7, 22.8
 Ratio 2.33 1.63, 3.33 2.16 1.46, 3.19
a

20% or more of the census tract population with income below the federal poverty level.

b

Based on parental responses to the USDA U.S. Children's Food Security Scale.

c

Model contains combined inverse probability weights for censoring and treatment. Treatment weights include the following baseline covariates, measured at birth: Maternal age category, maternal education, smoking during pregnancy, maternal mental health problems, parental relationship, household income, neighborhood poverty, and preterm birth.