Table 4.
Bivariate Correlations of APC Earnings, APC Public Assistance, and Employment Instability Measure.
| APC Earned HH Inc | APC Ref Per Earned HH Inc | APC Total HH Inc | APC HH Pub Ass | APC HH SNAP | APC HH Social Sec Inc | APC HH Supp Sec Inc | Ref Per Emp Decrease | Ref Per Emp Increase | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC in Earned Household Income | 1.00 | ||||||||
| APC in Reference Persons' Earned Household Income | 0.64*** | 1.00 | |||||||
| APC in Total Household Income | 0.82*** | 0.55*** | 1.00 | ||||||
| APC in Household Public Assistance | −0.01*** | −0.01*** | 0.08*** | 1.00 | |||||
| APC in Household SNAP | −0.01*** | −0.02*** | 0.00 | 0.08*** | 1.00 | ||||
| APC in Household Social Security Income | 0.00 | 0.00** | 0.09*** | 0.01*** | 0.01*** | 1.00 | |||
| APC in Household Supplemental Security Income | 0.00** | 0.00 | 0.07*** | 0.01*** | 0.01*** | −0.02*** | 1.00 | ||
| Reference persons' decrease in employment (all hours worked per week) | −0.07*** | −0.12*** | −0.05*** | 0.01*** | 0.03*** | 0.01*** | 0.01*** | 1.00 | |
| Reference persons' increase in employment (all hours worked per week) | 0.08*** | 0.13*** | 0.07*** | 0.00 | 0.01*** | 0.00* | 0.00 | −0.01*** | 1.00 |
Note: * p < .05. ** p < .01. *** p < .001. Household weights used to approximate population estimates. Increase/decrease in employment defined as changes between full-time employment (worked 35 weekly hours or more throughout the month), part time employment (worked fewer than 35 weekly hours throughout the month, or 35 or more hours for only part of the month), and unemployment (did not work/did not have a job, or was absent without pay from a job all weeks in the previous month).