Table 5.

Effects of rental assistance on missed school days adjusting for health problems: Current assistance versus pseudo-waitlist

	Log Missed School Days (incidence rate ratios)
	Model 1	Model 2
Current Assistance	0.795* (0.651, 0.972)	0.942 (0.794, 1.117)
Health Problems
Fair/poor health status		2.452** (1.893, 3.174)
Frequent headaches		1.401** (1.184, 1.657)
Frequent ear infections		1.370* (1.073, 1.751)
Vision problem		1.405* (1.001, 1.972)
Hospitalized in last year		1.616** (1.203, 2.171)
Emergency room visit due to asthma		2.119** (1.699, 2.641)
Individual and Contextual Controls	Yes	Yes
N	2,056	2,056

Notes: Models predict missed school days outcomes among children aged 5–17 using negative binomial regression. The first model replicates the coefficient from the adjusted model in Table 2. The second model adds the six indicators of health problems. Both models include individual, family, and contextual characteristics listed in the Data and Methods section. Values in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals.

Source: Authors’ calculations using NHIS-HUD linkage, 1999–2012.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01