Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regression model predicting any hardship

	No hardship vs present hardship (ref)		Recent hardship vs present hardship (ref)
	RRR		RRR
	(95% CI)	P value	(95% CI)	P value
Medicaid	0.37	< 0.001	0.67	0.014
	(0.27,0.50)		(0.48,0.92)
Education
High school	0.99	0.953	0.79	0.225
	(0.63,1.54)		(0.54,1.16)
Some college	1.03	0.892	0.81	0.308
	(0.66,1.61)		(0.54,1.22)
College +	1.81	0.023	1.03	0.906
	(1.09,3.03)		(0.64,1.67)
Income-to-poverty ratio	1.09	0.013	1.04	0.280
	(1.02,1.16)		(0.97,1.10)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic black	0.76	0.208	0.99	0.950
	(0.49,1.17)		(0.67,1.46)
Hispanic	0.99	0.965	1.09	0.615
	(0.69,1.42)		(0.77,1.54)
Other race/ethnicity	0.75	0.183	0.84	0.365
	(0.49,1.15)		(0.57,1.23)
Multiple race/ethnicity	1.15	0.656	1.01	0.980
	(0.62,2.16)		(0.48,2.14)
Language other than English spoken at home	0.68	0.059	0.97	0.877
	(0.46,1.02)		(0.66,1.43)
Marital status
Previously married	0.38	< 0.001	0.68	0.035
	(0.27,0.53)		(0.48,0.97)
Never married	0.42	< 0.001	0.64	0.023
	(0.28,0.66)		(0.44,0.94)
# of children in home	0.88	0.082	0.84	0.016
	(0.76,1.02)		(0.73,0.97)
Age of youngest child	1.00	0.999	0.98	0.332
	(0.97,1.03)		(0.95,1.02)

Data: 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation; N = 2422

Bolded coefficients are statistically significant at p < .05

RRR relative risk ratio