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. 2022 Aug 22;176(10):1020–1026. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.2946

Table 2. Association of Ever Receiving the Family Cash Transfer With Adult Mental Health, Substance, and Functional Outcomesa.

Outcome Mean (SD)b Relative risk (95% CI)
Received cash transfer Did not receive cash transfer
Adult psychiatric
Anxiety symptoms 0.58 (1.42) 1.94 (2.55) 0.33 (0.25-0.44)c
Depression symptoms 0.76 (1.11) 1.57 (1.11) 0.51 (0.42-0.62)c
Adult substance
Alcohol symptoms 0.40 (1.14) 0.48 (1.20) 0.97 (0.52-1.81)
Cannabis symptoms 0.18 (0.67) 0.34 (1.12) 0.47 (0.27-0.82)c
Adult functional
Physical health 0.23 (0.74) 0 (1.00) 0.66 (0.55-0.80)c
Financial/employment 0.14 (0.85) 0.01 (1.00) 0.78 (0.67-0.89)c
Risky/illegal behavior 0.34 (0.79) 0 (0.99) 0.57 (0.46-0.72)c
Social relationships 0.06 (0.98) 0 (1.00) 1.04 (0.88-1.21)
a

All results are combined across 10 imputed data sets using the Rubin formula. All models adjusted for the following childhood preexposure measures: depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, sum of oppositional disorder and conduct disorder symptoms, cohort, sex, low socioeconomic status, family instability, low birth weight, household income, body mass index, and body mass index squared.

b

Symptoms were coded as total symptom counts for each diagnostic category.

c

P < .05.