Childhood injuries and food stamp benefits: an examination of administrative data in one US state

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Average marginal effects of calendar week on probability of ER claims for childhood injuries overall and by week of SNAP benefit disbursement

Variable	Total Sample	Week of SNAP Benefit Disbursement
Variable		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
Calendar Week 2	−0.0007	−0.0021	0.0022	−0.0022
	(0.0018)	(0.0030)	(0.0030)	(0.0030)
	[0.674]	[0.486]	[0.474]	[0.473]
Calendar Week 3	−0.0020	− 0.0002	− 0.0027	− 0.0029
	(0.0017)	(0.0030)	(0.0030)	(0.0030)
	[0.247\	[0.938]	[0.354]	[0.332]
Calendar Week 4	−0.0080***	− 0.0042	− 0.0037	−0.0161***
	(0.0018)	(0.0031)	(0.0031)	(0.0031)
	[0.000]	[0.185]	[0.224]	[0.000]
Observations	1,288,552	419,676	438,145	430,731

*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
Source: Authors’ analysis of data from Missouri Department of Social Services. N=. 1,288,552
Notes: Results are from probit regression models controlling for SNAP benefit amount, race/ethnicity, sex, age, household size, and year of ER visit. Average marginal effects with standard errors in parentheses and p-values in brackets. Standard errors clustered at the individual level

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