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

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Average marginal effects of SNAP benefit week on probability of ER claims for childhood injuries overall and by length of time on SNAP

*** 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. We ran a test to compare the statistical difference of the reported effects and compared column (1) with column (2). We did not find any statistical significance difference

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