Association of the Expiration of Child Tax Credit Advance Payments With Food Insufficiency in US Households.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) monthly payments administered to more than 35 million households with children in the US between July and December 2021 were associated with a substantial decrease in food insufficiency. These monthly payments expired in January 2022 after Congress failed to extend the policy, and the subsequent impact on food insufficiency is currently unknown.

Objective

To assess whether the expiration of monthly CTC payments in January 2022 was associated with changes in food insufficiency in US households with children.

Design, setting, and participants

This study used repeated cross-sectional, nationally representative data from multiple waves of the Household Pulse Survey, conducted by the US Census Bureau. Online data collection occurre

SUBMITTER: Bovell-Ammon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587477 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature