Food Insufficiency Following Discontinuation of Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Among Lower-Income US Households.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit provided advance monthly payments to many US families with children from July through December 2021 and was associated with a reduction in food insufficiency. Less is known about the effect of the discontinuation of monthly payments.

Objective

To assess whether the discontinuation of monthly Child Tax Credit payments was associated with subsequent changes in food insufficiency among lower-income US households with children.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cross-sectional study used data from the Household Pulse Survey, a recurring online survey of US households conducted by the US Census Bureau, from January 2021 to March 2022. This study estimated difference-in-differences regression models for hou

SUBMITTER: Bouchelle Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652756 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature