Examining Changes in Food Security, Perceived Stress, and Dietary Intake in a Cohort of Low-Wage Workers Experiencing an Increase in Hourly Wage

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Chapman, Leah Elizabeth; Berkowitz, Seth A.; Ammerman, Alice S.; De Marco, Molly; Ng, Shu Wen; Zimmer, Catherine; & Caspi, Caitlin E. (Online ahead of print). Examining Changes in Food Security, Perceived Stress, and Dietary Intake in a Cohort of Low-Wage Workers Experiencing an Increase in Hourly Wage. Health Promotion Practice. PMCID: PMC10183054

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an increase in hourly wages was associated with changes in food security and perceived stress among low-wage workers. We also determined whether changes in food security and stress were associated with changes in diet.
SETTING: Wages is a prospective cohort study following 974 low-wage workers in Minneapolis, MN, where an ordinance is incrementally increasing minimum wage to US$15/hr from 2018 to 2022, and a comparison community with no minimum wage ordinance (Raleigh, NC). Interaction models were estimated using generalized estimating equations.
PARTICIPANTS: Analyses used two waves of data (2018 [baseline], 2019) and included 219 and 321 low-wage workers in Minneapolis and Raleigh (respectively).
RESULTS: Average hourly wages increased from US$9.77 (SD US$1.69) to US$11.67 (SD US$4.02). Changes in wages were not associated with changes in food security (odds ratio = 1.05, 95% confidence interval [CI] [0.89, 1.23], p = .57) or stress (

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248399221128005

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

Online ahead of print

Journal Title

Health Promotion Practice

Author(s)

Chapman, Leah Elizabeth
Berkowitz, Seth A.
Ammerman, Alice S.
De Marco, Molly
Ng, Shu Wen
Zimmer, Catherine
Caspi, Caitlin E.

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC10183054

Data Set/Study

The Wages Study

Continent/Country

United States

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Nonspecific

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