Publication Date
12-15-2009
Summary
This study examines the link between household food insecurity and child behavior problems mediated through parental characteristics (parenting stress, parental warmth, psychological distress, and parent’s self-esteem) using two waves of data from the Child Development Supplement in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Analyses of fixedeffects models are conducted on a low-income sample of 416 children from 249 households. This study finds that the effects of food insecurity on child behavior problems are mediated by parenting stress. However, two robustness tests show different results from those of the fixed-effects models. This inconsistency suggests that the complicated relationship between household food insecurity and child behavior problems needs to be investigated further with different methodology and measures in the future.
Document Type
Working Paper
Category
Financial Inclusion
Subarea
Asset Building
Original Citation
Huang, J., Matta Oshima, K. M., & Kim, Y. (2009). Does household food insecurity affect parental characteristics and child behavior?: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) (CSD Working Paper No. 09-70). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Keywords
children, PSID, parental involvement, household
Recommended Citation
Huang, J., Matta Oshima, K. M., & Kim, Y. (2009). Does household food insecurity affect parental characteristics and child behavior?: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) (CSD Working Paper No. 09-70). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7936/K779446C
Notes
Subsequent publication: Huang, J., Oshima, K., Kim, Y., (2010). Does household food insecurity affect parenting and children’s behaviors? Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Social Service Review, 84(3), 381–401. doi:10.1086/655821