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

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

doi:10.1177/15248399221128005

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

3 2024
By Chapman, Leah Elizabeth ; Berkowitz, Seth A. ; Ammerman, Alice ; ...
Source: Health Promot Pract. 25(2):263-273

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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 (β = −0.01, 95% CI [−0.04, 0.03], p = .70) after 1 year of policy implementation. Changes in food security were not associated with changes in diet. However, we found significant changes in the frequency of fruit and vegetable intake across time by levels of stress, with decreased intake from Wave 1 to 2 at low levels of stress, and increased intake at high levels of stress (incidence rate ratio = 1.17, 95% CI [1.05, 1.31], p = .01).

Conclusions.

Changes in wages were not associated with changes in food security or stress in a sample of low-wage workers. Future research should examine whether full implementation of a minimum wage increase is associated with changes in these outcomes.
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Eating Food Security Humans Prospective Studies Salaries And Fringe Benefits Stress, Psychological
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Diet Food Security Health Disparities Health Economics Health Policy Interaction Models Minimum Wage Nutrition Social Determinants Of Health Stress
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Health Promot Pract. 25(2):263-273
Pubmed ID:

36373653
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PMC10183054
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Journal Article
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K23 DK109200/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DK118664/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP006400/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR000114/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006400/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/

K23 DK109200/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DK118664/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP006400/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR000114/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006400/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ Less -
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25
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