The excess costs of childhood food allergy on Canadian families: a cross-sectional study

Table 8 Multiple linear regression analyses predicting intangible costs incurred by the household, responding parent, spouse, and child from income level among food-allergic families

	ß	95%CI	p-value
Responding Parent Well-being
Lower income	Ref	Ref
Higher income	0.20	− 0.64, 1.03	0.63
Spouse Well-being
Lower income	Ref	Ref
Higher income	− 0.46	− 1.32, 0.40	0.29
Child Well-being
Lower income	Ref	Ref
Higher income	0.66	− 0.52, 1.83	0.26
Income sufficiency
Lower income	Ref	Ref
Higher income	$23,746.28	$12,099.50, $35,393.07	< 0.001

Number of household members and allergic comorbidities status (i.e., presence vs. absence) are included as covariates in each of the models. Income sufficiency quantifies the difference between a family’s actual income and the income they deem sufficient to meet their needs
95% CI 95th percent confidence interval

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