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Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2025

Time Scarcity, Health Behaviors, and Unconditional Cash in Los Angeles.

Amy Castro, Mira Philips, Isabelle Kim, Stacia West, Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Amy CastroAmy Castro and Stacia West are with the Center for Guaranteed Income Research, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Mira Philips and Isabelle Kim are PhD candidates in the School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Stacia West is also with the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.ORCID 0000-0002-2074-3501
Mira PhilipsAmy Castro and Stacia West are with the Center for Guaranteed Income Research, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Mira Philips and Isabelle Kim are PhD candidates in the School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Stacia West is also with the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.
Isabelle KimAmy Castro and Stacia West are with the Center for Guaranteed Income Research, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Mira Philips and Isabelle Kim are PhD candidates in the School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Stacia West is also with the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.ORCID 0000-0002-5901-7347
Stacia WestAmy Castro and Stacia West are with the Center for Guaranteed Income Research, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Mira Philips and Isabelle Kim are PhD candidates in the School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Stacia West is also with the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.ORCID 0000-0001-8806-2318
Bo-Kyung Elizabeth KimAmy Castro and Stacia West are with the Center for Guaranteed Income Research, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Mira Philips and Isabelle Kim are PhD candidates in the School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Stacia West is also with the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.ORCID 0000-0001-8851-5073

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unconditional cash interventions, such as guaranteed income, are a proposed solution for mediating the adverse health outcomes associated with financial scarcity. To test this, the City of Los Angeles, California, conducted a mixed-methods, randomized controlled trial in which they gave 3202 people $1000 with no strings attached for 12 months in 2022. Although the quantitative findings demonstrated mixed health effects, the qualitative findings highlighted how recipients viewed their well-being as an insurance policy against scarcity and reallocated time to preventive health behaviors when receiving a guaranteed income. (

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Health BehaviorIncomeAdultFemaleHumansLos AngelesMaleMiddle Aged

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PMID40633007
PMCPMC12243638

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