From: 2, The WIC Program: Changes Since the Last Review and Continuing Challenges
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review WIC Food Packages. Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice: Final Report. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2017 May 1.
Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice: Final Report.
Show detailsTABLE 2-3Summary Statistics for Weekly Food Expenditures for WIC-Participating and Other Households
| Expenditure Variable | Mean Weekly Expenditures in Dollars (SE) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WIC-Participating Households (N = 461) | Non-WIC, Income ≤185% PIR (Pregnant, or Child <5 years) (N = 306) | Non-WIC, Income >185% PIR (Pregnant, or Child <5 years) (N = 241) | |
| Food Expenditures (1 week) | |||
| Total food expenditures ($) | 184.78 (10.33) | 160.21 (10.66)b | 242.46 (15.45)a |
| Food at home (FAH) ($) | 124.20 (6.12) | 113.20 (8.10) | 164.14 (13.09)a |
| Food away from home (FAFH) ($) | 60.59 (6.6) | 47.06 (4.92)b | 7 8.33 (6.35)b |
| WIC Expenditure Patterns (1 week) | |||
| % of households using WIC in week (% of total) | 32.3 (3.8) | ||
| Average value of WIC expenditures in week ($) | 10.75 (1.82) | ||
| WIC expenditures as share of total food expenditures (all WIC-participating households) (%) | 5.8 (0.9) | ||
| WIC expenditures as share of total FAH expenditures (for all WIC-participating households) (%) | 8.8 (1.3) | ||
| WIC expenditures as share of total FAH expenditures (for households with WIC event in week) (%) | 24.3 (2.5) | ||
NOTES: FAFH = food away from home; FAH = food at home; PIR = federal poverty-to-income ratio; SE = standard error; SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Population weights were applied. This table is reproduced from Table 10-2 from the WIC committee phase I report.
- a
Significantly different from the WIC-participating households at a 1 percent level of statistical significance.
- b
Significantly different from the WIC-participating households at a 10 percent level of statistical significance.
SOURCE: USDA/ERS, 2015c.
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