TABLE 2-3Summary Statistics for Weekly Food Expenditures for WIC-Participating and Other Households

Expenditure VariableMean 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 ($)184.78 (10.33)160.21 (10.66)b242.46 (15.45)a
Food at home (FAH) ($)124.20 (6.12)113.20 (8.10)164.14 (13.09)a
Food away from home (FAFH) ($)60.59 (6.6)47.06 (4.92)b7 8.33 (6.35)b
WIC Expenditure Patterns (1 week)
% of households using WIC in week (% of total)32.3 (3.8)
Average value of WIC expenditures in week ($)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.

From: 2, The WIC Program: Changes Since the Last Review and Continuing Challenges

Cover of Review of WIC Food Packages
Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice: Final Report.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review WIC Food Packages.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2017 May 1.
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