TABLE 2-4Weekly Household Expenditures: Total Expenditures, Expenditures When WIC Is Used (WIC Paid >0) and When WIC Is Not Used (WIC Paid = 0)

WIC Participating HouseholdsNon-WIC, Income ≤185% (Pregnant or Child <5)Non-WIC, Income >185% (Pregnant or Child <5)
N = 461WIC Paid >0 N = 150WIC Paid = 0 N = 311N = 306N = 241
Total food at home expenditure (FAH) ($)124.18 (7.62)160.92 (9.30)106.77 (9.66)113.15 (8.07)164.14 (13.09)
Total WIC expenditure ($)10.75 (1.82)33.42 (4.09)
WIC food item expenditure ($)21.55 (2.03)41.44 (3.58)12.13 (1.60)14.82 (1.24)a21.31 (2.01)
WIC items/Total FAH Expenditure (%)17.90 (1.37)29.21 (2.51)11.55 (1.01)13.14 (1.10)a13.46 (0.82)a
($)($)($)($)($)
Breakfast cereal2.40 (0.38)5.08 (0.80)1.13 (0.30)2.49 (0.29)2.31 (0.35)
Infant cereal0.03 (0.03)0.01 (0.01)0.04 (0.04)0.02 (0.02)0.02 (0.02)
Infant vegetable and fruit0.56 (0.21)1.08 (0.55)0.31 (0.16)0.34 (0.15)0.45 (0.20)
Infant meat0.02 (0.01)0.02 (0.02)0.02 (0.02)0.09 (0.07)0.01 (0.01)
Infant formula3.21 (1.23)9.62 (3.72)0.17 (0.12)0.48 (0.21)b0.96 (0.59)c
Milk3.98 (0.40)7.19 (0.68)2.46 (0.40)3.05 (0.31)c3.88 (0.39)
Cheese3.20 (0.37)4.90 (0.55)2.44 (0.46)2.54 (0.32)5.07 (1.04)c
Soy milk0.27 (0.11)0.55 (0.32)0.15 (0.08)0.22 (0.09)0.23 (0.08)
Eggs1.42 (0.21)2.04 (0.30)1.13 (0.26)0.72 (0.09)a1.00 (0.17)
Legumes0.64 (0.14)0.77 (0.27)0.57 (0.16)0.61 (0.16)0.43 (0.11)
Peanut butter0.35 (0.10)0.78 (0.23)0.14 (0.09)0.26 (0.08)0.09 (0.03)b
Vegetable and fruit1.79 (0.31)2.53 (0.53)1.45 (0.37)1.44 (0.27)2.60 (0.37)c
Fish0.21 (0.07)0.21 (0.08)0.21 (0.10)0.25 (0.08)0.05 (0.02)b
Bread0.49 (0.14)1.33 (0.36)0.09 (0.04)0.19 (0.07)b0.34 (0.11)b
Juice1.76 (0.27)3.32 (0.63)1.03 (0.17)1.13 (0.18)c1.49 (0.29)
Yogurt1.21 (0.24)2.12 (0.48)0.78 (0.25)0.96 (0.20)2.18 (0.43)b
Tofu– (–)– (–)– (–)0.02 (0.01)0.19 (0.13)

NOTES: FAH = food at home. Population weights were applied.

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 5 percent level of statistical significance.

c

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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