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Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2010

WIC Participant and Program Characteristics summarizes the demographic characteristics of nationwide participants in April 2010. It includes information on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics, estimates breastfeeding initiation rates for WIC infants, and describes WIC members of migrant farm-worker families.

12/01/2011
Resource | Research and Data | Participation Characteristics Characteristics of SNAP Households: FY 2010

This report describes the characteristics of SNAP households and participants nationwide in fiscal year 2010. It also presents an overview of SNAP eligibility requirements and benefit levels in fiscal year 2010. 

09/21/2011
Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2004

The WIC Participant and Program Characteristics (PC 2004) report summarizes demographic characteristics of WIC participants nationwide in April 2004, along with information on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics. A national estimate of breastfeeding initiation for WIC infants is included. The report also describes WIC members of migrant farm-worker families.

03/01/2006
Resource | Research and Data | Participation Characteristics Characteristics of Food Stamp Household FY 2000

This report presents the characteristics of food stamp households nationwide in fiscal year 2000 (October 1999 to September 2000). This information on household characteristics comes from FSP household data for fiscal year 2000 collected by FNS for quality control purposes. 

10/02/2001
Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2012

This report is a census of women, infants, and children who were participating in the WIC program in April, 2012. The report includes information on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics, and estimates breastfeeding initiation rates for WIC infants.

12/11/2013
Resource | Research and Data | Participation Characteristics Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: FY 2005

This report provides information about the demographic and economic circumstances of food stamp households in fiscal year 2005. The report draws on data for households participating in the Food Stamp Program under normal rules and thus does not include information about those who received disaster assistance after the Gulf Coast hurricanes in October 2004 and September 2005.

09/01/2006
Resource | Research and Data | Participation Characteristics Prevalence of Overweight Among WIC Children

This study examines the trends in the prevalence of overweight among WIC children during the 1990s. The study is based on data collected by the biennial WIC Participant and Program Characteristics Studies (1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998). 

07/01/2001
Resource | Research and Data | Participation Characteristics National Survey of WIC Participants

Since 1992, FNS has produced biennial reports on WIC participant and program characteristics based on the WIC Minimum Data Set compiled from state management information systems. The 20 items included in the MDS are collected as part of ongoing WIC operations and consist primarily of in formation related to participant eligibility.

10/01/2001
Resource | Research and Data | General/Other SNAP Education and Evaluation Study (Wave II)

This report is a census of women, infants, and children who were participating in the WIC program in April, 2012. The report includes information on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics, and estimates breastfeeding initiation rates for WIC infants.

12/05/2013
Resource | Research and Data | SNAP Benefit Use Benefit Redemption Patterns in SNAP - FY 2009

This study identifies how spending patterns, such as the rate at which households spend their benefit, changed following the ARRA benefit increase and analyzes how spending patterns differed across household characteristics, time and states.

02/01/2011
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