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 | Assessing/Improving Operations
Study of WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 1996
The 1996 study of WIC program and participant characteristics, like PC92 and PC94, is substantially different from earlier efforts to collect data on WIC participants. PC96 employs the prototype reporting system which was developed by FNS for the collection of participant information from state WIC agencies.
08/01/1998