Table 2.
Descriptive statistics by household Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation status (n 2513)†
| Unit | SNAP participants (n 1316) | Income-eligible non-participants (n 1197) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | se | Mean | se | ||
| Current SNAP-restricted food purchases | |||||
| Share purchasing | DV | 0·26 | 0·02 | 0·22 | 0·01 |
| Expenditures | $ | 2·68 | 0·35 | 2·64 | 0·38 |
| Household composition | |||||
| No. of children (0–4 years) | # | 0·34 | 0·03 | 0·14*** | 0·01 |
| No. of children (5–17 years) | # | 0·71 | 0·03 | 0·41*** | 0·03 |
| No. of adults (18–59 years) | # | 1·57 | 0·04 | 1·08*** | 0·05 |
| No. of seniors (60+ years) | # | 0·32 | 0·03 | 0·55*** | 0·03 |
| Income | |||||
| Household income | $/month | 1992·65 | 93·51 | 1622·79** | 35·27 |
| Employed | DV | 0·29 | 0·02 | 0·32 | 0·03 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White, Non-Hispanic | DV | 0·46 | 0·03 | 0·60*** | 0·03 |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | DV | 0·26 | 0·03 | 0·17** | 0·02 |
| Hispanic | DV | 0·24 | 0·02 | 0·18 | 0·02 |
| Other, Non-Hispanic | DV | 0·05 | 0·01 | 0·06 | 0·01 |
| Education | |||||
| High school or less | DV | 0·61 | 0·02 | 0·51*** | 0·02 |
| Some college | DV | 0·31 | 0·01 | 0·34 | 0·02 |
| BA degree or more | DV | 0·09 | 0·01 | 0·15*** | 0·02 |
| Female | DV | 0·75 | 0·02 | 0·66** | 0·03 |
| Married | DV | 0·22 | 0·02 | 0·30*** | 0·02 |
| Geographic indicators | |||||
| Rural | DV | 0·30 | 0·04 | 0·33 | 0·05 |
| Midwest | DV | 0·27 | 0·04 | 0·31*** | 0·03 |
| Northeast | DV | 0·11 | 0·03 | 0·11 | 0·03 |
| South | DV | 0·46 | 0·04 | 0·41** | 0·04 |
| West | DV | 0·16 | 0·04 | 0·17 | 0·03 |
| Distance to nearest superstore | Miles | 3·01 | 0·48 | 3·18 | 0·43 |
| Own/lease vehicle | DV | 0·66 | 0·02 | 0·79*** | 0·02 |
DV, dummy variable; #, number; BA, Bachelor’s.
†
Means are weighted. Jackknife Repeated Replication method used to estimate standard errors.
*, ** and *** indicate significance at the 0·05, 0·01 and 0·001 level, respectively.