Table 1.
Summary statistics: merged ATUS and FSS data sets, USA, 2004–2010
| Single | Married | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean | sd | n | Mean | sd | n | |||
| SNAP participation | 0·135 | 0·342 | 842 | 0·063 | 0·242 | 271 | |||
| Food insecurity status | 0·167 | 0·372 | 1098 | 0·120 | 0·324 | 517 | |||
| Average monthly benefit level of participant households ($US) | 240·25 | 147·09 | 174·88 | 137·18 | |||||
| White | 0·773 | 0·419 | 5105 | 0·910 | 0·274 | 3976 | |||
| Black | 0·218 | 0·413 | 1435 | 0·075 | 0·264 | 326 | |||
| American Indian | 0·002 | 0·046 | 15 | 0·001 | 0·037 | 6 | |||
| Asian | 0·000 | 0·000 | 0 | 0·002 | 0·040 | 7 | |||
| Employed | 0·51 | 0·49 | 3389 | 0·60 | 0·48 | 2598 | |||
| Female | 0·65 | 0·48 | 4246 | 0·55 | 0·50 | 2391 | |||
| Age (years) | 48·58 | 20·66 | 46·77 | 15·24 | |||||
| No. of children | 0·54 | 0·94 | 1·14 | 1·16 | |||||
| No. of adults | 1·45 | 0·81 | 2·16 | 0·54 | |||||
| Hourly wage ($US) | 12·42 | 6·32 | 14·36 | 7·10 | |||||
| Hours worked per week | 38·58 | 13·66 | 40·08 | 13·37 | |||||
| Observations | 6590 | 4331 | |||||||
ATUS, American Time Use Survey; FSS, Current Population Survey–Food Security Supplement; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.