Table 2.

Results for SNAP benefit level: merged ATUS and FSS data sets, USA, 2004–2010

	Married								Single
	(1) Meal Prep		(2) Grocery		(3) Non-Grocery		(4) Eating		(1) Meal Prep		(2) Grocery		(3) Non-Grocery		(4) Eating
Variable	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se
SNAP Benefit (%)	−7·1***	0·018	1·3	0·020	−2·0***	0·007	1·5	0·010	3·5	0·021	1·0	0·012	0·4	0·006	−2·4**	0·011
Food Insecure (%)	2·5	0·112	−13·5*	0·072	0·00	0·046	−17·1***	0·051	20·4***	0·070	6·4*	0·052	−2·4	0·021	−13·8*	0·052
Constant	114·1***	0·246	26·6*	0·133	34·1***	0·071	37·37***	0·109	42·4**	0·181	21·6**	0·082	37·5***	0·057	358·6***	0·086
Observations	4331		4331				4331						4331								6590										6590												6590														6590
R 2	0·203		0·024				0·018						0·031								0·106										0·023												0·060														0·106

ATUS, American Time Use Survey; FSS, Current Population Survey–Food Security Supplement; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Data are presented as means with their robust standard errors.

Regression models include state and year fixed effects, race dummies, female, age, income dummies, number of adults in the household and number of children in the household.

*P < 0·1, **P < 0·05, ***P < 0·01.