TABLE 2—

Ordered Probit Model Results for WIC and Use of Oral Health Services: North Carolina, 1992–1997

Variables	Estimated Coefficient (SE)
WIC variables
Child WIC participation	0.043*** (0.013)
Infant WIC participation	0.032*** (0.011)
Control variables
Maternal age	0.014* (0.00086)
Maternal education	−0.0017 (0.0016)
Medicaid enrollment	0.101*** (0.006)
Household income	0.060** (0.014)
Dentists/population	0.015** (0.007)
Unmarried	−0.0013* (0.00078)
Non-White	−0.32** (0.014)
Constant 1	2.52 (0.030)
Constant 2	2.89 (0.030)

Note. WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

*P < .10; **P < .05; ***P < .01.