TABLE 3—

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Area Cost of Living: National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey, Unites States, 2012–2013

If Higher-Cost County Is Defined by:	The Probability (SE) of Living in Higher-Cost County, if Not Participating in SNAP, Is:	The Change in Probability (SE) of Living in Higher-Cost County, if Participating in SNAP, Is:
Overall regional price parity	0.2 (0.0)	+0.4 (0.0)
Rent regional price parity	0.2 (0.0)	+0.4 (0.0)
Food regional price parity	0.3 (0.0)	+0.4 (0.0)
Geographic adjustment to the Supplemental Poverty Measure	0.3 (0.0)	+0.4 (0.0)

Note. SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP participation was associated with living in a higher-cost county (1 SD above mean national cost). All coefficients were statistically significant at P < .01. Estimates are from an endogenous treatment effects model controlling for individual-, household-, and county-level factors, detailed in Table A (available as a supplement to the online version of this article at http://www.ajph.org). The sample size was n = 14 313.