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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Food Policy. 2021 Apr 23;101:102089. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102089
By Gender
Variables All Boy Girl
Coeff. S. E P-value Coeff. S. E P-value Coeff. S. E P-value
SNAP 1.563 0.382 < 0.001 0.754 0.488 0.124 2.410 0.543 < 0.001
SNAP2 −4.513 1.221 < 0.001 −2.554 1.504 0.091 −6.578 1.591 < 0.001
SNAP policy index 0.006 0.005 0.266 0.017 0.007 0.010 −0.006 0.007 0.411
Number of Household Members −0.005 0.001 < 0.001 −0.005 0.002 0.005 −0.005 0.002 0.002
Gender of Child
Boys Ref Ref Ref - - - - - -
Girls < 0.001 0.003 0.979 - - - - - -
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Non-Hispanic Black 0.136 0.006 < 0.001 0.133 0.007 < 0.001 0.140 0.008 < 0.001
Non-Hispanic Black 0.109 0.008 < 0.001 0.106 0.009 < 0.001 0.113 0.012 < 0.001
Other 0.068 0.007 < 0.001 0.063 0.011 < 0.001 0.073 0.010 < 0.001
Maternal Education
< High School Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
High School/GED −0.023 0.004 < 0.001 −0.010 0.007 0.150 −0.036 0.006 < 0.001
Non-college graduate −0.064 0.005 < 0.001 −0.053 0.007 < 0.001 −0.075 0.007 < 0.001
College graduate −0.268 0.010 < 0.001 −0.264 0.011 < 0.001 −0.271 0.014 < 0.001
Age Group
19–23m Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
24–29m < 0.001 0.004 0.866 0.004 0.006 0.419 −0.003 0.006 0.565
30–35m −0.005 0.004 0.183 −0.003 0.006 0.643 −0.008 0.006 0.174
Age of Mother
≥ 30 years −0.061 0.005 < 0.001 −0.054 0.005 < 0.001 −0.068 0.007 < 0.001
< 30 years Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Marital Status of Mother
Married Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Non-married 0.102 0.005 < 0.001 0.107 0.007 < 0.001 0.097 0.007 < 0.001
Interview Language
English Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Spanish 0.072 0.008 < 0.001 0.078 0.008 < 0.001 0.065 0.013 < 0.001
Other language 0.028 0.015 0.068 0.021 0.020 0.298 0.034 0.018 0.060
Birth Year −0.003 0.001 0.021 −0.004 0.002 0.090 −0.003 0.002 0.194
Unemployment Rate 0.002 0.001 0.123 0.003 0.002 0.236 0.002 0.001 0.267
TANF Enrollment Rate −0.878 0.621 0.159 −1.404 0.933 0.134 −0.323 0.744 0.664
CHIP Enrollment Rate −0.135 0.127 0.292 0.055 0.150 0.714 −0.331 0.192 0.086
_cons 0.731 0.061 < 0.001 0.664 0.069 < 0.001 0.800 0.065 < 0.001
R2 0.161 0.162 0.164
Identification test UW UW

Controlling state dummy (the results of State variables were not included in this table), sex, race/ethnicity, education, child’s age, maternal age, maternal marital status, number of people in the household, interview language, birth year, TANF enrollment rate (# of enrolled participants/# of state population), CHIP/Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment rate (# of enrolled children/# of children 18 or under in the state), and state unemployment rate. IV Variables including SNAP enrollment rates (SNAP, # of SNAP participants in that year/# of state population in that year), square of SNAP enrollment rates (SNAP2), and SNAP policy index.

U means the under-identification test P < 0.05. Stock–Yogo tabulations based on the Cragg–Donald statistic were used for the weak identification test; W means the F statistic of the weak identification test > 10% maximal IV relative bias or > 10% maximal IV size.