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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
OLS IV: SNAP+ SNAP2+SNAP policy index
Variables Coeff. of WIC participation S. E P-value Coeff. of WIC participation S. E P-value Identification test-
ALL −0.063 0.008 < 0.001 −0.039 0.322 0.902 O
Boy −0.069 0.010 < 0.001 0.347 0.402 0.388 O
Girl −0.059 0.011 < 0.001 −0.302 0.512 0.556 UWO
Non-H White −0.091 0.010 < 0.001 0.680 1.089 0.533 O
Non-H Black −0.052 0.021 0.015 0.675 0.811 0.405 UO
Hispanic −0.024 0.014 0.087 0.543 0.283 0.055 O
Other −0.038 0.020 0.061 −0.211 0.420 0.616 UWO

Controlling state dummy, sex, race/ethnicity, education, child’s age, maternal age, maternal marital status, number of people in the household, interview language, birth year, TANF/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 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. O means over-identification test > 0.05.(O could not be tested in the first stage).