OLS | IV: SNAP+ SNAP2+SNAP policy index | ||||||
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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).