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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 −0.064 0.007 < 0.001 0.018 0.318 0.956 UWO
Boy −0.072 0.009 < 0.001 0.374 0.386 0.332 O
Girl −0.057 0.009 < 0.001 −0.266 0.443 0.549 UWO
Non-H White −0.087 0.008 < 0.001 −0.403 0.925 0.663 O
Non-H Black −0.069 0.019 <0.001 0.365 0.659 0.580 UO
Hispanic −0.025 0.012 0.030 0.590 0.287 0.040 O
Other −0.035 0.017 0.047 −0.108 0.458 0.814 UO

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).