Table 1 –

Summary Statistics

Panel A
	Mean	Std. Deviation
Dependent Variables
Number of Hardship	0.97	1.60
Had Food Insufficiency	4.5%	20.7%
Unmet Medical or Dental Need	16.8%	37.4%
Benefit Receipt
HH Receives TANF, SNAP or Public Health Insurance	34.4%	47.5%
HH Receives TANF	7.3%	26.1%
HH Receives SNAP	18.9%	39.2%
HH Receives Public Health Insurance	32.3%	46.8%
Demographic Characteristics (Head of the Household)
Age	38.6	10.0
Race
Black non-Hispanic	16.7%	37.3%
Hispanic	13.6%	34.2%
Other non-Hispanic non-white	5.3%	22.4%
Education
Less than High School Education	15.0%	35.7%
High School Diploma Only	31.2%	46.3%
Associated Degree / two years college education	27.6%	44.7%

Panel B
	Percent that also Receives…
From HH that Receives	TANF	SNAP	Public Health Insurance
TANF	-	88.1%	98.8%
SNAP	34.2%	-	89.2%
Public Health Insurance	22.4%	52.1%	-

Sources: Weighted Survey of Income and Program Participation, state policy, and economic data for 1992, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2010, and 2011.

Notes: The sample is restricted to households with income below 400 percent of the federal poverty threshold at the month of interview included in the hardship regression in Table 3.