Table 1.

Characteristics of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children participants in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, determined via interviews (N=22).

Variable				Values, n (%)
Gender
		Female	20 (91)
		Male	2 (9)
Race
		Black or African American	11 (50)
		White	8 (36)
		Asian Indian	1 (5)
		Other	2 (9)
Hispanic ethnicity
		Yes	2 (9)
		No	20 (91)
Born in the United States
		Yes	2 (9)
		Noa	20 (91)
Marital status
		Married	10 (45)
		Single-never married	5 (23)
		Single-never married-lives with partner	4 (18)
		Single-divorced	1 (5)
		Refused to state	2 (9)
Number of children under 18
		1	3 (14)
		2	10 (45)
		3	6 (27)
		4	1 (5)
		5	1 (5)
		9	1 (5)
Employment
		Full-time	8 (36)
		Part-time	4 (18)
		Not employed	10 (45)
Type(s) of WICb packages received
	Pregnant woman		1 (5)
	Breastfeeding woman		2 (9)
	Partially breastfeeding woman		1 (5)
	Postpartum (not breastfeeding) woman		2 (9)
	Infant (0-23 months old)		7 (32)
	Child (2-4 years old)c		26 (100)
SNAPd recipient
	Yes		9 (41)
	No		13 (59)
Type of smartphone
	Android		13 (59)
	iPhone		9 (41)
How often do you have your smartphone with you?
	Almost all the time		19 (86)
	Often		2 (9)
	Some of the time		1 (5)

^a Participants not born in the United States were from Iraq (21 and 22 years in US), Egypt (9 years in US), the Democratic Republic of Congo (4 and 8 years in US), and India (23 years).

^bWIC: Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

^c Some participant households (4/22) had 2 children aged between 2 and 4 years.

^dSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.