Journal Article

Impact of the WIC program on food expenditures

Arcia, Gustavo J., Crouch, Luis A., Kulka, Richard A.

1990

Overview

Participation in the WIC program tends to shift grocery expenditures in favor of more nutritious food. Dairy data show that WIC women consumed more nutrient-dense foods than non-WIC women. WIC women and their families spent significantly less on meals away from home than control families, suggesting a more efficient use of the food budget. WIC's impact on unintended recipients is negligible, while its impact on foods for WIC children is positive and highly significant. Recall data on monthly food expenditures indicate that total food expenditures and grocery expenditures did not increase as a result of program participation.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press,American Agricultural Economics Association,Blackwell,American Farm Economic Association
• Subject: 1983 / Adult education / Adults / agricultural economics / AIDE ALIMENTAIRE / AYUDA ALIMENTARIA / Children / CONSOMMATION / CONSOMMATION ALIMENTAIRE / CONSOMMATION DES MENAGES / CONSUMO / CONSUMO DE ALIMENTOS / CONSUMO FAMILIAR / Coupons / dairy products / DEPENSE DES MENAGES / Diaries / Electronics benefit transfer / ENFANT / Ernährungspolitik / ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA / ETATS-UNIS / FEMME / Food / food and nutrition programs / Food consumption / food diary / food expenditures / food purchasing / Food security / foods / GASTOS FAMILIARES / GESTACION / GESTATION / Government health care finance / household expenditure / INFANTES / infants / Lebensmittelkonsum / longitudinal studies / MUJERES / NINOS / NOUVEAU-NE / POLITICA ALIMENTARIA / POLITIQUE ALIMENTAIRE / pregnant women / PRODUCTOS LACTEOS / PRODUIT LAITIER / program evaluation / United States / USA / WIC / WIC children / WIC foods / WIC Program / women