Where Do WIC Participants Redeem Their Food Benefits? An Analysis of WIC Food Dollar Redemption Patterns by Store Type

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英文名称：

Where Do WIC Participants Redeem Their Food Benefits? An Analysis of WIC Food Dollar Redemption Patterns by Store Type

作者：

Laura Tiehen; Elizabeth Frazão

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=44076

关键词：

WIC;  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women;  Infants;  and Children;  WIC stores;  WIC redemptions;  WIC food delivery systems; 

年份：

2016

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

39 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

In FY2012, over three-fourths of WIC retail food benefits were redeemed at large (supercenter, supermarket, large grocery) stores. Although WIC may not encourage participants to be price sensitive, the many redemptions at large stores may be due to the 63-percent share of WIC vendors that are large stores and participants' tendency to shop for WIC foods at the same stores where they shop anyway.