Estimation of persons income eligible for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in 1989

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Estimation of Persons Income Eligible for the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in 1989
Prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Consumer Service
Under Contract Number 53-3198-2-014
January 1996 Sigma One Corporation

Acknowledgements
The following persons served as Expert Reviewers of the work undertaken by Sigma One
Corporation throughout the Second WIC Eligibility Study. Their careful review and counsel
provided guidance in the development of analytical and statistical methods and in the
interpretation and presentation of the results of the WIC Eligibility Study. We are grateful for
their quick response to our inquiries and most importantly their dedication to relevance and
analytical rigor which helped the staff of Sigma One Corporation accurately estimate the size of
the population eligible for WIC.
Professor Barbara Abrams
Department of Nutrition, University of California at Berkeley
Professor Kathryn Anderson
Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University
Professor Jean Pierre Habicht
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Professor Frank E. Harrell, Jr.
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Division of Biometry
Duke University
Ms. Stefan Harvey
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Professor Betty Kirkley
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor Milton Kotelchuck
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mr. Ed Lazere
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Ms. Alice Lenihan
North Carolina WIC Director
National Association of WIC Directors
Professor Chirayath Suchindran
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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1. Introduction
WIC Eligibility
Analysis Objectives
Organization of Report
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2. Estimates of WIC Income-Eligible Population in 1989
National Estimates
State and County-Level Estimates
3. Data Profile and Estimation Methods
Analysis Overview
Data Sources
Census of Housing and Population
National Maternal and Infant Health Survey
Other Data Sources
Methods for Estimating the Population Income-Eligible for WIC in 1989
Infants and Children
Pregnant Women
Postpartum Women (Breastfeeding and Non-Breastfeeding)
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4. Comparison of Income-Eligible Populations in 1979 and 1989 a6)
Infants and Children
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Pregnant Women 36
Methodological Differences in Estimating Women’s Categorical Groups 36
Economic and Demographic Changes 38
Postpartum Breastfeeding Women 39
Breastfeeding Patterns 39
Methodological Differences in Estimation of Breastfeeding Women 4]
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