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WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2016

By Thorn B, Kline N, Tadler C, Budge E, Wilcox-Cook E, Michaels J, Mendelson M (Abt Associates), Patlan K (Abt Associates),Tran V (Abt Associates)

WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2016 (PC 2016) summarizes the demographic characteristics of participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nationwide in April 2016. It includes information on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics, estimates breastfeeding initiation rates for WIC infants, and describes WIC members of migrant farm-worker families. PC 2016 is the most recent in a series of reports generated from WIC State management information system data biennially since 1992.

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Date Added
May 3, 2019

Citation
Thorn B, Kline N, Tadler C, Budge E, Wilcox-Cook E, Michaels J, Mendelson M, Patlan KL, & Tran V. (2018). WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2016. Alexandria, VA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. Available online: https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/wic-participant-and-program-characteristics-2016