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{"definition": "The percentage point change in the monthly average percentage of the population who received at least one WIC Program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) food instrument or food during the report month or were breastfed by a participating mother. Percentage point change is calculated as (Year 2 - Year 1).", "availableYears": "2012/2017", "name": "WIC participants (change % pop), 2012-17*", "units": "Percentage points", "shortName": "PCH_WIC_12_17", "geographicLevel": "State", "dataSources": "Tabulations by USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), published August 5, 2016 and June 7, 2019. Population data are from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2017 Population Estimates. Participation data are 12-month averages."} |