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{"definition": "The monthly average percentage of the population that are infants and children, ages 1-4, 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. ", "availableYears": "2016", "name": "WIC infant and children participants (% infant & children), 2016*", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_WICINFANTCHILD16", "geographicLevel": "State", "dataSources": "Tabulations by USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), State-Level WIC Eligibles and Participants, 2014 and 2016. Population data are from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2014 and 2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Participation data are 12-month averages."} |