Estimation of eligibility for the WIC program
Subtitle: report of the WIC eligibility study : state and county 1979 baseline estimates
By: United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis and Evaluation
Publisher: The Department?
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.?
Language: eng
Subjects: Women; Nutrition; Government policy; Statistics; Infants; Children; Nutrition policy; Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.)
Description: Abstract: This report presents estimates of WIC-eligible populations by state and county has been prepared by the Food and Nutrition Service. These estimates of eligibility are limited to the baseline year of 1979. The baseline estimates are based on the detailed census counts of infants, children 1-5 years of age and recently childbearing women in households with annual incomes below 185 percent of the United States poverty line. The WIC fully eligible population are divided into "higher priority" based on medical risk and "lower priority" based on dietary risk criteria.
Notes: Cover title.

"March 1988"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Pt. A. States; title: pt. B. Counties.