Table 3. Summary statistics by geographic area and SNAP status, 2006–15
Variable United States New York area United States SNAP United States non-SNAP t-test/ chi-square[5] New York area SNAP New York area non-SNAP t-test/ chi-square[5]
n[4] Mean SE n[4] Mean SE n[4] Mean SE n[4] Mean SE n[4] Mean SE n[4] Mean SE

Expenditures/income in 2015 dollars

Food-at-home expenditures, weekly

 124,787 81.194 0.25 8,931 83.250 1.05 10,496 77.682 0.91 114,291 81.517 0.26 [3] 817 82.177 3.33 8,114 83.358 1.10 [6]

Food-at-home expenditures, weekly (for shoppers)

 104,571 96.891 0.27 6,888 107.942 1.21 9,021 90.384 1.00 95,550 97.505 0.28 [3] 717 93.638 3.59 6,171 109.604 1.28 [3]

Income, all sources other than SNAP, weekly

 124,787 1,398.025 3.91 8,931 1,592.832 17.35 10,496 459.835 5.56 114,291 1,484.184 4.18 [3] 817 439.237 22.72 8,114 1,708.987

18.43

 [3]

Income, SNAP, weekly

 124,787 5.675 0.10 8,931 6.580 0.34 10,496 67.467 1.07 [7] [7] [7] [7] 817 71.929 2.79 [7] [7] [7] [7]

Income, SNAP, weekly (for SNAP-participating CUs)

 10,496 67.467 1.07 817 71.929 2.79 10,496 67.467 1.07 [7] [7] [7] [7] 817 71.929 2.79 [7] [7] [7] [7]

CU characteristics: number of adults and children, age, and education

Number of adults in CU

 124,787 1.870 0.00 8,931 1.944 0.01 10,496 1.837 0.01 114,291 1.873 0.00 [3] 817 1.885 0.04 8,114 1.950 0.01 [1]

Number of children in CU

 124,787 0.619 0.00 8,931 0.602 0.01 10,496 1.259 0.01 114,291 0.560 0.00 [3] 817 1.048 0.05 8,114 0.557 0.01 [3]

Age, years

 124,787 49.650 0.05 8,931 50.380 0.18 10,496 45.140 0.16 114,291 50.064 0.05 [3] 817 50.698 0.60 8,114 50.348 0.19 [6]

Age, 16-34

 124,787 0.222 0.00 8,931 0.194 0.00 10,496 0.318 0.01 114,291 0.214 0.00 [3] 817 0.200 0.01 8,114 0.194 0.00 [6]

Age, 35-49

 124,787 0.292 0.00 8,931 0.310 0.01 10,496 0.305 0.00 114,291 0.291 0.00 [3] 817 0.295 0.02 8,114 0.312 0.01 [6]

Age, 50-61

 124,787 0.230 0.00 8,931 0.241 0.01 10,496 0.207 0.00 114,291 0.233 0.00 [3] 817 0.239 0.02 8,114 0.241 0.01 [6]

Age, 62 and older

 124,787 0.255 0.00 8,931 0.255 0.01 10,496 0.171 0.00 114,291 0.263 0.00 [3] 817 0.267 0.02 8,114 0.254 0.01 [6]

Highest education, years

 124,787 13.560 0.01 8,931 13.613 0.02 10,496 12.225 0.02 114,291 13.683 0.01 [3] 817 11.901 0.08 8,114 13.785 0.02 [3]

Highest education, less than high school

 124,787 0.101 0.00 8,931 0.120 0.00 10,496 0.288 0.00 114,291 0.084 0.00 [3] 817 0.392 0.02 8,114 0.092 0.00 [3]

Highest education, high school

 124,787 0.223 0.00 8,931 0.229 0.00 10,496 0.321 0.01 114,291 0.214 0.00 [3] 817 0.297 0.02 8,114 0.222 0.01 [3]

Highest education, some college

 124,787 0.301 0.00 8,931 0.220 0.00 10,496 0.307 0.01 114,291 0.300 0.00 [6] 817 0.175 0.01 8,114 0.225 0.01 [3]

Highest education, bachelor’s degree

 124,787 0.221 0.00 8,931 0.245 0.01 10,496 0.062 0.00 114,291 0.235 0.00 [3] 817 0.104 0.011 8,114 0.259 0.01 [3]

Highest education, more than bachelor’s degree

 124,787 0.154 0.00 8,931 0.186 0.00 10,496 0.022 0.00 114,291 0.166 0.00 [3] 817 0.032 0.006 8,114 0.202 0.00 [3]

Percentage

SNAP-participating CUs

 124,787 8.4 0.00 8,931 9.1 0.00 [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7]

Household composition, 1 adult

 124,787 28.3 0.00 8,931 28.6 0.01 10,496 23.5 0.00 114,291 28.7 0.00 [3] 817 29.6 0.02 8,114 28.5 0.01 [6]

Household composition, 1 adult, 1 child

 124,787 2.4 0.00 8,931 2.4 0.00 10,496 6.7 0.00 114,291 2.0 0.00 [3] 817 5.0 0.01 8,114 2.1 0.00 [3]

Household composition, 1 adult, 2 children

 124,787 1.6 0.00 8,931 1.4 0.00 10,496 6.1 0.00 114,291 1.2 0.00 [3] 817 4.9 0.01 8,114 1.1 0.00 [3]

Household composition, 2 adults

 124,787 31.1 0.00 8,931 28.7 0.01 10,496 13.7 0.00 114,291 32.7 0.00 [3] 817 14.4 0.01 8,114 30.2 0.01 [3]

Household composition, 2 adults, 1 child

 124,787 7.9 0.00 8,931 7.1 0.00 10,496 8.5 0.00 114,291 7.9 0.00 [2] 817 6.5 0.01 8,114 7.1 0.00 [6]

Household composition, 2 adults, 2 children

 124,787 8.4 0.00 8,931 8.4 0.00 10,496 7.7

0.00

 114,291 8.4 0.00 [2] 817 6.4 0.01 8,114 8.6 0.00 [2]

Household composition, other

 124,787 20.3 0.00 8,931 23.4 0.00 10,496 33.8 0.01 114,291 19.1 0.00 [3] 817 33.2 0.07 8,114 22.4 0.01 [3]

Single male or single father

 124,787 14.0 0.00 8,931 13.1 0.00 10,496 9.9 0.00 114,291 14.3 0.00 [3] 817 9.7 0.01 8,114 13.4 0.00 [3]

Race, White

 124,787 82.6 0.00 8,931 75.0 0.01 10,496 67.7 0.01 114,291 83.9 0.00 [3] 817 65.9 0.02 8,114 75.9 0.01 [3]

Race, Black

 124,787 11.1 0.00 8,931 16.1 0.00 10,496 26.3 0.00 114,291 9.8 0.00 [3] 817 27.9 0.02 8,114 14.9 0.00 [3]

Race, Asian

 124,787 4.4 0.00 8,931 7.6 0.00 10,496 2.2 0.00 114,291 4.6 0.00 [3] 817 4.2 0.01 8,114 8.0 0.00 [3]

Race, other

 124,787 1.9 0.00 8,931 1.3 0.00 10,496 3.7 0.00 114,291 1.7 0.00 [3] 817 2.1 0.01 8,114 1.2 0.00 [2]

Hispanic

 124,787 12.4 0.00 8,931 18.5 0.00 10,496 24.3 0.00 114,291 11.3 0.00 [3] 817 47.7 0.02 8,114 15.6 0.00 [3]

Marital status, never married

 124,787 20.9 0.00 8,931 24.1 0.01 10,496 33.3 0.01 114,291 19.8 0.00 [3] 817 34.6 0.02 8,114 23.0 0.01 [3]

Marital status, married

 124,787 53.0 0.00 8,931 50.6 0.01 10,496 28.9 0.00 114,291 55.2 0.00 [3] 817 26.1 0.02 8,114 53.1 0.01 [3]

Marital status, divorced or separated

 124,787 17.0 0.00 8,931 15.9 0.00 10,496 28.7 0.00 114,291 15.9 0.00 [3] 817 27.4 0.02 8,114 14.8 0.00 [3]

Marital status, widowed

 124,787 9.1 0.00 8,931 9.4 0.00 10,496 9.1 0.00 114,291 9.1 0.00 [6] 817 11.9 0.01 8,114 9.2 0.00 [2]

Earners, zero

 124,787 19.2 0.00 8,931 19.0 0.00 10,496 38.2 0.01 114,291 17.4 0.00 [3] 817 46.3 0.02 8,114 16.3 0.00 [3]

Earners, one

 124,787 40.8 0.00 8,931 41.0 0.01 10,496 39.5 0.01 114,291 40.9 0.00 [3] 817 37.0 0.02 8,114 41.4 0.01 [3]

Earners, two

 124,787 33.0 0.00 8,931 31.7 0.01 10,496 17.5 0.00 114,291 34.4 0.00 [3] 817 11.9 0.01 8,114 33.7 0.01 [3]

Earners, three or more

 124,787 7.1 0.00 8,931 8.3 0.00 10,496 4.8 0.00 114,291 7.3 0.00 [3] 817 4.9 0.01 8,114 8.7 0.00 [3]

Reason for not working, unable to find work

 124,787 1.4 0.00 8,931 1.9 0.00 10,496 4.8 0.00 114,291 1.1 0.00 [3] 817 4.2 0.01 8,114 1.7 0.00 [3]

Reason for not working, disabled

 124,787 6.3 0.00 8,931 5.7 0.00 10,496 24.9 0.00 114,291 4.6 0.00 [3] 817 27.1 0.02 8,114 3.6 0.00 [3]

Housing, owner no mortgage

 124,787 21.6 0.00 8,931 16.5 0.00 10,496 12.5 0.00 114,291 22.4 0.00 [3] 817 2.3 0.01 8,114 18.0 0.00 [3]

Housing, owner with mortgage

 124,787 41.4 0.00 8,931 31.5 0.01 10,496 15.9 0.00 114,291 43.7 0.00 [3] 817 5.6 0.01 8,114 34.1 0.01 [3]

Housing, renter

 124,787 31.6 0.00 8,931 43.1 0.01 10,496 68.1 0.01 114,291 28.2 0.00 [3] 817 90.7 0.01 8,114 38.3 0.01 [3]

Housing, other

 124,787 5.5 0.00 8,931 8.9 0.00 10,496 3.5 0.00 114,291 5.7 0.00 [3] 817 1.3 0.00 8,114 9.7 0.00 [3]

Vehicles, none

 124,787 14.8 0.00 8,931 37.7 0.01 10,496 33.6 0.01 114,291 13.0 0.00 [3] 817 75.4 0.02 8,114 33.9 0.01 [3]

Vehicles, one

 124,787 31.7 0.00 8,931 28.2 0.01 10,496 40.0 0.01 114,291 31.0 0.00 [3] 817 19.3 0.01 8,114 29.1 0.01 [3]

Vehicles, two or more

 124,787 53.3 0.00 8,931 33.9 0.01 10,496 26.4 0.00 114,291 55.8 0.00 [3] 817 5.3 0.01 8,114 36.8 0.01 [3]

Vehicles, unknown

 124,787 0.2 0.00 8,931 0.2 0.00 10,496 0.0 0.00 114,291 0.3 0.00 [3] 817 0.0 0.00 8,114 0.2 0.00 [6]

Region, Northeast

 124,787 19.3 0.00 8,931 100.0 0.00 10,496 19.5 0.00 114,291 19.2 0.00 [6] 817 100.0 0.00 8,114 100.0 0.00 [3]

Region, Midwest

 124,787 24.0 0.00 8,931 0.0 0.00 10,496 21.3 0.00 114,291 24.2 0.00 [3] 817 0.0 0.00 8,114 0.0 0.00 [3]

Region, West

 124,787 21.3 0.00 8,931 0.0 0.00 10,496 16.5 0.00 114,291 21.7 0.00 [3] 817 0.0 0.00 8,114 0.0 0.00 [3]

Region, South

 124,787 34.6 0.00 8,931 0.0 0.00 10,496 41.5 0.01 114,291 34.0 0.00 [3] 817 0.0 0.00 8,114 0.0 0.00 [3]

Region, unknown

 124,787 0.8 0.00 8,931 0.0 0.00 10,496 1.3 0.00 114,291 0.8 0.00 [3] 817 0.0 0.0 8,114 0 0.00 [3]

Unemployment rate, annual

 124,787 7.0 0.01 8,931 7.0 0.02 10,496 7.3 0.02 114,291 7.0 0.01 [3] 817 7.0 0.055 8,114 7.0 0.02 [6]

Period, prerecession

 124,787 19.8 0.00 8,931 18.8 0.00 10,496 12.7 0.00 114,291 20.4 0.00 [3] 817 12.9 0.012 8,114 19.4 0.00 [3]

Period, recession

 124,787 16.6 0.00 8,931 16.3 0.00 10,496 12.2 0.00 114,291 17.0 0.00 [3] 817 13.3 0.012 8,114 16.6 0.00 [2]

Period, postrecession

 124,787 63.6 0.00 8,931 64.9 0.01 10,496 75.1 0.00 114,291 62.6 0.00 [3] 817 73.8 0.015 8,114 64.0 0.01 [3]

New York area

 124,787 7.2 0.00 [3] 0.0 [3] 10,496 7.8 0.00 114,291 7.1 0.00 [3] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7]

[1] Statistically significant at 10 percent.

[2] Statistically significant at 5 percent.

[3] Statistically significant at 1 percent.

[4] n = number of CUs.

[5] t-test was performed for the continuous variables, and chi-square for the dichotomous variables.

[6] Data are not significant.

[7] Data are not applicable.

Note: CU = consumer unit, SE = standard error, and SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Diary Surveys, Local Area Unemployment Statistics program, and Current Population Survey, 2006–15.