Table 5B. Ordinary least squares regression results for food-at-home expenditures for consumer units incurring expenditures in the reference week, by geographic area, 2006–15
Variable United States New York area
Estimate SE DF t for H0 (parameter = θ0) Pr > |t| Sig. levels Predicted food-at-home expenditures (in dollars) Estimate SE DF t for H0 (parameter = θ0) Pr > |t| Sig. levels Predicted food-at-home expenditures (in dollars)
Non-SNAP, weekly SNAP, weekly Non-SNAP, weekly SNAP, weekly

Intercept

2.247 0.017 31,622 129.35 <0.0001 [3] $43.20 $50.91 2.244 0.072 5,579.60 31.33 <0.0001 [3] $40.02 $62.16

SNAP status

0.129 0.047 6,004 2.76 0.006 [3] [4] [4] 0.184 0.203 451.5 0.91 0.365 [4] [4] [4]

SNAP status × household composition, 1 adult, 1 child

–0.147 0.035 102,215 –4.20 <0.0001 [3] [4] [4] –0.347 0.143 6,728.30 –2.43 0.015 [2] [4] [4]

SNAP status × household composition, 1 adult, 2 children

–0.106 0.039 104,290 –2.75 0.006 [3] [4] [4] –0.176 0.16 6,415.10 –1.10 0.27 [4] [4] [4]

SNAP status × household composition, 2 adults

–0.077 0.024 76,156 –3.16 0.002 [3] [4] [4] –0.149 0.084 6,735.70 –1.78 0.075 [1] [4] [4]

SNAP status × household composition, 2 adults, 1 child

–0.160 0.031 91,575 –5.23 <0.0001 [3] [4] [4] –0.277 0.131 6,391.70 –2.11 0.035 [2] [4] [4]

SNAP status × household composition, 2 adults, 2 children

–0.108 0.032 64,841 –3.37 0.001 [3] [4] [4] –0.432 0.126 5,796.90 –3.43 0.001 [3] [4] [4]

SNAP status × household composition, other

–0.051 0.024 30,406 –2.13 0.033 [2] [4] [4] –0.200 0.089 4,004.40 –2.24 0.025 [2] [4] [4]

SNAP status × age, 16–34

0.071 0.018 104,430 3.94 <0.0001 [3] [4] [4] 0.056 0.076 6,717.30 0.74 0.459 [4] [4] [4]

SNAP status × age, 50–61

–0.074 0.02 104,005 –3.65 0.0003 [3] [4] [4] –0.140 0.078 6,773.50 –1.80 0.072 [1] [4] [4]

SNAP status × age, 62 and older

–0.077 0.023 101,049 –3.38 0.001 [3] [4] [4] –0.181 0.086 6,824.50 –2.11 0.035 [2] [4] [4]

Household composition, 1 adult, 1 child

0.234 0.016 97,174 15.03 <0.0001 [3] 18.08 7.00 0.285 0.063 6,802.20 4.53 <0.0001 [3] 21.44 –5.30

Household composition, 1 adult, 2 children

0.329 0.019 103,423 17.00 <0.0001 [3] 26.86 19.25 0.198 0.079 6,834.30 2.51 0.012 [2] 14.14 1.93

Household composition, 2 adults

0.24 0.008 103,928 28.62 <0.0001 [3] 18.56 13.61 0.239 0.032 6,758.90 7.38 <0.0001 [3] 17.55 8.42

Household composition, 2 adults, 1 child

0.367 0.011 102,855 33.58 <0.0001 [3] 30.55 17.67 0.304 0.044 6,819.00 6.84 <0.0001 [3] 23.16 2.41

Household composition, 2 adults, 2 children

0.477 0.011 98,250 42.80 <0.0001 [3] 42.24 34.45 0.539 0.044 6,725.30 12.33 <0.0001 [3] 47.02 10.06

Household composition, other

0.50 0.01 104,145 51.30 <0.0001 [3] 44.95 43.93 0.536 0.038 6,823.20 14.22 <0.0001 [3] 46.68 35.63

Age, 16–34

–0.109 0.006 100,734 –17.41 <0.0001 [3] –6.90 –2.88 –0.149 0.026 6,831.90 –5.71 <0.0001 [3] –8.67 –7.82

Age, 50–61

0.021 0.006 102,717 3.50 0.001 [3] 1.43 –3.95 –0.005 0.023 6,829.10 –0.22 0.828 [4] –0.32 –11.92

Age, 62 and older

0.006 0.007 100,401 0.83 0.406 [4] 0.41 –5.17 0.012 0.03 6,814.50 0.39 0.697 [4] 0.74 –13.66

Single male or single father

–0.054 0.007 103,140 –7.30 <0.0001 [3] –3.55 –4.02 –0.056 0.031 6,783.80 –1.82 0.069 [1] –3.43 –4.79

Race, Black

–0.123 0.007 102,030 –18.33 <0.0001 [3] –7.74 –8.78 –0.118 0.023 6,829.30 –5.09 <0.0001 [3] –6.98 –9.78

Race, Asian

–0.038 0.01 102,658 –3.89 0.0001 [3] –2.49 –2.81 –0.017 0.03 6,825.10 –0.57 0.566 [4] –1.08 –1.50

Race, other

0.017 0.014 102,679 1.16 0.245 [4] 1.14 1.29 –0.030 0.07 6,782.40 –0.43 0.667 [4] –1.89 –2.63

Hispanic

–0.019 0.007 99,901 –2.98 0.003 [3] –1.29 –1.46 0.006 0.023 6,828.00 0.28 0.779 [4] 0.41 0.58

Marital status, married

0.072 0.007 100,947 10.53 <0.0001 [3] 5.10 5.75 0.070 0.026 6,822.00 2.66 0.008 [3] 4.63 6.42

Marital status, divorced or separated

0.011 0.007 103,242 1.62 0.106 [4] 0.77 0.87 0.020 0.027 6,827.10 0.74 0.456 [4] 1.31 1.82

Marital status, widowed

–0.004 0.009 100,905 –0.40 0.687 [4] –0.25 –0.28 0.061 0.034 6,835.10 1.77 0.077 [1] 4.00 5.54

Highest education, less than high school

–0.008 0.008 102,171 –1.04 0.297 [4] –0.54 –0.61 –0.021 0.029 6,831.50 –0.73 0.463 [4] –1.33 –1.85

Highest education, some college

0.012 0.006 38,468 2.15 0.032 [2] 0.81 0.91 0.061 0.024 6,817.30 2.58 0.010 [3] 4.01 5.56

Highest education, bachelor’s degree

0.062 0.006 28,127 9.92 <0.0001 [3] 4.30 4.86 0.062 0.024 6,741.20 2.62 0.009 [3] 4.13 5.72

Highest education, more than bachelor’s degree

0.096 0.007 16,517 13.55 <0.0001 [3] 6.83 7.71 0.106 0.027 6,222.90 3.9 <0.0001 [3] 7.16 9.89

Earners, zero

0.028 0.007 102,973 4.04 <0.0001 [3] 1.90 2.15 –0.033 0.028 6,195.00 –1.16 0.245 [4] –2.07 –2.88

Earners, two

–0.058 0.006 94,613 –10.45 <0.0001 [3] 13.58 15.3 –0.056 0.022 6,672.80 –2.50 0.012 [2] 13.01 17.90

Earners, three or more

–0.022 0.009 100,930 –2.30 0.021 [2] 42.48 47.53 –0.093 0.036 6,262.40 –2.59 0.010 [3] 36.54 49.50

Reason for not working, unable to find work

–0.012 0.017 95,640 –0.74 0.458 [4] –0.83 –0.94 –0.068 0.054 6,828.20 –1.26 0.207 [4] –4.17 –5.82

Reason for not working, disabled

–0.003 0.009 102,811 –0.32 0.752 [4] –0.19 –0.22 0.018 0.038 6,798.60 0.47 0.637 [4] 1.15 1.59

Housing, owner no mortgage

0.006 0.006 100,067 0.85 0.394 [4] 0.37 0.42 0.076 0.027 6,825.10 2.85 0.004 [3] 5.06 7.01

Housing, owner with mortgage

0.049 0.005 88,372 8.89 <0.0001 [3] 3.37 3.81 0.059 0.023 6,781.00 2.62 0.009 [3] 3.90 5.41

Housing, other

–0.020 0.013 86,538 –1.55 0.121 [4] –1.33 –1.50 0.011 0.052 6,662.80 0.22 0.828 [4] 0.72 1.00

Vehicles, one

0.009 0.007 95,533 1.19 0.233 [4] 0.60 0.67 0.035 0.022 6,812.50 1.60 0.110 [4] 2.30 3.19

Vehicles, two or more

0.027 0.008 95,288 3.30 0.001 [3] 1.83 2.07 0.067 0.027 6,778.20 2.52 0.012 [2] 4.46 6.18

Vehicles, unknown

0.243 0.041 100,992 5.95 <0.0001 [3] 18.89 21.24 0.217 0.174 6,717.30 1.24 0.213 [4] 15.66 21.51

Region, Midwest

–0.039 0.006 101,702 –6.51 <0.0001 [3] –2.57 –2.91 [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4]

Region, West

0.007 0.006 100,455 1.07 0.286 [4] 0.45 0.51 [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4]

Region, South

–0.068 0.006 104,225 –11.99 <0.0001 [3] –4.38 –4.96 [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4]

Region, unknown

–0.044 0.021 104,140 –2.08 0.037 [2] –2.90 –3.28 [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4]

Unemployment rate, annual

0.001 0.001 103,552 1.05 0.295 [4] 0.08 0.09 0.008 0.007 6,833.80 1.29 0.196 [4] 0.54 0.75

Period, prerecession

–0.010 0.007 23,434 –1.47 0.142 [4] –0.67 –0.76 0.031 0.028 6,797.60 1.11 0.267 [4] 2.03 2.82

Period, postrecession

–0.017 0.005 100,503 –3.19 0.001 [3] –1.16 –1.31 –0.034 0.024 6,814.00 –1.44 0.150 [4] –2.14 –2.98

Income, all sources other than SNAP, weekly, Box–Cox transformation

0.066 0.002 4,147 30.42 <0.0001 [3] [4] [4] 0.057 0.008 1,924.50 6.77 <0.0001 [3] [4] [4]

Income, SNAP, weekly, Box–Cox transformation

0.090 0.018 15,575 5.08 <0.0001 [3] [4] [4] 0.101 0.076 346.30 1.32 0.186 [4] [4] [4]

SNAP status × income, all sources other than SNAP, weekly, Box–Cox transformation

–0.045 0.006 2,147 –7.36 <0.0001 [3] [4] [4] –0.023 0.022 725.80 –1.06 0.289 [4] [4] [4]

n

104,571 [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] 6,888 [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4]

[1] Statistically significant at 10 percent.

[2] Statistically significant at 5 percent.

[3] Statistically significant at 1 percent.

[4] Data are not applicable.

Note: DF = degrees of freedom, n = size of sample population, Pr = probability, SE = standard error, Sig. = significance, 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.