Definition: Estimated percentage of adults with caregiving responsibilities for children ages 0-17 who had and had not accessed the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program before and after the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, by timing of use and presence of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the household (e.g., in Wave 2, 6.4% of California caregivers living in households with one or more CSHCN had started using the WIC program during the pandemic after not using it before the pandemic).
Data Source: Family Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Apr. 2021). Questionnaire: American Academy of Pediatrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevent Child Abuse America & Tufts Medical Center; California oversample: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health & California Essentials for Childhood Initiative (California Dept. of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch & California Dept. of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention).
Footnote: Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. The questionnaire was administered during the following periods: Nov. 9 – Dec. 11, 2020 (Wave 1); Mar. 22 – Apr. 12, 2021 (Wave 2). These data are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
