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We compare the average redemption rates between online ordering early adopters and non-adopters among WIC customers before and after implementing WIC online ordering. A propensity score-weighted difference-in-difference model was used to estimate the coefficients.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980025100931_as3\">\n\t    <jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>The Oklahoma WIC programme and a grocery store chain in Oklahoma.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980025100931_as4\">\n\t    <jats:title>Participants:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>12743 Oklahoma WIC households that had redeemed their food benefits at the grocery store chain in 2020.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980025100931_as5\">\n\t    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>WIC online ordering significantly positively affected redemption rates for eight of the fifteen food categories. For example, the difference-in-difference coefficients (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2013values) of these food categories were cheese or tofu (0\u00b7077, &lt;0\u00b701), yogurt (0\u00b7092, &lt;0\u00b701), whole milk (0\u00b7082, 0\u00b7022), low-fat milk (0\u00b7060, &lt;0\u00b701), eggs (0\u00b7049, 0\u00b7033), breakfast cereal (0\u00b7085, &lt;0\u00b701) and infant formula (0\u00b7073, 0\u00b7039). Two food categories with significantly negative difference-in-difference coefficients had relatively lower redemption rates overall: canned fish (Coefficient = \u20130\u00b7209, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0\u00b701) and infant cereal (Coefficient = \u20130\u00b7138, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0\u00b7015). There were no significant changes in the redemption of fruits and vegetables (Coefficient = 0\u00b7031, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0\u00b7121).<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980025100931_as6\">\n\t    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Adopting WIC online ordering was positively associated with benefit redemption rates among most food benefit categories. Our findings provide preliminary but important evidence regarding online food benefit redemption among low-income consumers.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980025100931","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,27]],"date-time":"2025-08-27T04:01:18Z","timestamp":1756267278000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["The association between food benefit online ordering and redemptions: evidence from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Junzhou","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Montclair State University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chuanyi","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Old Dominion University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kayoung","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Old Dominion University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8513-1573","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Qi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Old Dominion University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980025100931_ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/milq.12017"},{"key":"S1368980025100931_ref23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.appet.2020.104714"},{"key":"S1368980025100931_ref34","unstructured":"34. 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