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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2006 Nov 28;26(3):431–446. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.10.012

Table 3. Effects of Mandates on First Birth Rates, Type of Mandates.

Whites Blacks
Under 35 35 and Over Under 35 35 and Over
A. Baseline Results
 Mandate 0.0071 (0.0131) 0.1899 (0.0784) ** −0.0655 (0.0485) −0.0858 (0.0654)
B. Cover vs Offer
 Mandate to cover 0.0049 (0.0147) 0.1911 (0.0841) ** −0.0776 (0.0559) −0.0541 (0.0707)
 Mandate to offer 0.0163 (0.0187) 0.1852 (0.1198) −0.0163 (0.0409) −0.2147 (0.1071) *
 F test of joint significance of cover & offer coeff. 0.39 2.94 ** 0.98 2.05
 F-test of equality of cover v offer coefficients 0.28 0.00 1.26 1.99
C. IVF vs non-IVF
 Mandate covers IVF 0.0067 (0.0145) 0.2244 (0.0824) *** −0.0341 (0.0479) −0.0636 (0.0731)
 Mandate excludes IVF 0.0084 (0.0219) 0.0760 (0.1102) −0.1690 (0.0829) * −0.1590 (0.0960) *
 F test of joint significance of IVF & non-IVF coeff 0.15 3.71 ** 2.22 1.46
 F-test of equality of IVF v non-IVF coefficients 0.01 1.63 2.15 0.86

Notes: Dependent variable is the log of the first birth rate in a state-year-race-age cohort cell. White robust standard errors clustered by state in parentheses. Regressions include state and year fixed effects, as well as age*year interactions. Regressions are weighted by cell-level population counts. Levels of statistical significance: *** denotes significance at the one-percent level; ** at the five-percent level; and * at the ten-percent level. Coefficients in bold statistically differ by age group at the ten-percent level or higher.