Table 5.

Effects of FMLA Maternity Leave on Infant Mortality — By Cause

	Deaths per 1000 births from disease	Deaths per 1000 births from congenital anomalies	Deaths per 1000 births from causes originating in the perinatal period	Deaths per 1000 births from ill-defined causes	Deaths per 1000 births from accidents	Deaths per 1000 births from homicide	Deaths per 1000 births from other causes
Whole Sample DDD	−0.0316 (0.0401)	−0.0244 (0.0568)	−0.0120 (0.0889)	−0.1587** (0.0545)	0.0202 (0.0244)	0.0177 (0.0158)	0.0335 (0.0280)
N	182,997	182,997	182,997	182,997	182,997	182,997	182,997
Mean of Dep. Var	0.725	1.890	3.267	1.460	0.296	0.068	0.441
College-Ed and Married DDD	−0.0825 (0.0559)	−0.2826** (0.0933)	−0.0177 (0.1201)	−0.1962** (0.0647)	−0.0451 (0.0364)	0.0328 (0.0280)	0.0124 (0.0459)
N	59,668	59,668	59,668	59,668	59,668	59,668	59,668
Mean of Dep. Var	0.572	1.640	2.841	1.057	0.205	0.063	0.352

Notes: The results presented here list the DDD effects on each of the outcomes listed in the top row. The units of analysis are county-year-birth month cells. Cells with fewer than 25 births are omitted from the analysis. Please refer to notes under Table 3 for details about controls and estimation methods. The college-educated and married sample includes cells where the proportion of college-educated and married mothers is greater than the median in that state and year, while the less than college and single sample considers cells with proportions below the median. Robust standard errors are clustered on the state. All the regressions are weighted by the cell population.

Significance levels:

⁺p<0.10

^**p<0.05

^***p<0.001