Table 3.
Regressions of Age and Race-specific Birth Rates on the Natural Log of Distance to the Nearest Legal Abortion Provider, 1968–75*
| (1) All |
(2) 15–19 |
(3) 20–24 |
(4) 25+ |
(5) White |
(6) NonWhite |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: 49 States in Continental US | ||||||
| Ln Distance*1970–72 | 0.22 (0.46) |
1.44** (0.46) |
−1.72 (1.33) |
−0.18 (0.39) |
0.14 (0.50) |
−0.67 (2.20) |
| Ln Distance*1973–75 | 1.43** (0.43) |
1.61* (0.75) |
0.46 (1.02) |
1.00* (0.38) |
1.39** (0.43) |
−1.06 (2.59) |
| Ln Distance*1970- 72*Reform€ |
0.50 | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.18 | 0.48 | 0.33 |
| Ln Distance*1973- 75*Reformƒ |
(0.55) 0.63 |
(0.68) 1.49 |
(1.22) 0.83 |
(0.35) 0.17 |
(0.49) 0.48 |
(1.47) 2.31 |
| (0.80) | (0.96) | (1.86) | (0.50) | (0.73) | (2.30) | |
| Ln Distance*1970–72*Repeal¥ | 1.76*** (0.48) |
2.41** (0.84) |
2.12 (1.23) |
1.24** (0.41) |
1.80* (0.80) |
4.28 (4.15) |
| Ln Distance*1973–75*Repeal¶ | 1.08 (0.90) |
2.68 (1.92) |
0.62 (0.50) |
0.73 (0.69) |
0.87 (0.83) |
−0.41 (2.90) |
| Mean Birth Rate | 76.90 | 62.28 | 142.36 | 59.61 | 73.00 | 105.75 |
| R2 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.75 |
| N | 392 | 392 | 392 | 392 | 392 | 392 |
| Panel B: NY “Catchment Area”- 13 states | ||||||
| Ln Distance*1970–72 | 0.70*** (0.14) |
0.57** (0.16) |
0.76* (0.27) |
0.59** (0.12) |
0.62* (0.15) |
−2.36 (2.82) |
| Ln Distance*1973–75 | 0.55 (0.37) |
−0.35 (0.47) |
0.27 (0.98) |
0.78* (0.34) |
0.54 (0.33) |
−6.19 (5.26) |
| Mean Birth Rate | 72.15 | 49.64 | 131.12 | 60.33 | 70.10 | 104.44 |
| R2 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.70 |
| N | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 |
Notes: Panel A includes all 49 continental states (Hawaii and Alaska excluded). The average distance to the nearest abortion provider is 521 miles from 1970 to 1972, and 23 miles between 1973 to 1975. Panel B include 13 states that are considered as New York “catchment area”. See notes to Table 3 for the list of states . The average distance to the nearest abortion provider in the 13 states is 215 miles from 1970–72, and 9.7 miles from 1973–1975. *Standard error clustered at state level. For panel B, t-statistics based on 11 degrees of freedom.
(α1 + α2);
(α1 + α3);
(α4 + α5);
(α4 + α6) from equation (3) in text.
p<.05,
p<.01,
p<.001