Table 5.
Impact of Prenatal Assault on Birth Weight - Matching Estimation
| by Maternal Characteristic |
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| Overall | MediCal | Private | Single | Married | <HS | >=HS | Black | Hispanic | White | |
| Difference (assaulted-not assaulted) | −159 | −163 | −150 | −141 | −176 | −146 | −170 | −116 | −227 | −186 |
| 95 percent CI | [−206 −113] | [−217 −110] | [−241 −59] | [−204 −77] | [ −243 −109] | [−211 −81] | [−236 −104] | [−194 −39] | [−299 −157] | [−244 −128] |
Note: of 1657 women who had been assaulted, 1542 matched with pregnant women who had not been assaulted on all the following characteristics: maternal race (white, black, Hispanic), maternal age (teen, 19–34, 35+) marital status (single, married), maternal education (< HS, HS, Some College), insurance (private,public), paternal race (white, black, Hispanic), paternal education (<HS, HS, Some College, College+), and paternal information missing, county and year of birth