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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Resour. 2011 Summer;46(3):518–538. doi: 10.1353/jhr.2011.0024

Table 5.

Impact of Prenatal Assault on Birth Weight - Matching Estimation

by Maternal Characteristic
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