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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Can J Econ. 2013 Aug 20;46(3):791–810. doi: 10.1111/caje.12039

TABLE 5.

Effects on prematurity for mothers with different characteristics (models with mother fixed effects and 39 weeks IV)

Mom CHAR: HS or less Black Hispanic Over 35 Teen mom Smoking
Panel A: Cluster S.E. on mother
Any chem. − 0.0020 − 0.0003    0.0023    0.0024    0.0021    0.0014
  (0.0024)   (0.0020)   (0.0022)   (0.0020)   (0.0019)   (0.0019)
* Mom CHAR    0.0090**    0.0111** − 0.0005 − 0.0044 − 0.0029    0.0192
  (0.0038)   (0.0052)   (0.0042)   (0.0089)   (0.0246)   (0.0122)
R-squared    0.0000 − 0.0000 − 0.0000 − 0.0000 − 0.0000 − 0.0000
Any contam. − 0.0005    0.0005    0.0028    0.0027    0.0024    0.0018
  (0.0022)   (0.0018)   (0.0020)   (0.0018)   (0.0017)   (0.0017)
* Mom CHAR    0.0068+    0.0097+ − 0.0015 − 0.0056 − 0.0084    0.0166
  (0.0035)   (0.0049)   (0.0039)   (0.0075)   (0.0239)   (0.0109)
No. observations 521978 521978 521978 521978 521978 521978
Panel B: Cluster S.E. on water district and year
Any chem. − 0.0018 − 0.0002    0.0025    0.0025    0.0023    0.0016
  (0.0024)   (0.0022)   (0.0026)   (0.0024)   (0.0024)   (0.0023)
* Mom CHAR    0.0091***    0.0115** − 0.0007 − 0.0044 − 0.0031    0.0197**
  (0.0028)   (0.0046)   (0.0032)   (0.0061)   (0.0183)   (0.0087)
Any contam. − 0.0004    0.0006    0.0030    0.0029    0.0026    0.0019
  (0.0020)   (0.0019)   (0.0022)   (0.0021)   (0.0020)   (0.0020)
* Mom CHAR    0.0069**    0.0100** − 0.0017 − 0.0056 − 0.0087    0.0171**
  (0.0027)   (0.0044)   (0.0030)   (0.0051)   (0.0176)   (0.0077)
No. observations 521978 521978 521978 521978 521978 521978

NOTES: See table 3 notes. Mother characteristics are measured as of the first birth. Robust standard errors are clustered on the mother.