Table 1.
Summary Statistics (N=30,802,189)
Variables | Mean | Std. Dev | Min | Max |
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Dependent variables: Maternal Health Behaviors | ||||
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1st Trimester Prenatal Care | 0.73 | 0.45 | 0 | 1 |
Smoked | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 |
Drank alcohol (1994–2006) | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0 | 1 |
Adequate Weight Gain | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 |
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Dependent variables: Infant Health | ||||
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Birth Weight | 3280.36 | 576.65 | 227 | 8165 |
Birth Weight<2500 g | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0 | 1 |
Gestation Weeks | 38.75 | 2.58 | 17 | 47 |
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State EITC variables (No State EITC omitted reference) | ||||
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Low EITC no refund | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0 | 1 |
Low EITC with refund | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0 | 1 |
High EITC no refund | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0 | 1 |
High EITC with refund | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 |
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Individual-Level Covariates | ||||
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Maternal age | 25.65 | 5.73 | 18 | 54 |
Married | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
Female baby | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
Black | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 |
Native American | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0 | 1 |
Hispanic | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 |
Less than high school | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 |
Hispanic ethnicity missing | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0 | 1 |
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County-Level Covariates | ||||
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Unemployment | 6.21 | 2.75 | 0.8 | 31 |
Real income per capita (in $1000s) | 16.50 | 4.67 | 2.64 | 64.03 |
Percent poverty | 14.57 | 5.41 | 2.2 | 62 |
Primary care physicians per 1000 females age 15–44 | 1.90 | 0.70 | 0 | 29.85 |
County pop 500,000–1,000,000 | 0.17 | 0.37 | 0 | 1 |
County pop 250,000–500,000 | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0 | 1 |
County pop 100,000–250,000 | 0.15 | 0.36 | 0 | 1 |
County pop < 100,000 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0 | 1 |