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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 Oct 16;194:67–75. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.10.016

Table 1.

Summary Statistics (N=30,802,189)

Variables Mean Std. Dev Min Max
Dependent variables: Maternal Health Behaviors

 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

Dependent variables: Infant Health

 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

State EITC variables (No State EITC omitted reference)

 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

Individual-Level Covariates

 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

County-Level Covariates

 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
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