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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: Science. 2017 Aug 31;357(6355):1041–1044. doi: 10.1126/science.aan5893

Fig. 1. Results from applying the regression discontinuity design. (Top).

Fig. 1

In the post-DACA period (2013 to 2015), children of DACA-eligible mothers (born after 15 June 1981) experienced markedly lower rates of diagnosed adjustment and/or anxiety disorders than children of ineligible mothers (born before 15 June 1981). Lines are average diagnosis rates (with 95% confidence bands) from local linear regressions fitted to the sample of children whose mothers’ birthdates were within ±150 days of the DACA eligibility cutoff (n = 2260), and circles are average diagnosis rates within each 15-day birthdate interval. (Bottom left) There was no such difference in children’s diagnosis rates in the pre-DACA period (2003 to 2012). (Bottom right) There was no statistical evidence for discontinuities in other background characteristics that might confound the comparison at the DACA birthdate eligibility cutoff.