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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Popul Econ. 2016 Mar 31;29(3):883–910.

Table C-1.

Robustness Results

VARIABLES Hormonal Age
Extraversion
Teen Mom
Extraversion
Hormonal Age
Neuroticism
Teen Mom
Neuroticism
Hormonal Age
Agreeableness
Teen Mom
Agreeableness
Live Birth −0.055
(0.116)
−0.106
(0.156)
−0.115
(0.117)
−0.171
(0.151)
−0.031
(0.099)
−0.105
(0.109)
Age (at wave 4) −0.061**
(0.025)
−0.060**
(0.025)
0.038
(0.025)
0.041*
(0.024)
−0.009
(0.020)
−0.016
(0.021)
Conception before 15 −0.236
(0.167)
−0.240
(0.161)
0.177
(0.158)
0.145
(0.161)
−0.276***
(0.100)
−0.291***
(0.101)
Black −0.118
(0.114)
−0.114
(0.115)
0.077
(0.095)
0.069
(0.095)
−0.049
(0.093)
−0.058
(0.095)
Hispanic 0.097
(0.113)
0.102
(0.113)
−0.189*
(0.103)
−0.206**
(0.103)
−0.107
(0.106)
−0.110
(0.105)
Smoke during pregnancy 0.015
(0.114)
0.015
(0.113)
0.112
(0.101)
0.105
(0.100)
−0.110
(0.100)
−0.099
(0.096)
Married −0.001
(0.091)
−0.018
(0.093)
−0.181**
(0.088)
−0.173**
(0.087)
0.208**
(0.080)
0.196**
(0.079)
Maternal Education 0.053**
(0.020)
0.051**
(0.021)
−0.040**
(0.019)
−0.039**
(0.019)
0.068***
(0.022)
0.058***
(0.021)
Parent in Household (dummy) −0.003
(0.075)
0.022
(0.078)
0.106
(0.081)
0.092
(0.079)
−0.005
(0.072)
0.015
(0.075)
Hormone Median −0.277
(0.455)
0.397
(0.391)
−0.127
(0.342)
Hormone × Live Birth (interaction) 0.371
(0.487)
−0.226
(0.420)
0.153
(0.369)
Teen Mom −0.415*
(0.215)
0.101
(0.195)
−0.481***
(0.171)
(Missing) Teen mom −0.093
(0.127)
0.030
(0.114)
−0.073
(0.105)
Teen Mom × Live Birth (interaction) 0.365*
(0.214)
0.008
(0.208)
0.443**
(0.194)
Constant 1.188
(0.758)
1.278*
(0.752)
−0.086
(0.742)
−0.153
(0.711)
−0.516
(0.624)
−0.085
(0.630)
690 696 691 697 691 697
Observations 0.029 0.034 0.037 0.035 0.044 0.049
VARIABLES Hormonal Age
Conscientiousness
Teen Mom
Conscientiousness
Hormonal Age
Openness
Teen Mom
Openness
Live Birth 0.069
(0.106)
−0.053
(0.118)
−0.260**
(0.124)
−0.365***
(0.131)
Age (at wave 4) 0.061**
(0.026)
0.070***
(0.024)
−0.026
(0.020)
−0.036*
(0.019)
Conception before 15 −0.090
(0.149)
−0.147
(0.155)
−0.107
(0.139)
−0.114
(0.139)
Black 0.067
(0.108)
0.051
(0.107)
0.103
(0.107)
0.101
(0.108)
Hispanic 0.178
(0.116)
0.169
(0.115)
0.145
(0.130)
0.145
(0.128)
Smoke during pregnancy −0.181*
(0.098)
−0.172*
(0.103)
−0.094
(0.093)
−0.098
(0.089)
Married 0.026
(0.088)
0.026
(0.089)
0.115
(0.087)
0.106
(0.085)
Maternal Education 0.049**
(0.019)
0.047**
(0.018)
0.037**
(0.016)
0.028*
(0.017)
Parent in Household (dummy) −0.031
(0.093)
0.031
(0.090)
−0.103
(0.079)
−0.100
(0.077)
Hormone Median 0.274
(0.261)
−0.494
(0.484)
Hormone × Live Birth (interaction) −0.279
(0.326)
0.505
(0.510)
Teen Mom −0.241
(0.181)
−0.717***
(0.254)
(Missing) Teen mom −0.178
(0.119)
−0.001
(0.113)
Teen Mom × Live Birth (interaction) 0.381*
(0.202)
0.677**
(0.270)
Constant −2.354***
(0.811)
−2.481***
(0.731)
0.172
(0.587)
0.687
(0.565)
Observations 691 697 687 693
R-squared 0.032 0.041 0.032 0.044

Robust standard errors in parentheses

***

p<0.01,

**

p<0.05,

*

p<0.10