Appendix Table 9:
Birth Outcomes, Cross Sectional, Rural White Underage Pregnant Women, Event Study
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous Birthweight | Low Birthweight | Very Low Birthweight | Weeks of Gestation | Premature | Very Premature | Small for Gestational Age | Apgar 5 | Weight Gain During Pregnancy | |
| Conception Started >3 Years Before MLSA | 6.6867 | −0.0003 | −0.0016 | −0.0740 | 0.0010 | 0.0065 | −0.0108 | 0.0310 | 0.2830 |
| (18.4666) | (0.0094) | (0.0044) | (0.0937) | (0.0113) | (0.0057) | (0.0141) | (0.0378) | (0.5510) | |
| Conception Started 2–3 Years Before MLSA | 5.1040 | 0.0023 | −0.0036 | 0.0275 | −0.0009 | 0.0014 | 0.0009 | 0.0171 | 0.2310 |
| (14.2077) | (0.0070) | (0.0031) | (0.0728) | (0.0084) | (0.0040) | (0.0106) | (0.0257) | (0.3997) | |
| Conception Started 0–1 Years Before MLSA | 24.2722+ | −0.0031 | −0.0036 | 0.0760 | −0.0065 | −0.0031 | −0.0254* | 0.0390 | −0.3910 |
| (13.3729) | (0.0065) | (0.0029) | (0.0684) | (0.0085) | (0.0039) | (0.0112) | (0.0252) | (0.4047) | |
| Conception Started 0–1 Years After MLSA | 21.6441 | 0.0021 | 0.0019 | 0.0748 | −0.0044 | −0.0073 | −0.0256+ | 0.0075 | −0.6516 |
| (18.5165) | (0.0085) | (0.0039) | (0.0856) | (0.0111) | (0.0048) | (0.0145) | (0.0358) | (0.5452) | |
| Conception Started >1 Years After MLSA | 21.3063 | −0.0019 | −0.0011 | 0.1398 | −0.0118 | −0.0130* | −0.0185 | −0.0409 | −1.2282 |
| (24.9316) | (0.0122) | (0.0052) | (0.1160) | (0.0148) | (0.0066) | (0.0190) | (0.0505) | (0.7610) | |
| Obs | 31,448 | 31,448 | 31,448 | 31,465 | 31,465 | 31,465 | 31,448 | 31,377 | 30,789 |
| MLSA Law Mean | 0.266 | 0.266 | 0.266 | 0.266 | 0.266 | 0.266 | 0.266 | 0.266 | 0.266 |
| Dep. Var. Mean | 3227.107 | 0.075 | 0.014 | 38.732 | 0.130 | 0.025 | 0.276 | 8.702 | 34.738 |
| Adjusted R^2 | 0.010 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.011 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.044 | 0.019 |
| # Clusters | 1259 | 1259 | 1259 | 1259 | 1259 | 1259 | 1259 | 1259 | 1258 |
| Policy Lead Joint p-Value | 0.924 | 0.893 | 0.420 | 0.400 | 0.975 | 0.465 | 0.578 | 0.708 | 0.830 |
Standard errors in parentheses
Population of women giving birth <18 years of age that were conceived between 1/1/2010 and 1/1/2016. Controlling for mother’s race, age, payment source, order of birth, cigarette taxes at point of gestation, cigarette and ENDS indoor air laws in bars, private workplaces, and restaurants, month-year of gestation, and county. Standard errors are clustered at the level of county.
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p < 0.1,
*
p < 0.05,
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p < 0.01,
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p < 0.001