Table 7:
Birth Outcomes, Cross Sectional, Rural 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 | 6.9128 | −0.0053 | −0.0048 | −0.0795 | 0.0078 | 0.0048 | −0.0141 | 0.0084 | 0.5600 |
| (13.5779) | (0.0072) | (0.0031) | (0.0733) | (0.0088) | (0.0043) | (0.0115) | (0.0300) | (0.4241) | |
| Conception Started 2–3 Years Before MLSA | 1.4343 | 0.0039 | −0.0035 | 0.0109 | 0.0063 | 0.0014 | −0.0065 | 0.0085 | 0.2166 |
| (10.2495) | (0.0051) | (0.0023) | (0.0564) | (0.0066) | (0.0032) | (0.0083) | (0.0184) | (0.2990) | |
| Conception Started 0–1 Years Before MLSA | 17.1571+ | −0.0040 | −0.0047* | 0.0716 | −0.0035 | −0.0036 | −0.0131 | 0.0133 | −0.3414 |
| (9.8961) | (0.0050) | (0.0023) | (0.0530) | (0.0064) | (0.0030) | (0.0083) | (0.0202) | (0.3104) | |
| Conception Started 0–1 Years After MLSA | 19.0813 | 0.0000 | −0.0005 | 0.1033 | −0.0006 | −0.0098** | −0.0168 | 0.0101 | −0.5954 |
| (13.3193) | (0.0068) | (0.0030) | (0.0675) | (0.0088) | (0.0037) | (0.0111) | (0.0273) | (0.4180) | |
| Conception Started >1 Years After MLSA | 4.9940 | 0.0022 | −0.0023 | 0.1688+ | −0.0111 | −0.0143** | 0.0008 | −0.0497 | −1.1450+ |
| (18.6346) | (0.0098) | (0.0041) | (0.0950) | (0.0123) | (0.0054) | (0.0154) | (0.0377) | (0.6293) | |
| Obs | 52,906 | 52,906 | 52,906 | 52,931 | 52,931 | 52,931 | 52,906 | 52,786 | 51,696 |
| MLSA Law Mean | 0.242 | 0.242 | 0.242 | 0.242 | 0.242 | 0.242 | 0.242 | 0.242 | 0.241 |
| Dep. Var. Mean | 3196.617 | 0.079 | 0.014 | 38.608 | 0.138 | 0.027 | 0.293 | 8.693 | 33.341 |
| Adjusted R^2 | 0.023 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.013 | 0.005 | 0.004 | 0.011 | 0.050 | 0.035 |
| # Clusters | 1298 | 1298 | 1298 | 1298 | 1298 | 1298 | 1298 | 1298 | 1297 |
| Policy Lead Joint p-Value | 0.850 | 0.190 | 0.258 | 0.257 | 0.603 | 0.516 | 0.473 | 0.899 | 0.415 |
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.
+
p < 0.1,
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01,
***
p < 0.001