Table 1.
Descriptive statistics
| All Births to Panel Mothers in the MxFLS3 Reproductive History Since Baseline and Before Third Quarter of 2009 |
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|---|---|---|
| Homicide Rate | Full Sample (1) |
Sibling Sample (2) |
| Birth Outcomes | ||
| Birth weight (g) | 3,241.6 | 3,249.4 |
| (609.7) | (585.5) | |
| Low birth weight (<2,500g) (%) | 7.7 | 7.1 |
| (26.7) | (25.6) | |
| Low birth weight+ (≤2,500g) (%) | 10.9 | 10.7 |
| (31.1) | (30.9) | |
| Premature birth (%) | 18.7 | 16.5 |
| (39.0) | (37.1) | |
| Any pregnancy complication (%) | 8.4 | 6.5 |
| (27.7) | (24.7) | |
| Male (%) | 50.3 | 50.8 |
| (50.0) | (50.0) | |
| Medical Care | ||
| Born in hospital (%) | 88.7 | 88.0 |
| (31.7) | (32.5) | |
| Number of prenatal visits | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| (4.0) | (3.7) | |
| Prenatal care, first two months (%) | 66.5 | 64.3 |
| (47.2) | (47.9) | |
| Mother’s Characteristics at Baseline | ||
| Age | 19.6 | 20.4 |
| (6.7) | (5.9) | |
| Lived in rural locality (%) | 51.1 | 51.6 |
| (50.0) | (50.0) | |
| Year of education | 7.6 | 7.9 |
| (3.4) | (3.1) | |
| Employed (%) | 31.0 | 30.0 |
| (46.3) | (45.9) | |
| Earnings per month (pesos) | 524.3 | 583.6 |
| (1,899.7) | (2,839.3) | |
| Household per capita expenditure (pesos) | 1,185.3 | 1,350.2 |
| (4,302.2) | (5,434.6) | |
| Married (%) | 30.0 | 30.2 |
| (45.8) | (46.0) | |
| Number of Births | 1,868 | 891 |
| Number of Mothers | 1,392 | 415 |
Notes: Standard deviations are shown in parentheses.