Table 3.
Impact of local homicide rate on birth weight for all births since baseline and before July, 2009 to panel women in the MxFLS3 reproductive history
| Homicide Rate | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9–7 Months Before Birth | −0.9 | 27.8 | −39.9 | −120.3† | −51.6 |
| (34.6) | (54.5) | (37.6) | (63.1) | (70.0) | |
| 6–4 Months Before Birth | −61.5* | −39.0 | −54.0 | 31.7 | 97.7* |
| (30.7) | (61.7) | (34.8) | (57.3) | (47.1) | |
| 3–1 Months Before Birth | 35.6 | 27.4 | −3.4 | 21.8 | 39.2 |
| (32.8) | (51.0) | (55.9) | (59.9) | (82.7) | |
| Sibling Sample | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sibling Fixed Effects | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Municipality Fixed Effects | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| State–Year of Birth Time Trends | No | No | No | No | No |
| Pre-/Post-gestation Homicide Rates | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Municipality–Year of Birth Time Trends | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| MxFLS1 Used as Exposure Location | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Mean of Dependent Variable | 3,241.6 | 3,241.6 | 3,249.4 | 3,249.4 | 3,245.0 |
| Number of Observations | 1,868 | 1,868 | 891 | 891 | 798 |
| Number of Mothers | 415 | 373 |
Notes: Homicide rates are per 10,000. Standard errors, clustered at the municipality level, are shown in parentheses. Regressions additionally include controls for the gender of the child, maternal characteristics (age at birth, age at birth squared, years of education, employment status, earnings per month, and marital status), household characteristics (size, per capita expenditure, and rural status), year of birth, month of birth, year of interview, month of interview, birth order, and survey wave fixed effects.
†
p < .10
*
p < .05