Table 5.

Impact of local homicide rate on the probability of low birth weight for all births since baseline and before July 2009

	LBW+ (≤2,500g)		LBW (<2,500g)
Homicide Rate	All (1)	Bottom 50 % of Per Capita Expenditure (2)	All (3)	Bottom 50 % of Per Capita Expenditure (4)
9–7 Months Before Birth (%)	11.0	31.5**	3.3	15.4†
	(7.3)	(11.3)	(3.2)	(8.0)
6–4 Months Before Birth (%)	−6.3	−9.0	−5.0	−3.6
	(5.5)	(8.5)	(3.8)	(8.0)
3–1 Months Before Birth (%)	−0.6	1.9	−3.8	−12.5
	(6.7)	(12.7)	(3.4)	(9.0)
Sibling Sample	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sibling Fixed Effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Municipality Fixed Effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
State–Year of Birth Time Trends	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pre-/Post-gestation Homicide Rates	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MxFLS1 Used as Exposure Location	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mean of Dependent Variable (%)	10.7	12.5	7.1	7.9
Number of Observations	891	432	891	432
Number of Mothers	415	203	415	203

Notes: Homicide rates are per 10,000. Standard errors, clustered at the municipality level, are shown in parentheses. Stratifications based on MxFLS1 maternal characteristics. Regressions also include all additional controls used in Table 4.

^†p < .10

^**p < .10