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. 2021 Oct 22;21:1139. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07165-x

Table 3.

Predictive Margins of Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight from Linear Probability Models Examining Moderating Effects of Race/Ethnicity or Education Level on Relationship between Restrictiveness Index and Adverse Birth Outcomes

Preterm Birth Low Birthweight
−1 SD 0 SD + 1 SD + 2 SD −1 SD 0 SD + 1 SD + 2 SD
Race/ethnicity (categorical) x Restrictiveness Index (RI)
 AIAN 11.6 11.2 10.9 10.6 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.6
 AAPI 11.9 11.7 11.4 11.2 9.5 9.2 9.0 8.8
 Black 14.5 14.7 14.8 15.0 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.5
 Hispanic or Latinx 11.7 11.4 11.2 11.0 7.2 6.8 6.4 6.0
 White 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.0 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.9
Race/ethnicity (dichotomous) x Restrictiveness Index (RI)
 Black 14.5 14.7 14.9 15.1 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.5
 Non-Black 11.4 11.3 11.1 11.0 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.8
Education Level x Restrictiveness Index (RI)
 LT HS grad 12.6 12.5 12.5 12.4 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7
 HS grad 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.3
 Some college 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.8 8.2 7.9 7.6 7.3
 College grad 10.9 10.7 10.4 10.2 7.4 6.9 6.5 6.1

Note: Results are predictive margins of preterm birth and low birthweight for all racial/ethnic and education level subgroups at −1 standard deviation (SD), 0 SD, + 1 SD, and + 2 SD of the lagged restrictiveness index. Predictive margin estimates were produced from multivariate linear probability models estimating moderating effects of race/ethnicity or education level on the relationship between the standardized lagged restrictiveness index and the probability of preterm birth and low birthweight among all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Final sample size included people not missing any data on race/ethnicity, education level, restrictiveness index, outcomes, and covariates. All models adjust for individual-level sociodemographic characteristics, state-level sociodemographic, economic, and political characteristics, and state and year fixed effects. Standard errors clustered at the state level