Table 2

Prenatal Assaults and Birth Outcomes

Birth Weight (Grams)Fetal Death (×100)Infant Death (×100)Any Death (×100)
No controlsFull ControlsNo ControlsFull ControlsNo ControlsFull ControlsNo ControlsFull Controls
Prenatal assault−283.019−191.277−188.463−187.2861.3111.2780.4020.2521.7131.53
[15.64][10.67][10.69][10.63][3.81][3.73][2.01][1.26][4.32][3.87]
MediCal−45.427−18.76−17.3220.0120.0320.044
[75.67][29.21][26.82][1.38][5.69][4.18]
Black−229.06−168.061−163.9870.5210.070.591
[59.93][42.52][41.47][11.55][2.04][10.45]
Hispanic−31.125−2.652−0.643−0.027−0.086−0.113
[47.59][2.86][0.69][2.31][10.49][7.93]
White41.52840.87743.3830.132−0.060.072
[11.48][11.65][12.35][3.54][2.08][1.53]
Single−21.15−22.666−1.1760.071−1.105
[29.85][30.56][123.78][10.61][95.34]
Over 35 years old−16.528−16.2550.4530.0220.475
[14.14][13.91][25.54][2.56][24.19]
Teen mother−98.111−98.0610.1580.050.208
[123.01][122.84][14.80][6.51][15.84]
<High school−14.875−15.1470.0870.0750.162
[15.57][15.85][6.82][9.42][10.78]
High school−12.199−12.2360.0820.0310.113
[14.92][14.96][7.55][4.88][9.00]
Male106.181106.1550.0180.0610.079
[194.59][194.62][2.48][13.50][9.29]
Twin birth−994.164−994.0311.2980.4041.701
[459.30][459.30][30.17][16.11][34.34]
Father black18.41920.5220.3780.050.427
[6.87][7.65][10.62][1.95][9.79]
Father white70.03871.479−0.035−0.046−0.081
[32.04][32.69][1.25][2.31][2.37]
Father Hispanic36.70739.2510.024−0.057−0.032
[16.66][17.80][0.85][2.82][0.94]
Father <High school−26.803−28.0320.3160.0760.392
[20.81][21.73][18.44][7.93][19.99]
Father High school−28.4−29.3220.2270.0720.299
[24.41][25.18][14.90][8.65][17.25]
Father some college−8.618−9.3680.0990.0220.121
[7.19][7.81][6.41][2.70][6.94]
Father information missing−78.674−79.9170.4160.1680.584
[50.00][50.70][20.08][12.55][23.73]
County unemployment rate117.238121.50.552−0.1690.383
[9.88][3.23][1.09][0.58][0.65]
County per capita income (real)29.4761.940.0620.0260.088
[26.40][0.61][1.52][1.05][1.85]
Domestic violence shelters per 100,000 adult women−0.407−0.622−0.0140.004−0.01
[1.30][0.98][1.75][0.68][1.00]
Number of clinics per 1000 women0.330.229−0.0010−0.001
[3.18][3.54][2.25][0.30][1.84]
Observations4,486,2274,486,2274,486,2274,486,2274,486,7524,486,7524,486,7524,486,7524,486,7524,486,752
R-squared00.020.090.09000000
FE for 5 largest countiesNNYNNN
Quadratic trend in year of birthNNYNNN
FE for all 58 countiesNNNYNYNYNY
FE for year of birthNNNYNYNYNY

Robust t statistics in brackets