Table 3

Impact of Prenatal Assault on Birth Weight—Does Timing Matter?

Birth Weight (Grams)
No ControlsParsimonious ControlsFull Controls
Assault in first trimester−270.608−163.434−166.171
[6.06][3.89][4.00]
Assault in second trimester−308.035−104.91−118.4
[8.18][3.47][3.98]
Assault in third trimester−198.599−101.37−96.605
[8.19][4.52][4.42]
Assault prior to conception−220.934−57.461−61.52
[5.12][1.64][1.79]
Gestation16.32815.471
[473.07][448.29]
MediCal−38.846−24.183
[71.27][41.97]
Black−150.097−114.884
[44.25][32.53]
White29.3529.447
[9.10][9.32]
Hispanic−16.1824.663
[27.91][5.59]
Single−21.52
[32.43]
Over 35 years old30.503
[30.25]
Teen mother−92.743
[129.49]
< High school−4.422
[5.21]
High school−7.833
[10.88]
Male121.978
[249.25]
Twin birth−638.967
[366.61]
Father black32.661
[13.69]
Father white70.419
[35.71]
Father Hispanic41.729
[20.98]
Father <High school−18.829
[16.54]
Father High school−20.691
[20.24]
Father some college−7.382
[7.01]
Father information missing−47.994
[34.02]
County unemployment rate75.57
[2.20]
County per capita income (real)−3.908
[1.38]
Domestic violence shelters per 100,000 adult women−0.868
[1.48]
Number of clinincs per 1000 women0.203
[2.70]
Observations4,486,2274,221,2024,221,202
R-squared00.270.31

Robust t statistics in brackets

Note: also included are year and county fixed effects