Appendix Table A6

Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments in India: RCH1998–2004

Coefficient on Male in various samplesDependent Variable
At Least 2 Visits (1=Yes, 0=No)
(1)		Prenatal Care (1=Yes, 0=No)
(2)		Number of Prenatal visits
(3)		Tetanus Shot (1=Yes, 0=No)
(4)		Number of Tetanus Shots
(5)		Given Iron Pills (1=Yes, 0=No)
(6)		Number of Iron Supplements Taken Per Day
(7)		Nonhome Delivery (1=Yes, 0=No)
(8)
Full sample0.005***
(0.002)		0.007***
(0.002)		0.035***
(0.008)		0.010***
(0.002)		0.021***
(0.004)		0.005***
(0.002)		0.005
(0.003)		0.011***
(0.002)
Mean of dependent variable0.4820.5531.9940.7201.4040.5080.6370.278
Observations233,687230,971230,946230,755227,776230,637229,813230,383
R-squared0.3050.2980.4410.1710.1890.2320.1510.321
Northern region0.007**
(0.003)		0.010***
(0.003)		0.038***
(0.012)		0.012***
(0.003)		0.020***
(0.007)		0.010***
(0.003)		0.012**
(0.005)		0.011***
(0.003)
Mean of dependent variable0.4290.4981.4920.6751.2800.4350.5450.202
Observations76,46175,29375,29175,25074,46475,24974,98475,121
R-squared0.2510.2510.3410.1450.1490.1430.1110.212
Majority female sample0.017***
(0.003)		0.015***
(0.003)		0.076***
(0.015)		0.013***
(0.003)		0.031***
(0.007)		0.013***
(0.003)		0.013**
(0.006)		0.017***
(0.003)
Mean of dependent variable0.5230.5952.1920.7501.4780.5470.6800.304
Observations80,68579,51479,51079,46678,61079,43479,20479,325
R-squared0.3010.2940.4440.1610.1780.2290.1470.328

  • Robust standard errors in parentheses

  • ↵*** p<0.01,

  • ↵** p<0.05, * p<0.1

  • Notes: Sample is restricted to most recent birth of ever-married women (ages 15–49). RCH/DLHS surveys from 1998 and 2002 used. Controls include state fixed effects, birth year fixed effects, survey round fixed effects, mother’s age, mother’s education, mother’s literacy status, father’s education, father’s literacy status, household building type, caste, religion fixed effects, household size, dummy for urban, birth order, and existing sex ratio of children (defined as the ratio of boys to the total number of births prior to the most recent one). Northern region is defined as the following states: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh.