Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments in India: Timing of Prenatal Care
| Prenatal Care Received Within First Four Months of Pregnancy (1=Yes, 0=No) (1) | Prenatal Care Received After First Four Months of Pregnancy (1=Yes, 0=No) (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 0.007 (0.006) | 0.013** (0.006) |
| Mean of dependent variable | 0.659 | 0.435 |
| Observations | 32,233 | 32,233 |
| R-squared | 0.244 | 0.321 |
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) within five years previous to survey. Receiving prenatal care after four months of pregnancy is defined as one if women make their first prenatal visit after four months of pregnancy or if they make their first prenatal visit during the first four months of pregnancy but make multiple visits over the course of the pregnancy and as 0 otherwise. Controls include state fixed effects, birth year fixed effects, survey year fixed effects, mother’s age, mother’s education, 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). National sample weights are used in all regressions.