Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ487480
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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Self-Selection, Prenatal Care, and Birthweight among Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics in New York City.
Joyce, Theodore
Journal of Human Resources, v29 n3 p762-94 Sum 1994
A two-stage selectivity correction model was applied to race- and ethnic-specific data from 1984 New York City birth certificates. Ordinary least squares underestimated the effects of prenatal care on birth weight by at least 80% for whites and Hispanics. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Blacks, Estimation (Mathematics), Hispanic Americans, Prenatal Care, Whites
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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