This code runs regressions and event studies examining the effects of in-utero exposure to hurricanes on postnatal breastfeeding behaviors (continuous variable)

Event study with all children

Results

## OLS estimation, Dep. Var.: log(BRSFEDUR)
## Observations: 8,840 
## Fixed-effects: district_name: 100,  bday_mo: 160,  GEO_IA1992_2015^bday_year: 181
## Standard-errors: Clustered (district_name) 
##                                          Estimate Std. Error   t value Pr(>|t|)
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-Inf,-36]`       -0.234386   0.102742 -2.281300 0.024673
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-36,-19]`        -0.045341   0.099110 -0.457478 0.648330
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-19,-9]`          0.030785   0.172444  0.178521 0.858678
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-9,0]`           -0.164796   0.175784 -0.937490 0.350788
## `time_diff_months.cat_(0,9]`             0.090430   0.118824  0.761044 0.448440
## `time_diff_months.cat_(9,18]`            0.009724   0.096193  0.101092 0.919682
## `time_diff_months.cat_(18, Inf]`        -0.248377   0.105100 -2.363200 0.020069
## factor(EDUCLVL)1                        -0.046896   0.059701 -0.785521 0.434024
## factor(EDUCLVL)2                        -0.080965   0.052417 -1.544600 0.125624
## factor(EDUCLVL)3                        -0.091730   0.095256 -0.962978 0.337905
## factor(EDUCLVL)8                        -0.098910   0.267197 -0.370175 0.712043
## factor(URBAN)2                           0.039504   0.038168  1.035000 0.303196
## factor(KIDSEX)2                          0.004234   0.028686  0.147611 0.882950
## factor(KIDTWIN)21                       -0.222009   0.159418 -1.392600 0.166855
## factor(KIDTWIN)22                       -0.009524   0.116999 -0.081400 0.935289
## factor(KIDBORD)2                         0.012044   0.026801  0.449389 0.654134
## factor(KIDBORD)3                        -0.000430   0.035840 -0.012007 0.990444
## factor(KIDBORD)4                        -0.005295   0.065109 -0.081326 0.935347
## factor(KIDBORD)5                        -0.001541   0.122059 -0.012628 0.989950
## factor(KIDBORD)6                         0.301534   0.141846  2.125800 0.036009
## factor(KIDBORD)7                        -0.078015   0.149607 -0.521466 0.603207
## factor(KIDBORD)8                         0.254937   0.141073  1.807100 0.073780
## factor(KIDBORD)9                         0.749977   0.248004  3.024100 0.003177
## factor(KIDBORD)10                        0.295047   0.167624  1.760200 0.081467
## factor(KIDBORD)11                        0.653711   0.345704  1.891000 0.061554
## factor(KIDBORD)12                       -0.117014   0.112030 -1.044500 0.298802
## factor(KIDBORD)13                       -0.456928   0.138201 -3.306300 0.001318
## factor(RELIGION)1000                    -0.645050   0.185128 -3.484400 0.000736
## factor(RELIGION)2000                    -0.572212   0.180828 -3.164400 0.002065
## factor(RELIGION)3000                    -0.471410   0.264239 -1.784000 0.077482
## factor(RELIGION)4000                    -0.754727   0.187719 -4.020500 0.000113
## factor(RELIGION)6402                    -0.615381   0.285812 -2.153100 0.033740
## factor(RELIGION)7200                    -0.709056   0.451732 -1.569600 0.119690
## factor(RELIGION)7400                    -0.312590   0.310210 -1.007700 0.316069
## factor(RELIGION)9000                    -0.589778   0.216286 -2.726800 0.007564
## mean_children                           -0.108060   0.126517 -0.854114 0.395104
## literacy                                -0.937795   0.406561 -2.306700 0.023158
## mean_wealth                              0.166586   0.185390  0.898571 0.371061
## urban_per                               -0.017448   0.238211 -0.073245 0.941759
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-Inf,-36]`:close  0.183326   0.160320  1.143500 0.255590
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(-36,-19]`   0.155979   0.123192  1.266100 0.208432
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(-19,-9]`   -0.154790   0.252817 -0.612260 0.541770
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(-9,0]`     -0.070378   0.197811 -0.355783 0.722760
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(0,9]`      -0.183995   0.143851 -1.279100 0.203863
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(9,18]`     -0.207093   0.114314 -1.811600 0.073076
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(18, Inf]`   0.279841   0.142163  1.968400 0.051813
##                                            
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-Inf,-36]`       *  
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-36,-19]`           
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-19,-9]`            
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-9,0]`              
## `time_diff_months.cat_(0,9]`               
## `time_diff_months.cat_(9,18]`              
## `time_diff_months.cat_(18, Inf]`        *  
## factor(EDUCLVL)1                           
## factor(EDUCLVL)2                           
## factor(EDUCLVL)3                           
## factor(EDUCLVL)8                           
## factor(URBAN)2                             
## factor(KIDSEX)2                            
## factor(KIDTWIN)21                          
## factor(KIDTWIN)22                          
## factor(KIDBORD)2                           
## factor(KIDBORD)3                           
## factor(KIDBORD)4                           
## factor(KIDBORD)5                           
## factor(KIDBORD)6                        *  
## factor(KIDBORD)7                           
## factor(KIDBORD)8                        .  
## factor(KIDBORD)9                        ** 
## factor(KIDBORD)10                       .  
## factor(KIDBORD)11                       .  
## factor(KIDBORD)12                          
## factor(KIDBORD)13                       ** 
## factor(RELIGION)1000                    ***
## factor(RELIGION)2000                    ** 
## factor(RELIGION)3000                    .  
## factor(RELIGION)4000                    ***
## factor(RELIGION)6402                    *  
## factor(RELIGION)7200                       
## factor(RELIGION)7400                       
## factor(RELIGION)9000                    ** 
## mean_children                              
## literacy                                *  
## mean_wealth                                
## urban_per                                  
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-Inf,-36]`:close    
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(-36,-19]`     
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(-19,-9]`      
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(-9,0]`        
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(0,9]`         
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(9,18]`     .  
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(18, Inf]`  .  
## ... 1 variable was removed because of collinearity (close)
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## RMSE: 1.105     Adj. R2: 0.123827
##               Within R2: 0.010178

Event study graph


Regression Results


Summary of duration variable

##    Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max. 
##    0.00    8.00   13.00   15.54   24.00   60.00


Regression summary

## OLS estimation, Dep. Var.: log(BRSFEDUR)
## Observations: 8,843 
## Fixed-effects: district_name: 100,  bday_mo: 160,  GEO_IA1992_2015^bday_year: 181
## Standard-errors: Clustered (district_name) 
##                       Estimate Std. Error   t value Pr(>|t|)    
## treated               0.477396   0.132484  3.603400 0.000493 ***
## factor(EDUCLVL)1     -0.029689   0.060243 -0.492812 0.623237    
## factor(EDUCLVL)2     -0.034767   0.054432 -0.638726 0.524476    
## factor(EDUCLVL)3     -0.010913   0.101282 -0.107751 0.914411    
## factor(EDUCLVL)8     -0.078202   0.224768 -0.347922 0.728637    
## factor(KIDSEX)2       0.003602   0.028841  0.124900 0.900856    
## factor(KIDTWIN)21    -0.188503   0.160472 -1.174700 0.242941    
## factor(KIDTWIN)22    -0.003335   0.111835 -0.029823 0.976268    
## factor(KIDBORD)2      0.013240   0.027253  0.485836 0.628157    
## factor(KIDBORD)3     -0.002246   0.035933 -0.062505 0.950286    
## factor(KIDBORD)4     -0.013923   0.066418 -0.209626 0.834391    
## factor(KIDBORD)5     -0.011358   0.125366 -0.090602 0.927992    
## factor(KIDBORD)6      0.293279   0.146021  2.008500 0.047316 *  
## factor(KIDBORD)7     -0.063656   0.153648 -0.414295 0.679554    
## factor(KIDBORD)8      0.229601   0.143282  1.602400 0.112244    
## factor(KIDBORD)9      0.707538   0.223135  3.170900 0.002023 ** 
## factor(KIDBORD)10     0.291087   0.162516  1.791100 0.076329 .  
## factor(KIDBORD)11     0.618954   0.341559  1.812100 0.072995 .  
## factor(KIDBORD)12    -0.109424   0.106734 -1.025200 0.307770    
## factor(KIDBORD)13    -0.465444   0.140934 -3.302600 0.001334 ** 
## factor(RELIGION)1000 -0.535386   0.155526 -3.442400 0.000846 ***
## factor(RELIGION)2000 -0.475924   0.158023 -3.011700 0.003297 ** 
## factor(RELIGION)3000 -0.369155   0.248958 -1.482800 0.141303    
## factor(RELIGION)4000 -0.647017   0.159005 -4.069200 0.000095 ***
## factor(RELIGION)6402 -1.112500   0.291778 -3.812800 0.000239 ***
## factor(RELIGION)7200 -0.534097   0.434847 -1.228200 0.222269    
## factor(RELIGION)7400 -0.189698   0.290843 -0.652235 0.515761    
## factor(RELIGION)9000 -0.475715   0.194387 -2.447300 0.016157 *  
## mean_children        -0.006918   0.110127 -0.062815 0.950041    
## literacy             -0.964596   0.401311 -2.403600 0.018095 *  
## mean_wealth           0.285603   0.170742  1.672700 0.097541 .  
## urban_per            -0.130837   0.218434 -0.598975 0.550558    
## WEALTHS              -0.066213   0.016911 -3.915400 0.000166 ***
## treated:WEALTHS      -0.327349   0.104008 -3.147300 0.002177 ** 
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## RMSE: 1.1045     Adj. R2: 0.126104
##                Within R2: 0.0108