This code runs regressions and event studies examining the effects of in-utero exposure to hurricanes on postnatal breastfeeding behaviors (dummy variable for >= 6 months)

Event study with all children

Event study summary

## OLS estimation, Dep. Var.: long_brstfd
## Observations: 8,878 
## Fixed-effects: district_name: 100,  bday_mo: 160,  GEO_IA1992_2015^bday_year: 183
## Standard-errors: Clustered (district_name) 
##                                          Estimate Std. Error   t value Pr(>|t|)
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-Inf,-36]`       -0.096488   0.049103 -1.965000 0.052217
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-36,-19]`         0.052914   0.064789  0.816712 0.416054
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-19,-9]`          0.100397   0.073753  1.361300 0.176523
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-9,0]`           -0.084588   0.071414 -1.184500 0.239063
## `time_diff_months.cat_(0,9]`             0.078968   0.057460  1.374300 0.172445
## `time_diff_months.cat_(9,18]`            0.031043   0.037907  0.818929 0.414794
## `time_diff_months.cat_(18, Inf]`        -0.095527   0.054344 -1.757800 0.081871
## factor(EDUCLVL)1                        -0.047956   0.023137 -2.072700 0.040801
## factor(EDUCLVL)2                        -0.021925   0.021662 -1.012100 0.313948
## factor(EDUCLVL)3                        -0.026732   0.035717 -0.748434 0.455973
## factor(EDUCLVL)8                         0.204592   0.136219  1.501900 0.136297
## factor(URBAN)2                          -0.006488   0.016390 -0.395855 0.693064
## factor(KIDSEX)2                          0.013049   0.013133  0.993637 0.322822
## factor(KIDTWIN)21                       -0.026227   0.115302 -0.227466 0.820530
## factor(KIDTWIN)22                       -0.002469   0.059611 -0.041424 0.967042
## factor(KIDBORD)2                        -0.001688   0.012383 -0.136298 0.891862
## factor(KIDBORD)3                        -0.003068   0.015704 -0.195357 0.845514
## factor(KIDBORD)4                         0.018038   0.024528  0.735425 0.463819
## factor(KIDBORD)5                        -0.010768   0.049065 -0.219453 0.826749
## factor(KIDBORD)6                         0.119887   0.045590  2.629700 0.009911
## factor(KIDBORD)7                        -0.061813   0.081705 -0.756542 0.451121
## factor(KIDBORD)8                         0.103258   0.064378  1.603900 0.111915
## factor(KIDBORD)9                         0.160876   0.087617  1.836100 0.069340
## factor(KIDBORD)10                        0.133044   0.065311  2.037100 0.044310
## factor(KIDBORD)11                        0.146616   0.075123  1.951700 0.053801
## factor(KIDBORD)12                        0.044158   0.049348  0.894841 0.373042
## factor(KIDBORD)13                        0.128322   0.085033  1.509100 0.134463
## factor(RELIGION)1000                    -0.158512   0.082155 -1.929400 0.056540
## factor(RELIGION)2000                    -0.108961   0.082523 -1.320400 0.189755
## factor(RELIGION)3000                    -0.069504   0.117582 -0.591109 0.555794
## factor(RELIGION)4000                    -0.176072   0.081343 -2.164600 0.032824
## factor(RELIGION)6402                     0.360690   0.141767  2.544200 0.012497
## factor(RELIGION)7200                    -0.163172   0.189511 -0.861014 0.391311
## factor(RELIGION)7400                    -0.006401   0.106474 -0.060116 0.952184
## factor(RELIGION)9000                    -0.123203   0.099671 -1.236100 0.219348
## mean_children                           -0.051975   0.067464 -0.770409 0.442892
## literacy                                -0.606887   0.174100 -3.485800 0.000733
## mean_wealth                              0.070185   0.083058  0.845012 0.400142
## urban_per                               -0.004062   0.101558 -0.039993 0.968180
## `time_diff_months.cat_(-Inf,-36]`:close  0.142574   0.080355  1.774300 0.079088
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(-36,-19]`  -0.036768   0.071888 -0.511462 0.610166
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(-19,-9]`   -0.238719   0.122671 -1.946000 0.054489
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(-9,0]`     -0.035833   0.084745 -0.422830 0.673337
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(0,9]`      -0.156627   0.074133 -2.112800 0.037135
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(9,18]`     -0.153030   0.050997 -3.000800 0.003407
## close:`time_diff_months.cat_(18, Inf]`   0.127565   0.082315  1.549700 0.124402
##                                            
## `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: 0.462382     Adj. R2: 0.084125
##                  Within R2: 0.010951

Event study graph

Regression summary

## OLS estimation, Dep. Var.: long_brstfd
## Observations: 8,881 
## Fixed-effects: district_name: 100,  bday_mo: 160,  GEO_IA1992_2015^bday_year: 183
## Standard-errors: Clustered (district_name) 
##                       Estimate Std. Error   t value Pr(>|t|)    
## treated               0.137982   0.071939  1.918000 0.057987 .  
## factor(EDUCLVL)1     -0.043263   0.022494 -1.923300 0.057316 .  
## factor(EDUCLVL)2     -0.007199   0.021222 -0.339244 0.735145    
## factor(EDUCLVL)3      0.000375   0.036177  0.010360 0.991755    
## factor(EDUCLVL)8      0.138164   0.099630  1.386800 0.168626    
## factor(KIDSEX)2       0.013172   0.013523  0.974011 0.332425    
## factor(KIDTWIN)21    -0.023696   0.114986 -0.206075 0.837155    
## factor(KIDTWIN)22    -0.002284   0.057289 -0.039872 0.968275    
## factor(KIDBORD)2     -0.001180   0.012659 -0.093219 0.925918    
## factor(KIDBORD)3     -0.003433   0.015628 -0.219690 0.826565    
## factor(KIDBORD)4      0.015553   0.024937  0.623723 0.534244    
## factor(KIDBORD)5     -0.012284   0.050887 -0.241390 0.809752    
## factor(KIDBORD)6      0.120207   0.047078  2.553400 0.012194 *  
## factor(KIDBORD)7     -0.053214   0.083300 -0.638821 0.524414    
## factor(KIDBORD)8      0.099145   0.068656  1.444100 0.151876    
## factor(KIDBORD)9      0.161518   0.084357  1.914700 0.058419 .  
## factor(KIDBORD)10     0.128941   0.065732  1.961600 0.052615 .  
## factor(KIDBORD)11     0.128756   0.078930  1.631300 0.106011    
## factor(KIDBORD)12     0.041338   0.048502  0.852304 0.396102    
## factor(KIDBORD)13     0.120217   0.087390  1.375600 0.172037    
## factor(RELIGION)1000 -0.096737   0.077498 -1.248300 0.214881    
## factor(RELIGION)2000 -0.056245   0.077681 -0.724050 0.470743    
## factor(RELIGION)3000 -0.012328   0.116462 -0.105852 0.915914    
## factor(RELIGION)4000 -0.120049   0.076044 -1.578700 0.117601    
## factor(RELIGION)6402  0.294319   0.145967  2.016300 0.046474 *  
## factor(RELIGION)7200 -0.083454   0.191341 -0.436151 0.663677    
## factor(RELIGION)7400  0.048512   0.101085  0.479909 0.632351    
## factor(RELIGION)9000 -0.059932   0.100276 -0.597670 0.551425    
## mean_children        -0.008339   0.068117 -0.122416 0.902817    
## literacy             -0.543905   0.170853 -3.183500 0.001945 ** 
## mean_wealth           0.114975   0.078962  1.456100 0.148533    
## urban_per            -0.055940   0.100169 -0.558459 0.577792    
## WEALTHS              -0.018717   0.008041 -2.327800 0.021959 *  
## treated:WEALTHS       0.008536   0.066355  0.128642 0.897902    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## RMSE: 0.463042     Adj. R2: 0.08287 
##                  Within R2: 0.007818