The study used this data of infant health outcomes which include maternal characteristic for over 30 million births occurring in the U.S. in this time period. This also provides which county the mother is located in. The two particular extracted included preterm birth and low birthweight.

Vital Statistics Nationality Birth Data (2002-2012)

To measure the racial prejudice in the county the mothers are located in, the study used counties with high rates of racial prejudice to help determine a correlation with negative birth outcomes. 


Implicit Association Test (2002-2012)

There are large racial disparities in health outcomes between Black and white mothers. Black mothers are more likely to have low-birth weights and give birth early. The study wanted to understand if racial prejudice causes these disparities.

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Racial Prejudice can systematically influence maternal access to quality healthcare services and also have the potential to negatively impact fetal health as a chronic stressor 

Racial Prejudice 

Orchard, Jacob, and Joseph Price. “County-Level Racial Prejudice and the Black-White Gap in Infant Health Outcomes.” Social Science &amp; Medicine, vol. 181, 2017, pp. 191–198., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.036. 

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