Table 6 Balance test results
Variable | Sample | Mean | Standardized bias (%) | Bias reduction (%) | T test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treated | Control | T Value | P Value | ||||
Age | U | 36.343 | 35.824 | 5.3 | 8.72 | 0.000 | |
M | 36.343 | 36.27 | 0.7 | 86 | 1.03 | 0.302 | |
Gender | U | 0.55488 | 0.5766 | -4.4 | -7.27 | 0.000 | |
M | 0.55488 | 0.5524 | 0.5 | 88.4 | 0.7 | 0.486 | |
Marriage | U | 0.84885 | 0.7967 | 13.7 | 22.08 | 0.000 | |
M | 0.84885 | 0.84792 | 0.2 | 98.2 | 0.35 | 0.726 | |
Education | U | 3.5736 | 3.4637 | 9.5 | 15.72 | 0.000 | |
M | 3.5736 | 3.5668 | 0.6 | 93.8 | 0.79 | 0.428 | |
Healthy | U | 1.1528 | 1.1732 | -5 | -8.24 | 0.000 | |
M | 1.1528 | 1.1513 | 0.4 | 92.7 | 0.52 | 0.601 | |
Pincome | U | 8.0579 | 8.0655 | -0.6 | -0.97 | 0.333 | |
M | 8.0579 | 8.0545 | 0.3 | 54.2 | 0.37 | 0.709 | |
Year | U | 6.8229 | 6.0666 | 12.8 | 20.92 | 0.000 | |
M | 6.8229 | 6.8245 | 0 | 99.8 | -0.04 | 0.972 | |
Range | U | 1.7875 | 1.6236 | 21.8 | 36.25 | 0.000 | |
M | 1.7875 | 1.7852 | 0.3 | 98.6 | 0.4 | 0.690 | |
Cities | U | 1.9079 | 2.0842 | -9.4 | -14.88 | 0.000 | |
M | 1.9079 | 1.906 | 0.1 | 98.9 | 0.16 | 0.872 | |
Familysize | U | 3.1994 | 3.0785 | 10.2 | 16.65 | 0.000 | |
M | 3.1994 | 3.1988 | 0.1 | 99.5 | 0.07 | 0.944 | |
Income_per | U | 7.6233 | 7.6685 | -6.2 | -10.05 | 0.000 | |
M | 7.6233 | 7.6202 | 0.4 | 93.2 | 0.58 | 0.562 | |
Province | U | 0.3665 | 0.4864 | -24.4 | -40.08 | 0.000 | |
M | 0.3665 | 0.3638 | 0.5 | 97.8 | 0.75 | 0.451 | |