Table 3. Summary of balance of the control variables before and after matching for natural forest Timber Concession (TC) and Oil Palm Concession (OPC) plots.
| Variable | Means in OPC cells | Means in TC cells | SD Control | Mean Diff | eQQ Med | eQQ Mean | eQQ Max | |
| Travel time to cities (hr) | Before | 17.6 | 43.1 | 37.1 | −25.5 | 19.4 | 26.2 | 98.1 |
| After | 24.8 | 28.5 | 27.9 | −3.8 | 11.6 | 12.9 | 99.9 | |
| % Balance Improvementa | 90.5% | 48.5% | 51.1% | −4.4% | ||||
| Travel time to mills (hr) | Before | 17.6 | 42.4 | 34.7 | −24.8 | 18.1 | 25.9 | 93.7 |
| After | 24.9 | 27.1 | 25.5 | −2.3 | 9.3 | 12.2 | 107.1 | |
| % Balance Improvementa | 95.3% | 51.1% | 53.7% | −12.4% | ||||
| Travel time to roads (hr) | Before | 16.4 | 41.7 | 37.0 | −25.3 | 18.5 | 26.0 | 101.2 |
| After | 22.1 | 26.9 | 28.1 | −4.8 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 96.0 | |
| % Balance Improvementa | 86.0% | 46.3% | 51.6% | 2.4% | ||||
| Travel time to plantations (hr) | Before | 13.9 | 39.6 | 35.3 | −25.7 | 16.4 | 26.3 | 92.3 |
| After | 20.4 | 24.4 | 26.1 | −4.1 | 8.2 | 12.2 | 94.5 | |
| % Balance Improvementa | 87.4% | 53.0% | 53.9% | 4.0% | ||||
| Elevation (m) | Before | 90.8 | 359.7 | 292.4 | −268.9 | 201.6 | 269.0 | 888.8 |
| After | 164.1 | 167.5 | 162.3 | −3.5 | 20.0 | 29.1 | 235.0 | |
| % Balance Improvementa | 98.0% | 91.0% | 89.6% | 65.1% | ||||
| Slope (percent) | Before | 4.6 | 17.1 | 11.7 | −12.4 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 22.6 |
| After | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 11.3 | |
| % Balance Improvementa | 98.9% | 97.1% | 91.6% | 31.9% |