Table 2.

a: Comparison of Absolute Standardized Differences (SDs) Before and After Matching: Women (N=496)
Variable	Women Before PS Methods	Stratified Approach	Joint Approach	Interaction Approach	Joint Model, Separate Matching	Interaction Model, Separate Matching
Propensity Score	0.807*	0.008	0.139	0.094	0.043	0.016
Maternal Depression Time 1	0.005	0.041	0.011	0.042	0.015	0.021
Maternal Depression Time 2	0.138	0.016	0.064	0.086	0.059	0.015
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)	0.151	0.013	0.114	0.052	0.295	0.054
Shy Behavior	0.178	0.021	0.142	0.086	0.054	0.064
Aggressive Behavior	0.262	0.034	0.096	0.106	0.092	0.050
Conduct Problems	0.215	0.120	0.045	0.066	0.068	0.045
Reading Ability	0.015	0.088	0.039	0.102	0.223	0.133
Childhood Poverty Status	0.057	0.022	0.261	0.067	0.237	0.018
Adolescent Poverty Status	0.076	0.063	0.013	0.071	0.158	0.014
Female Headed Household	0.173	0.033	0.085	0.026	0.076	0.043
Mother's Years of Schooling	0.100	0.061	0.039	0.018	0.034	0.053
Maternal School Aspirations	0.176	0.007	0.093	0.061	0.055	0.097
Harsh Punishment	0.185	0.016	0.022	0.019	0.041	0.122
Low Birth Weight	0.100	0.015	0.100	0.115	0.075	0.033
Adolescent Depressive   Feelings	0.204	0.005	0.100	0.071	0.090	0.140
Adolescent Angry Feelings	0.307	0.096	0.171	0.112	0.008	0.070
School Bonds	0.168	0.048	0.150	0.090	0.046	0.069
Parental Supervision	0.122	0.117	0.105	0.021	0.050	0.103
Family Conflict	0.524	0.029	0.123	0.009	0.099	0.010
Adolescent Delinquency	0.329	0.025	0.079	0.032	0.058	0.173
Maternal Substance Use	0.030	0.024	0.108	0.191	0.137	0.114
Adolescent Hard Liquor Use	0.099	0.013	0.104	0.043	0.077	0.007
Adolescent Marijuana Use	0.096	0.025	0.065	0.060	0.003	0.005
Adolescent Smoking	0.145	0.028	0.026	0.036	0.102	0.053
Mean Absolute (Abs) SD	0.186	0.039	0.092	0.067	0.088	0.061
# of Abs SDs that Decreased	n/a	23	20	20	19	22

b: Comparison of Absolute Standardized Differences (SDs) Before and After Matching: Men (N=456)
Variable	Men Before PS Methods	Stratified Approach	Joint Approach	Interaction Approach	Joint Model, Separate Matching	Interaction Model, Separate Matching
Propensity Score	0.599	0.059	0.063	0.034	0.005	0.005
Maternal Depression Time 1	0.003	0.130	0.036	0.027	0.056	0.063
Maternal Depression Time 2	0.068	0.057	0.076	0.096	0.064	0.102
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)	0.032	0.086	0.148	0.080	0.196	0.090
Shy Behavior	0.045	0.167	0.213	0.057	0.108	0.017
Aggressive Behavior	0.058	0.134	0.185	0.038	0.059	0.031
Conduct Problems	0.040	0.126	0.147	0.012	0.021	0.061
Reading Ability	0.253	0.017	0.018	0.108	0.143	0.071
Childhood Poverty Status	0.471	0.014	0.111	0.063	0.267	0.015
Adolescent Poverty Status	0.210	0.089	0.026	0.044	0.139	0.088
Female Headed Household	0.306	0.114	0.149	0.002	0.091	0.067
Mother's Years of Schooling	0.079	0.082	0.206	0.096	0.011	0.007
Maternal School Aspirations	0.106	0.024	0.021	0.114	0.036	0.135
Harsh Punishment	0.265	0.001	0.022	0.044	0.072	0.007
Low Birth Weight	0.028	0.092	0.032	0.012	0.031	0.088
Adolescent Depressive   Feelings	0.197	0.095	0.080	0.074	0.013	0.106
Adolescent Angry Feelings	0.207	0.126	0.012	0.118	0.009	0.011
School Bonds	0.112	0.031	0.129	0.166	0.174	0.172
Parental Supervision	0.071	0.002	0.030	0.079	0.084	0.048
Family Conflict	0.236	0.031	0.161	0.193	0.053	0.145
Adolescent Delinquency	0.204	0.098	0.039	0.114	0.050	0.079
Maternal Substance Use	0.132	0.075	0.176	0.012	0.111	0.081
Adolescent Hard Liquor Use	0.017	0.035	0.028	0.199	0.083	0.084
Adolescent Marijuana Use	0.138	0.049	0.040	0.040	0.018	0.004
Adolescent Smoking	0.153	0.071	0.028	0.181	0.005	0.111
Mean Absolute (Abs) SD	0.161	0.042	0.087	0.080	0.076	0.068
# of Abs SDs that Decreased	n/a	17	14	15	17	17

Note: PS=Propensity Score. Bolded font indicates SDs whose absolute value decreased in comparison with the original sample.

^*This outlier is omitted from Figure 1a to assist in readability.