Table 3.
Propensity Score Balance Summary
| A. Covariance Balance Summary | ||||
| Raw | Matched | |||
| Number of Observations | 2905 | 5088 | ||
| Treated Observations | 2544 | 2544 | ||
| Control Observations | 361 | 2544 | ||
| Variable Name | Standardized Differences | Variance Ratio | ||
| Raw | Matched | Raw | Matched | |
| Mother’s age | −.1296483 | .0364344 | .9287937 | 1.009999 |
| Child is Twin | −.0208939 | −.1156947 | .8807093 | .5463699 |
| Birth Order | −.1119146 | .0710256 | .8888037 | 1.199043 |
| Male | −.0085316 | −.0559324 | .9982579 | 1.006856 |
| # ANC Visits | .206661 | −.1835419 | .943477 | .5885621 |
| C-Section | .0540464 | −.0597158 | 1.135394 | .8804142 |
| Birth Interval | −.0408154 | .1321761 | 1.135338 | .7049418 |
| Facility Delivery | .2746749 | .0830562 | .7614058 | .9029657 |
| Distance to Health Facility a Problem | −.1786455 | .1215717 | .8775627 | 1.140062 |
| Employed | −.2450663 | −.1205648 | 1.515683 | 1.196728 |
| Primary | .0234105 | −.0090512 | 1.036952 | .9856519 |
| Secondary | .2972229 | −.180736 | 1.146584 | 1.003001 |
| Higher | .0924015 | −.0616649 | 1.527182 | .7932333 |
| Married | −.1246425 | .2719016 | 1.13 | .8624613 |
| Living Together | .1411103 | −.2760325 | 1.319529 | .7002463 |
| Div/Wid/Sep | −.1245533 | .0329835 | .6440925 | 1.149318 |
| Poor | .0742811 | −.0427384 | 1.126954 | .939822 |
| Middle | .2025143 | −.1443748 | 1.456805 | .8293347 |
| Rich | .2487801 | −.0267813 | 1.756897 | .9556369 |
| Richest | −.0371579 | .0262596 | .926871 | 1.056912 |
| Urban | −.1870417 | −.0771981 | 1.079494 | 1.024072 |
| Western | .1767931 | −.1432928 | 1.761079 | .7223761 |
| Central | .0278805 | −.0476522 | 1.091104 | .8685413 |
| Volta | .3894944 | .088634 | 8.038964 | 1.302943 |
| Eastern | .1335153 | −.0792723 | 1.561523 | .8110256 |
| Ashanti | .3823853 | .0773616 | 9.837706 | 1.275423 |
| Brong-Ahafo | .538495 | −.0802844 | 21.94662 | .8581629 |
| Northern | −.5721632 | .042118 | .4612771 | 1.108165 |
| Upper East | .3371211 | .1979067 | 3.502459 | 1.801891 |
| Upper West | −.3843526 | −.0066071 | .4819179 | .9822969 |
| B. Over Identification Test | ||||
| Over identification test for covariance balance | ||||
| H0: Covariates are Balanced | ||||
| Chi2 (31) = 22.0718 | ||||
| Prob > chi 2 = 0.8807 | ||||