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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Soc Work. 2018 Jun 18;21(4-5):331–347. doi: 10.1080/10522158.2018.1469563

Table 2.

Balance check before and after propensity score weighting.

After Propensity
Uncorrected Sample Score Weighting
(N = 2,284) (N = 2,284)
b SE b SE
Age −1.39*** 0.31 −0.21 0.34
Race
 White −0.42** 0.14 −0.26 0.17
 Black 0.49*** 0.11 0.21 0.13
 Hispanic −0.24 0.13 −0.04 0.15
 Other −0.28 0.32 −0,15 0.40
Poverty level
 Below poverty 0.78*** 0.11 0.07 0.12
 100%−299% −0.07 0.11 −0.00 0.13
 300%+ −1.48*** 0.20 −0.10 0.21
Employed −0.08 0.11 0.00 0.13
Receives welfare 0.91*** 0.12 0.01 0.13
Receives SSI 0.38 0.22 0.15 0.28
Receives food stamps 0.96*** 0.11 0.07 0.12
Three or more children 0.23* 0.11 0.04 0.13
Married/cohabitating −0.49*** 0.11 −0.20 0.13
Domestic violence 1.27*** 0.26 0.14 0.32
Depression 1.36*** 0.12 −0.02 0.13
*

Note. Balance check conducted through simple linear/logistic regression models using the treatment variable (housing instability) as the sole predictor variable; significant beta coefficients indicate imbalance between treated/control groups on covariates. SSI = Supplemental Security Income.p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001.