Table 3 Average treatment effect of LBW under various methods of PSM on malnutrition.
Method | Complete Sample | Sub sample (Female) | Sub sample (Male) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MW | SW | Both | MW | SW | Both | MW | SW | Both | |
Nearest neighbor matching method | |||||||||
ATE | 0.079 | 0.046 | 0.075 | 0.078 | 0.051 | 0.081 | 0.110 | 0.039 | 0.078 |
N. Treated | 2095 | 2095 | 2095 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1071 | 1071 | 1071 |
N. Control | 1636 | 1636 | 1636 | 839 | 839 | 839 | 804 | 804 | 804 |
SE | 0.016 | 0.006 | 0.012 | 0.022 | 0.009 | 0.019 | 0.019 | 0.007 | 0.014 |
t-stat | 5.081 | 7.412 | 6.265 | 3.467 | 5.881 | 4.201 | 5.719 | 5.907 | 5.745 |
Radius matching method | |||||||||
ATE | 0.069 | 0.036 | 0.075 | 0.066 | 0.035 | 0.084 | 0.077 | 0.038 | 0.069 |
N. Treated | 2095 | 2095 | 2095 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1071 | 1071 | 1071 |
N. Control | 5666 | 5666 | 5666 | 2919 | 2919 | 2919 | 2724 | 2724 | 2724 |
SE | 0.011 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.016 | 0.010 | 0.013 | 0.015 | 0.010 | 0.012 |
t-stat | 6.277 | 5.156 | 8.350 | 4.067 | 3.399 | 6.276 | 5.078 | 3.934 | 5.676 |
Kernel matching method | |||||||||
ATE | 0.069 | 0.036 | 0.075 | 0.065 | 0.035 | 0.083 | 0.075 | 0.038 | 0.067 |
N. Treated | 2095 | 2095 | 2095 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1071 | 1071 | 1071 |
N. Control | 5666 | 5666 | 5666 | 2919 | 2919 | 2919 | 2724 | 2724 | 2724 |
SE | 0.009 | 0.010 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.009 | 0.009 | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.007 |
t-stat | 7.654 | 3.618 | 16.131 | 14.103 | 3.841 | 8.897 | 7.659 | 3.393 | 10.069 |
Stratification method | |||||||||
ATE | 0.067 | 0.036 | 0.073 | 0.059 | 0.033 | 0.081 | 0.075 | 0.040 | 0.065 |
N. Treated | 2095 | 2095 | 2095 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1071 | 1071 | 1071 |
N. Control | 5666 | 5666 | 5666 | 2913 | 2913 | 2913 | 2724 | 2724 | 2724 |
SE | 0.012 | 0.010 | 0.009 | 0.017 | 0.005 | 0.013 | 0.019 | 0.010 | 0.009 |
t-stat | 5.811 | 3.470 | 8.517 | 3.389 | 6.382 | 6.047 | 3.846 | 4.022 | 7.165 |
