Table 19 Propensity score matching balance check.

From: Community participatory Jingchu folk pattern generation platform construction and user co-creation mechanism analysis

Baseline covariate

High engagement (N = 98) Mean

Low engagement (N = 98) Mean

Standardized difference

p-value

Cultural knowledge (baseline)

6.82

6.75

0.04

0.72

Age

32.4

33.1

-0.06

0.58

Education level

3.12

3.08

0.03

0.78

Prior platform experience

2.45

2.51

-0.05

0.65

Technology comfort

4.12

4.05

0.06

0.54

Outcome: 90-day retention

68.40%

21.40%

-

< 0.001

Outcome: Creation quality

7.82

6.45

-

< 0.001

Effect size (Cohen’s d)

-

-

0.72

95% CI: [0.58, 0.86]