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Table 2 The L1 measure of imbalance before and after the coarsened exact matching

From: Poverty and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study in rural China

Variables

before matching L1(mean)

after matching L1(mean)

Region

0.30265 (0.30265)

1.6e-15 (4e-15)

Gender

0.00177 (−0.00177)

1.2e-15 (0)

Age

0.05425 (0.0583)

2.9e-15 (−6.7e-15)

Marital status

0.08921 (−0.02041)

1.1e-15 (−8.4e-15)

Distance a

0.0538 (0.08406)

9.4e-16 (2.2e-16)

Household size

0.04367 (0.08231)

2.4e-15 (8.7e-15)

Education level

0.16496 (−0.22206)

1.5e-15 (−2e-15)

SHI

0.02789 (−0.02789)

8.6e-16 (−1.7e-16)

CHI

0.07514 (−0.07514)

1.1e-15 (5.3e-15)

Multivariate L1

0.50114

0.00797

N

6111

4015

  1. Note: CHI Commercial health insurance, SHI Social health insurance; aDistance to the nearest healthcare facilities