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Table 3 Means for matched, unmatched, and common support samples

From: A matching decomposition of the rural–urban difference in malnutrition in Malawi

Variable

HAZ and WAZ

Unmatched rural

Unmatched urban

Common support

HAZ

−1.802

−1.410

−1.783

WAZ

−1.049

−0.798

−1.068

Mild stunting

0.745

0.644

0.729

Moderate stunting

0.466

0.338

0.458

Severe stunting

0.192

0.127

0.191

Mild underweight

0.543

0.456

0.570

Moderate underweight

0.196

0.144

0.188

Severe underweight

0.033

0.019

0.042

Poorest

0.238

0.046

0.281

Poor

0.224

0.066

0.235

Middle

0.230

0.106

0.159

Richer

0.192

0.163

0.180

Richest

0.113

0.617

0.142

Age difference

7.218

6.927

4.419

Teen age mother

0.086

0.109

0.171

No education

0.289

0.137

0.302

Primary education

0.682

0.676

0.703

Secondary education +

0.066

0.276

0.130

No education

0.172

0.082

0.295

Primary education

0.693

0.485

0.617

Secondary education +

0.149

0.470

0.102

Observations

41847

4536

7496

Share (%)

77.67

8.42

13.91