Table 7 Selected baseline covariates used in logit estimation for the propensity score before and after matching (group B)
From: Women’s employment, income and divorce in West Germany: a causal approach
Raw sample | Matched sample | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treated | Control | ND | Treated | Control | ND | |
At t0 | ||||||
Age | 40.41 | 39.89 | 0.07 | 40.41 | 40.36 | 0.01 |
Age difference to spouse | 2.73 | 2.67 | 0.02 | 2.73 | 2.84 | − 0.02 |
Marriage duration | 16.50 | 15.52 | 0.13 | 16.50 | 16.53 | 0.00 |
In t−729 to t−365 | ||||||
Childbirth (one if yes) | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA |
At t−730 | ||||||
Number of child 0–2 | 0.04 | 0.11 | − 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Number of child 3–5 | 0.04 | 0.09 | − 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Number of child 6–15 | 0.66 | 0.67 | − 0.01 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.04 |
Number of child 16 and older | 0.51 | 0.52 | − 0.01 | 0.51 | 0.53 | − 0.03 |
In t−1094 to t−730 | ||||||
Days schooling (higher) | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA |
Days vocational training | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA |
Days care | 1.86 | 1.20 | 0.03 | 1.86 | 2.78 | − 0.05 |
Days parental leave | 88.39 | 133.00 | − 0.29 | 88.39 | 82.04 | 0.04 |
Days work disability | 3.28 | 1.91 | 0.09 | 3.28 | 3.21 | 0.01 |
Days unemployed | 6.74 | 8.69 | − 0.05 | 6.74 | 5.18 | 0.04 |
Days employed (marginal) | 3.12 | 4.17 | − 0.04 | 3.12 | 1.62 | 0.05 |
Days employed (regular) | 344.89 | 333.45 | 0.16 | 344.89 | 346.30 | -0.02 |
Daily income (marginal) | 0.14 | 0.21 | − 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
Daily income (regular) | 56.00 | 54.83 | 0.04 | 56.00 | 56.58 | − 0.02 |
Yearly income (marginal) | 30.13 | 24.73 | 0.02 | 30.13 | 15.45 | 0.05 |
Yearly income (regular) | 19,681.67 | 18,539.90 | 0.11 | 19,681.67 | 19,881.25 | − 0.02 |
From first record to t−730 | ||||||
Lifetime days schooling (higher) | 393.00 | 348.57 | 0.06 | 393.00 | 398.00 | − 0.01 |
Lifetime days vocational training | 534.91 | 585.07 | − 0.10 | 534.91 | 529.90 | 0.01 |
Lifetime days tenure | 4931.96 | 4989.86 | − 0.02 | 4931.96 | 4960.00 | − 0.01 |
Lifetime days tenure (yearly) | 250.76 | 261.38 | − 0.13 | 250.76 | 251.46 | − 0.01 |
Case numbers | 134 | 328 | 112 | 293 | ||