Table 4 Covariates balance between participants and non-participants in Malakit before and after PS estimation
Covariates | Initial (N=354) | Propensity score matching (N=214) | Inverse probability of treatment weighting (N=354) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not included in Malakit (N=247) | Included in Malakit (N=107) | |SMD| | Not included in Malakit (N=107) | Included in Malakit (N=107) | |SMD| | Not included in Malakit (N=247) | Included in Malakit (N=107) | |SMD| | ||
Male (%) | 78.1 | 67.3 | 0.244** | 66.4 | 67.3 | 0.020 | 74.6 | 74.2 | 0.009 | |
Age (years) | 41.2 | 36.9 | 0.403** | 36.6 | 36.9 | 0.035 | 39.9 | 40.0 | 0.012 | |
None or primary education level (%) | 39.7 | 25.2 | 0.311** | 23.4 | 25.2 | 0.043 | 35.3 | 35.1 | 0.005 | |
Not fluent in Portuguese (%) | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.027 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.097 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.006 | |
No French health coverage (%) | 98.0 | 96.3 | 0.102* | 98.1 | 96.3 | 0.099 | 97.4 | 97.3 | 0.005 | |
Time worked in gold mining (years) | 13.7 | 10.7 | 0.292** | 10.3 | 10.7 | 0.047 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 0.012 | |
<4 malaria episodes experienced (%) | 46.6 | 49.5 | 0.059 | 52.3 | 49.5 | 0.056 | 47.4 | 46.7 | 0.015 | |