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Table 3 Predictor means between synthetic and test case in pre-intervention period—Quadrant 1 countries

From: Estimating the impact of donor programs on child mortality in low- and middle-income countries: a synthetic control analysis of child health programs funded by the United States Agency for International Development

Variables*

Real

Synthetic

Mean

Std dev.

TFR

6.56

6.77

4.928765

1.681963

Stunting

49.22

48.45

35.75449

16.63775

HIV

5.10

1.32

1.552914

3.751662

DPT

47.73

30.42

58.76974

28.79853

Sanitation

17.10

17.03

45.64145

28.97808

Clean water

40.30

44.20

66.24747

22.26785

Logged GDP

6.08

6.49

7.378961

1.157757

Urbanization

23.36

23.36

41.80917

20.47601

ODA per capita

41.06

41.10

45.79208

46.53611

Polity score

− 2.90

− 2.91

− 1.25822

6.643895

Under-five mortality (1998)

167.31

167.31

103.7425

68.59552

Under-five mortality (1990)

189.46

189.43

118.0603

75.78079

Under-five mortality (1980)

219.89

219.85

147.9589

78.69472

  1. *Ordering of these predictors is important in the nested analysis and the results can be replicated if the variables are entered in Stata syntax in the above manner