Hello all,
I am trying to evaluate the effectiveness of a government program which was implemented in a few ( and not all) districts of India. I aim to use matching along with difference in difference. For each treatment district, I want to find a control district based on nearest neighbor matching of the variable sex ratio at birth (SRB) in 2011. However, I want to ensure that matching is done within a state i.e. the treatment and control district should lie within the same state of India. Can someone please tell me how to go about it? Here is how my data set looks like:
I am trying to evaluate the effectiveness of a government program which was implemented in a few ( and not all) districts of India. I aim to use matching along with difference in difference. For each treatment district, I want to find a control district based on nearest neighbor matching of the variable sex ratio at birth (SRB) in 2011. However, I want to ensure that matching is done within a state i.e. the treatment and control district should lie within the same state of India. Can someone please tell me how to go about it? Here is how my data set looks like:
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* Example generated by -dataex-. For more info, type help dataex clear input str14 state str28 district int SRB_2011 byte treatment "TL" "adilabad" 1001 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "agra" 868 1 "GUJARAT" "ahmadabad" 904 1 "MH" "ahmadnagar" 939 1 "MZ" "aizawl" 1009 0 "RAJASTHAN" "ajmer" 951 0 "MH" "akola" 946 0 "KERALA" "alappuzha" 1100 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "aligarh" 882 0 "MADHYA PRADESH" "alirajpur" 1011 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "allahabad" 901 0 "UTTARAKHAND" "almora" 1139 0 "RAJASTHAN" "alwar" 895 1 "HARYANA" "ambala" 885 1 "UTTAR PRADESH" "ambedkar nagar" 978 0 "MH" "amravati" 951 0 "GUJARAT" "amreli" 964 0 "PUNJAB" "amritsar" 889 1 "GUJARAT" "anand" 925 0 "AP" "anantapur" 977 0 "J&K" "anantnag" 927 1 "ARP" "anjaw" 839 0 "ODISHA" "anugul" 943 0 "MADHYA PRADESH" "anuppur" 976 0 "BIHAR" "araria" 921 0 "TAMIL NADU" "ariyalur" 1015 0 "BIHAR" "arwal" 928 0 "MADHYA PRADESH" "ashoknagar" 904 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "auraiya" 864 0 "BIHAR" "aurangabad(bihar)" 926 0 "MH" "aurangabad(maharashtra)" 923 1 "UTTAR PRADESH" "azamgarh" 1019 0 "J&K" "badgam" 894 1 "KARNATAKA" "bagalkot" 989 0 "UTTARAKHAND" "bageshwar" 1090 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "baghpat" 861 1 "UTTAR PRADESH" "bahraich" 892 0 "ASSAM" "baksa" 974 0 "MADHYA PRADESH" "balaghat" 1021 0 "ODISHA" "balangir" 987 0 "ODISHA" "baleshwar" 957 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "ballia" 937 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "balrampur(uttar pradesh)" 928 0 "GUJARAT" "banas kantha" 938 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "banda" 863 0 "KARNATAKA" "bangalore" 916 0 "KARNATAKA" "bangalore rural" 946 0 "BIHAR" "banka" 907 0 "WB" "bankura" 957 0 "RAJASTHAN" "banswara" 980 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "bara banki" 910 0 "J&K" "baramula" 885 0 "RAJASTHAN" "baran" 929 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "bareilly" 887 0 "ODISHA" "bargarh" 977 0 "RAJASTHAN" "barmer" 902 0 "PUNJAB" "barnala" 876 1 "ASSAM" "barpeta" 953 0 "MADHYA PRADESH" "barwani" 982 0 "CHHATTISGARH" "bastar" 1023 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "basti" 963 0 "PUNJAB" "bathinda" 868 0 "ODISHA" "baudh" 991 0 "BIHAR" "begusarai" 895 0 "KARNATAKA" "belgaum" 973 0 "KARNATAKA" "bellary" 983 0 "MADHYA PRADESH" "betul" 971 0 "ODISHA" "bhadrak" 981 0 "BIHAR" "bhagalpur" 880 0 "MH" "bhandara" 982 0 "RAJASTHAN" "bharatpur" 880 1 "GUJARAT" "bharuch" 925 0 "GUJARAT" "bhavnagar" 933 0 "RAJASTHAN" "bhilwara" 973 0 "MADHYA PRADESH" "bhind" 837 1 "HARYANA" "bhiwani" 886 1 "BIHAR" "bhojpur" 907 0 "MADHYA PRADESH" "bhopal" 918 0 "MH" "bid" 916 1 "KARNATAKA" "bidar" 956 0 "CHHATTISGARH" "bijapur(chatisgarh)" 984 1 "KARNATAKA" "bijapur(karnataka)" 960 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "bijnor" 917 0 "RAJASTHAN" "bikaner" 905 0 "CHHATTISGARH" "bilaspur(chatisgarh)" 971 0 "HP" "bilaspur(himachal)" 981 0 "WB" "birbhum" 956 0 "MN" "bishnupur" 999 0 "JHARKHAND" "bokaro" 922 0 "ASSAM" "bongaigaon" 966 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "budaun" 871 0 "UTTAR PRADESH" "bulandshahr" 896 1 "MH" "buldana" 934 1 "RAJASTHAN" "bundi" 925 0 "MADHYA PRADESH" "burhanpur" 951 0 "BIHAR" "buxar" 922 0 "ASSAM" "cachar" 959 0 "NCT OF DELHI" "central" 892 0 "KARNATAKA" "chamarajanagar" 993 0 "HP" "chamba" 986 0 end
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