Inappropriate column size when using \multicolumn

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I have a column size problem when using \multicolumn, please see the following pic:

The size of the second column is bigger than the size of the first column, which should be balanced (like the rest of the columns).

The corresponding latex code:

\begin{table}[!t]
    \renewcommand\tabcolsep{5.5pt}
    \caption{Performance}
    \begin{center}
        \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
            \hline
            \multirow{2}{*}{Method} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\emph{shapes\_translation}} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\emph{shapes\_6dof}}   & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\emph{poster\_6dof}}   & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\emph{slider\_depth}} \\ \cline{2-9}
            & AOR                 & AR                 & AOR              & AR               & AOR              & AR               & AOR                & AR            \\ \hline
            SiamFC\cite{bertinetto2016fully}                  & 0.812             & 0.940            & 0.835          & 0.968          & 0.830          & 0.956          & 0.909            & \textbf{1.000}       \\ \hline
            ECO\cite{danelljan2017eco}                     & 0.823               & 0.943              & 0.847            & 0.969            & 0.846            & 0.960            & \textbf{0.947}              & \textbf{1.000}         \\ \hline
            SiamRPN++\cite{Li_2019_CVPR}     & 0.790             & 0.942            & 0.779          & 0.972          & 0.753          & 0.899          & 0.907            & \textbf{1.000}       \\ \hline
            ATOM\cite{Danelljan_2019_CVPR}       & 0.815             & 0.945            & 0.803          & 0.974          & 0.835          & 0.961          & 0.897            & \textbf{1.000}       \\ \hline
            E-MS\cite{barranco2018real}                  & 0.675    & 0.768   & 0.612 & 0.668 & 0.417 & 0.373 & 0.447   & 0.350  \\ \hline
            RMRNet-TS                  & 0.491    & 0.564   & 0.467 & 0.509 & 0.504 & 0.558 & 0.814   & 0.993  \\ \hline
            RMRNet                  & \textbf{0.836}    & \textbf{0.951}   & \textbf{0.866} & \textbf{0.980} & \textbf{0.859} & \textbf{0.962} & 0.915   & \textbf{1.000}  \\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
    \end{center}
\end{table}

I have found that 'shapes_translation' is longer than the other titles (such as shapes_6dof), which makes the unbalanced column size. But I do not know how to fix it. Any help will be appreciated, thank you in advance.

Update:

I have modified the code according to Ben's answer in Table column widths disproportionate due to multicolumn cell being too long

The new table and the new code:

\newlength\widthSubTabTwo
\settowidth\widthSubTabTwo{shapes\_translation}
\newlength\lengthTwo
\setlength\lengthTwo{\dimexpr(\widthSubTabTwo+2\tabcolsep)/2-2\tabcolsep\relax}

\begin{table}[!t]
    \renewcommand\tabcolsep{5.5pt}
    \caption{Performance}
    \begin{center}
        \begin{tabular}{|c|*{2}{w{c}{\lengthTwo}}|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
            \hline
            \multirow{2}{*}{Method} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\emph{shapes\_translation}} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\emph{shapes\_6dof}}   & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\emph{poster\_6dof}}   & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\emph{slider\_depth}} \\ \cline{2-9}
            & AOR                 & AR                 & AOR              & AR               & AOR              & AR               & AOR                & AR            \\ \hline
            SiamFC\cite{bertinetto2016fully}                  & 0.812             & 0.940            & 0.835          & 0.968          & 0.830          & 0.956          & 0.909            & \textbf{1.000}       \\ \hline
            ECO\cite{danelljan2017eco}                     & 0.823               & 0.943              & 0.847            & 0.969            & 0.846            & 0.960            & \textbf{0.947}              & \textbf{1.000}         \\ \hline
            SiamRPN++\cite{Li_2019_CVPR}     & 0.790             & 0.942            & 0.779          & 0.972          & 0.753          & 0.899          & 0.907            & \textbf{1.000}       \\ \hline
            ATOM\cite{Danelljan_2019_CVPR}       & 0.815             & 0.945            & 0.803          & 0.974          & 0.835          & 0.961          & 0.897            & \textbf{1.000}       \\ \hline
            E-MS\cite{barranco2018real}                  & 0.675    & 0.768   & 0.612 & 0.668 & 0.417 & 0.373 & 0.447   & 0.350  \\ \hline
            RMRNet-TS                  & 0.491    & 0.564   & 0.467 & 0.509 & 0.504 & 0.558 & 0.814   & 0.993  \\ \hline
            RMRNet                  & \textbf{0.836}    & \textbf{0.951}   & \textbf{0.866} & \textbf{0.980} & \textbf{0.859} & \textbf{0.962} & 0.915   & \textbf{1.000}  \\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
    \end{center}
\end{table}

Then, the problem is solved, but I have a new problem. The red vertical line is missing. I am a newbie at this, please help.

Best Answer

The new LaTeX3 package tabularray has an option hspan=even for distributing extra space evenly:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tabularray}
\usepackage{caption}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[!t]
    \centering
    \caption{Performance}
        \begin{tblr}{
          colspec = |c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|,
          cell{1}{1} = {r=2}{c}, % multirow
          cell{1}{even} = {c=2}{c}, % multicolumn
          hspan = even, % distribute extra space evenly
          colsep = 5.5pt,
        }
        \hline
          Method & \emph{shapes\_translation} & & \emph{shapes\_6dof} & & \emph{poster\_6dof} & & \emph{slider\_depth} & \\
        \cline{2-9}
                 & AOR & AR                     & AOR & AR              & AOR & AR              & AOR & AR \\
        \hline
            SiamFC\cite{bertinetto2016fully}
                 & 0.812  & 0.940               & 0.835    & 0.968      & 0.830   & 0.956       & 0.909 & \textbf{1.000} \\
        \hline
            ECO\cite{danelljan2017eco}
                 & 0.823  & 0.943 & 0.847  & 0.969 & 0.846   & 0.960  & \textbf{0.947}  & \textbf{1.000} \\
        \hline
            SiamRPN++\cite{Li_2019_CVPR}
                 & 0.790  & 0.942  & 0.779  & 0.972 & 0.753  & 0.899  & 0.907 & \textbf{1.000} \\
        \hline
            ATOM\cite{Danelljan_2019_CVPR}
                 & 0.815   & 0.945  & 0.803  & 0.974 & 0.835  & 0.961  & 0.897 & \textbf{1.000} \\
        \hline
            E-MS\cite{barranco2018real}
                 & 0.675    & 0.768   & 0.612 & 0.668 & 0.417 & 0.373 & 0.447   & 0.350  \\
        \hline
            RMRNet-TS 
                 & 0.491    & 0.564   & 0.467 & 0.509 & 0.504 & 0.558 & 0.814   & 0.993  \\ \hline
            RMRNet
                 & \textbf{0.836} & \textbf{0.951} & \textbf{0.866} & \textbf{0.980} & \textbf{0.859} & \textbf{0.962} & 0.915   & \textbf{1.000}  \\
        \hline
        \end{tblr}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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Some comments:

It's not necessary to make the final "Note" paragraph a part of the tabular material. In fact, it is the \multicolumn{7}{p{\linewidth}{...} directive -- along with the @{\extracolsep{5pt}} in the header of the tabular environment -- that's causing the undesirable alignment of the final, i.e., 7th column. You'll save yourself a lot of work by placing the "Note" material outside the tabular but, of course, before the \end{table} statement.
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Instead of \hline and \cline (with the occasional, somewhat awkward \\[-1.8ex] spacing adjustment thrown in), consider loading the booktabs package and using its rule-drawing macros \toprule, \midrule, and \cmidrule. The spacing improvements are dramatic.
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Finally, I suggest you use a tabular* environment instead of a tabular environment. Set the width of the tabular* environment to \textwidth, use @{\extracolsep{\fill}} instead of @{\extracolsep{5pt}}, and let LaTeX handle the issue of computing the amount of intercolumn whitespace.

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[hmargin=2.5cm,vmargin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{caption,booktabs,dcolumn}
\newcolumntype{d}[1]{D..{#1}}
%% Two handy shortcut macros:
  \newcommand{\mc}[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}}
  \newcommand{\G}[1]{\multicolumn{1}{@{}d{5.4}@{}}{#1}}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\setlength\tabcolsep{1pt} % default value: 6pt
\caption{Information Source of a Loan\label{table:7}}
\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{} l 
                            @{\extracolsep{\fill}} %% let LaTeX determine best col sep
                            *{6}{d{2.6}} @{}}
\toprule
 & \multicolumn{6}{c@{}}{Dependent variable} \\ 
\cmidrule{2-7} 
 & \multicolumn{3}{c}{runner75} 
 & \multicolumn{3}{c@{}}{runner} \\ 
 & \multicolumn{3}{c}{Transaction Accounts} 
 & \multicolumn{3}{c@{}}{Term Deposit Accounts} \\ 
\cmidrule(lr){2-4} \cmidrule(l){5-7}
& \mc{(1)} & \mc{(2)} & \mc{(3)} & \mc{(4)} & \mc{(5)} & \multicolumn{1}{c@{}}{(6)}\\ 
\midrule  
ln\_accountage & -0.0060^{***} & -0.0060^{***} & -0.0060^{***} & -0.0158^{***} & -0.0158^{***} & -0.0129^{***} \\
  & (0.0014) & (0.0014) & (0.0014) & (0.0022) & (0.0022) & (0.0029) \\
opening\_balance  & 0.0001^{***} & 0.0001^{***} & 0.0001^{***} & 0.0033^{**} & 0.0033^{**} & 0.0042^{**} \\
  & (0.0000) & (0.0000) & (0.0000) & (0.0011) & (0.0011) & (0.0015) \\
avg\_withdraw\_chng & 0.1143^{*}  & 0.1143^{*}  & 0.1264^{*}  & & & \\
  & (0.0561) & (0.0561) & (0.0539) & & & \\
avg\_deposit\_chng & -0.0011 & -0.0011 & -0.0011 & & & \\
  & (0.0012) & (0.0012) & (0.0012) & & & \\
avg\_transaction  & 0.0000 & 0.0000 & 0.0000 & & & \\
  & (0.0000) & (0.0000) & (0.0000) & & & \\
minority\_dummy   & 0.0063^{*}  & 0.0063^{*}  & 0.0073 & 0.0077 & 0.0077 & 0.0055 \\
  & (0.0029) & (0.0029) & (0.0039) & (0.0059) & (0.0059) & (0.0083) \\
above\_insurance  & 0.3288^{***} & 0.3288^{***} & 0.3627^{***} & 0.0193 & 0.0193 & 0.0243 \\
  & (0.0444) & (0.0444) & (0.0492) & (0.0142) & (0.0142) & (0.0188) \\
loanlink\_current & -0.0134^{***} & -0.0134^{***} & -0.0126^{***} & -0.0347^{***} & -0.0347^{***} & -0.0401^{***} \\
  & (0.0032) & (0.0032) & (0.0035) & (0.0059) & (0.0059) & (0.0058) \\
loanlink\_before  & -0.0132^{***} & -0.0132^{***} & -0.0129^{***} & -0.0281^{**} & -0.0281^{**} & -0.0334^{***} \\
  & (0.0030) & (0.0030) & (0.0030) & (0.0089) & (0.0089) & (0.0086) \\
travel\_costs & & & 0.0002 & & & -0.0072  \\
  & & & (0.0011) & & & (0.0037) \\
loanlink\_after   & & & -0.0097 & & & -0.0087  \\
  & & & (0.0067) & & & (0.0189) \\
ln\_maturity & & & & -0.0204^{***} & -0.0204^{***} & -0.0229^{***} \\
  & & & & (0.0015) & (0.0015) & (0.0020) \\
\midrule
AIC & \G{2143.9911} & \G{2143.9911} & \G{1878.1146} & \G{1679.2417} & \G{1679.2417} & \G{1329.3163}  \\
BIC & \G{2216.7627} & \G{2216.7627} & \G{2203.4264} & \G{1730.6668} & \G{1730.6668} & \G{1559.7964}  \\
Log Likelihood & \G{-1061.9956} & \G{-1061.9956} & \G{-893.0573} & \G{-831.6208} & \G{-831.6208} & \G{-626.6582}  \\
Deviance & \G{2123.9911} & \G{2123.9911} & \G{1786.1146} & \G{1663.2417} & \G{1663.2417} & \G{1253.3163}  \\
Num.\ obs. & \mc{10691} & \mc{10691} & \mc{8708} & \mc{4574} & \mc{4574} & \mc{3182} \\
\midrule
\multicolumn{7}{@{}l}{\small $^{***}p<0.001$, $^{**}p<0.01$, $^*p<0.05$} \\[1ex]
\end{tabular*}
Note: The regressions reported in column (3) and (6) control for the \textit{ward}. 
  Perfect prediction of the variables \textit{adress} and \textit{household\_key} was 
  proofed. Further information is given in the notes of Table \ref{table:6}.
\end{table} 
\end{document}

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