Set the width of the column proportionally in tabularx{}

tablestabularx

I have a table below and want to set the width of the column based on the length of the text rather than setting it manually. Many thanks in advance.

        \begin{table}
    \centering
    \footnotesize
    %\setlength{\tabcolsep}{1pt}
    \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{RCCCC} %{\linewidth}{@{}p{\dimexpr 3cm+\tabcolsep}@{\extracolsep{\fill}}*{4}{c}@{}} %{\linewidth}{@{}p{2.5cm}XcXc@{}}
        \toprule
    %   Variable   &  \multicolumn{4}{c}{Factor} \\ 
    Variable & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\normalsize Factor}\\
\cmidrule{2-5}
& BchMk &   CCP.0 & CCP.1 & X2-test\\
\cmidrule{2-5}
        Gender   & 76.27\% & 75.32\% & 80.31\%  & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Married   & 86.00\% & 85.19\% & 89.44\%   & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Employed  & 64.10\% & 65.31\% & 59.05\%   & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Education  & 32.07\%  & 26.17\% & 56.94\%   & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Party & 19.18\%  &  -----  &    -----   &   -----  \\
        HR    & 66.35\%  & 63.58\% & 78.05\%   &  p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Fin.Knowledge  & 5.45\%  & 3.99\% & 11.61\%   &  p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\ %\addlinespace[1em]
        Fin.Inter & 18.46\%  & 18.80\% & 17.05\%   & p-value $=$ 0.001372\\ %\addlinespace[1em]
        Region-East & 48.26\% & 47.30\% & 52.31\% & p-value $=$ 9.402e-13 \\
        Region-Center & 24.48\% & 27.60\% & 25.82\% & p-value $=$ 0.004385 \\
        Region-West &   27.25\% & 25.10\% & 21.87\% & p-value $=$ 8.985e-08\\
    Formal & 11.65\% & 10.09\% & 18.22\% & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
    Informal & 13.96\% & 15.36\% &  8.10\% & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
    Both &  4.79\% & 4.72\% & 5.12\% & p-value $=$ 0.1761 \\
    No Loans & 69.58\% & 69.83\% & 68.57\% & p-value $=$ 0.05022 \\
    Total & 32765 & 26479 &     6286 &  -----  \\
    \end{tabularx}
    \vspace{1ex}
    \footnotesize
    \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{RCCCC} %{\linewidth}{@{}p{\dimexpr 2cm+\tabcolsep}@{\extracolsep{\fill}}*{4}{c}@{}}
        & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\normalsize Continuous}\\
        \cmidrule{2-5}
        & BchMk &   CCP.0 & CCP.1 & t-test\\
        \cmidrule{2-5}
    
Age & 53.9  &  53.46 &  55.72 &  2.26***\\
        & (14.28) & (14.07) & (15.01) &  (0.21)\\
Income & 69731.55 & 64184.65 & 93097.17 &   28912.52***\\
           & (175283.5) & (171285.19) &  (189449.94) &  (2611.07)\\
Networth & 745862.37 & 661085.85  & 1102972.99  &   441887.15***\\
 & (1603699.6) & (1499929.43) & (1941971.67) &  (26170.78)\\
    NW-HE & 708689.99 & 630009.07  & 1040123.66  &  410114.588*** \\
          & (1526658.33) & (1427490.00) & (1851839.12) & (24950.02) \\
Liquid Assets & 799474.99 & 711676.72 & 1169314.39 & 457637.67*** \\
              & (1633306.2) & (1526257.28) & (1980845.86) & (26686.67)\\    
    %Age & 53.9 (14.28) &  53.46(14.07) &   55.72(15.01) &  2.26 (0.21)***\\
    %Income & 69731.55(175283.5) & 64184.65 (171285.19) & 93097.17 (189449.94) &    28912.52 (2611.07)***\\
    %Networth & 745862.37(1603699.6) & 661085.85 (1499929.43) & 1102972.99 (1941971.67) &   441887.15 (26170.78)***\\
    %NW-HE & 708689.99(1526658.33) & 630009.07 (1427490.00) & 1040123.66 (1851839.12) &     410114.588 (24950.02)*** \\
    %Liquid Assets & 799474.99(1633306.2) & 711676.72 (1526257.28) & 1169314.39 (1980845.86) & 457637.67 (26686.67)*** \\
        \bottomrule
        \addlinespace
        \multicolumn{5}{@{}p{\textwidth}@{}}{\footnotesize Note: HR stands for Household Registration. NW-HE is net-worth minus home equity. All the asset variables (e.g. income, net-worth, NW-HE, and liquid assets are in Chinese renminbi (CNY).} \\
    \end{tabularx}
    \caption{Summary statistics}
    \label{tab:SampleDescription}
\end{table}

Best Answer

Use a single tabular* environment. The note can be typeset outside of it.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htp]
\footnotesize
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0pt}

\begin{tabular*}{\linewidth}{
  @{\extracolsep{\fill}} l cccc
}
\toprule
Variable   &  \multicolumn{4}{c}{Factor} \\ 
\cmidrule{2-5}
& BchMk &   CCP.0 & CCP.1 & X2-test\\
\cmidrule{2-5}
        Gender   & 76.27\% & 75.32\% & 80.31\%  & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Married   & 86.00\% & 85.19\% & 89.44\%   & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Employed  & 64.10\% & 65.31\% & 59.05\%   & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Education  & 32.07\%  & 26.17\% & 56.94\%   & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Party & 19.18\%  &  ---  &    ---   &   ---  \\
        HR    & 66.35\%  & 63.58\% & 78.05\%   &  p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
        Fin.Knowledge  & 5.45\%  & 3.99\% & 11.61\%   &  p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\ %\addlinespace[1em]
        Fin.Inter & 18.46\%  & 18.80\% & 17.05\%   & p-value $=$ 0.001372\\ %\addlinespace[1em]
        Region-East & 48.26\% & 47.30\% & 52.31\% & p-value $=$ 9.402e-13 \\
        Region-Center & 24.48\% & 27.60\% & 25.82\% & p-value $=$ 0.004385 \\
        Region-West &   27.25\% & 25.10\% & 21.87\% & p-value $=$ 8.985e-08\\
    Formal & 11.65\% & 10.09\% & 18.22\% & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
    Informal & 13.96\% & 15.36\% &  8.10\% & p-value $<$ 2.2e-16 \\
    Both &  4.79\% & 4.72\% & 5.12\% & p-value $=$ 0.1761 \\
    No Loans & 69.58\% & 69.83\% & 68.57\% & p-value $=$ 0.05022 \\
    Total & 32765 & 26479 &     6286 &  ---  \\[3ex]
        & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Continuous}\\
        \cmidrule{2-5}
        & BchMk &   CCP.0 & CCP.1 & t-test\\
        \cmidrule{2-5}
    
Age & 53.9  &  53.46 &  55.72 &  2.26***\\
        & (14.28) & (14.07) & (15.01) &  (0.21)\\
Income & 69731.55 & 64184.65 & 93097.17 &   28912.52***\\
           & (175283.5) & (171285.19) &  (189449.94) &  (2611.07)\\
Networth & 745862.37 & 661085.85  & 1102972.99  &   441887.15***\\
 & (1603699.6) & (1499929.43) & (1941971.67) &  (26170.78)\\
    NW-HE & 708689.99 & 630009.07  & 1040123.66  &  410114.588*** \\
          & (1526658.33) & (1427490.00) & (1851839.12) & (24950.02) \\
Liquid Assets & 799474.99 & 711676.72 & 1169314.39 & 457637.67*** \\
              & (1633306.2) & (1526257.28) & (1980845.86) & (26686.67)\\    
    %Age & 53.9 (14.28) &  53.46(14.07) &   55.72(15.01) &  2.26 (0.21)***\\
    %Income & 69731.55(175283.5) & 64184.65 (171285.19) & 93097.17 (189449.94) &    28912.52 (2611.07)***\\
    %Networth & 745862.37(1603699.6) & 661085.85 (1499929.43) & 1102972.99 (1941971.67) &   441887.15 (26170.78)***\\
    %NW-HE & 708689.99(1526658.33) & 630009.07 (1427490.00) & 1040123.66 (1851839.12) &     410114.588 (24950.02)*** \\
    %Liquid Assets & 799474.99(1633306.2) & 711676.72 (1526257.28) & 1169314.39 (1980845.86) & 457637.67 (26686.67)*** \\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular*}

\smallskip

Note: HR stands for Household Registration. NW-HE is net-worth minus home equity. 
All the asset variables (e.g. income, net-worth, NW-HE, and liquid assets are in 
Chinese renminbi (CNY).

\caption{Summary statistics}
\label{tab:SampleDescription}

\end{table}

\end{document}

Don't forget the p specifier for \begin{table}.

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%\usepackage{showframe}% http://ctan.org/pkg/showframe
\usepackage{booktabs}% http://ctan.org/pkg/booktabs
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>{\raggedright\arraybackslash\advance\hsize1em }X
>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}X
>{\raggedright\arraybackslash\advance\hsize-1em }X
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\centering}p{#1}}

\begin{document}
\noindent\frame{\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{cc>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}X}
  A & B & \multicolumn{1}{c}{C} \\
  A & B & \blindtext
\end{tabularx}}

\noindent\frame{\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{C{2cm}C{3cm}>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}X}
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\end{document}

enter image description here

I added the showframe package and a frame around each table (using \frame) as visual guidelines. You can safely delete those in your code.

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