[Tex/LaTex] Regression Table Alignment Problem

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I am having trouble with the alignment of my regression output – it doesn't all fit under table lines as shown below:

Any help would be greatly appreciated

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{booktabs,multirow}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]\centering
\def\sym#1{\ifmmode^{#1}\else\(^{#1}\)\fi}
\caption{IV Analysis: Investment on Bribes table\label{tab1}}
\begin{tabular*}{0.8\hsize}{@{\hskip\tabcolsep\extracolsep\fill}l*{3}{D{.}{.}
{-1}}}
\toprule
                &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(3)}\\
                &\multicolumn{1}{c}{ln\_invest}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{ln\_invest}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{ln\_invest}\\
\midrule
Bribe &      -0.167         &     -0.0617         &     0.00939         \\
                &     (-0.90)         &     (-0.44)         &      (0.13)         \\
\addlinespace
medium(20-99)       &       0.339         &       0.298         &       1.024\sym{***}\\
                &      (0.90)         &      (0.73)         &      (8.74)         \\
\addlinespace
large(100 and over) &       2.426\sym{***}&       1.578\sym{**} &       2.654\sym{***}\\
                &      (4.31)         &      (2.79)         &     (17.07)         \\
\addlinespace
Govt=1              &       0.764         &       0.735         &      -0.112         \\
                &      (1.31)         &      (1.42)         &     (-0.63)         \\
\addlinespace
For=1               &      -0.341         &      -0.486         &       0.326\sym{*}  \\
                &     (-0.95)         &     (-1.41)         &      (2.14)         \\
\addlinespace
Obstacle            &       0.111         &      0.0340         &       0.114         \\
                &      (0.64)         &      (0.20)         &      (1.13)         \\
\addlinespace
Agree               &      -0.123         &     -0.0445         &      0.0196         \\
                &     (-0.66)         &     (-0.25)         &      (0.18)         \\
\addlinespace
lnAge               &       0.155         &       0.734\sym{**} &       0.122         \\
                &      (0.62)         &      (2.63)         &      (1.90)         \\
Constant            &       10.13\sym{***}&       8.684\sym{***}&       8.062\sym{***}\\
                &     (12.78)         &      (9.98)         &     (23.18)         \\
\midrule
Observations        &        6041         &        4724         &        1317         \\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\footnotesize \textit{t} statistics in parentheses}\\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\footnotesize \sym{*} \(p<0.05\), \sym{**} \(p<0.01\), 
\sym{***} \(p<0.001\)}\\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\footnotesize Note: Robust standard errors in parentheses}\\
\end{tabular*}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Best Answer

As exercise for use of threeparttable and siunitx packages. Considered is natural width of table (to my taste it gives more nice result):

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\usepackage{siunitx}                        % added
\usepackage{threeparttable}                 % added
%\newcommand\mc[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}}  % not used now

\begin{document}
    \begin{table}[htb]
    \centering
\sisetup{table-number-alignment = center, % <-- added/changed
         table-space-text-pre ={(},
         table-space-text-post={\textsuperscript{***}},
         input-open-uncertainty={[},
         input-close-uncertainty={]},
         table-align-text-pre=false,
         table-align-text-post=false}
\begin{threeparttable}
    \caption{IV Analysis: Investment on Bribes table}
    \label{tab1}
\begin{tabular}{r 
                S[table-format=-2.3] % <-- adopted to number of digits in numbers in cells
                S[table-format=-1.4] % <-- adopted ...
                S[table-format=-1.5] % <-- adopted ...
                 }
\toprule
                    & \multicolumn{3}{c}{ln\_invest}                                \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-4}
                    &   {(1)}           &   {(2)}           &  {(3)}                \\
\midrule
Bribe               &  -0.167           &  -0.0617          &   0.00939             \\
                    & (-0.90)           & (-0.44)           &  (0.13)               \\
\addlinespace
medium (20-99)      &   0.339           &   0.298           &   1.024\tnote{***}    \\
                    &  (0.90)           &  (0.73)           &  (8.74)               \\
\addlinespace
large (100 and over)&   2.426\tnote{***}&   1.578\tnote{**} &   2.654\tnote{***}    \\
                    &  (4.31)           &  (2.79)           & (17.07)               \\
\addlinespace
Govt=1              &   0.764           &   0.735           &  -0.112               \\
                    &  (1.31)           &  (1.42)           & (-0.63)               \\
\addlinespace
For=1               &  -0.341           &  -0.486           &   0.326\tnote{*}      \\
                    & (-0.95)           & (-1.41)           &  (2.14)               \\
\addlinespace
Obstacle            &   0.111           &   0.0340          &   0.114               \\
                    &  (0.64)           &  (0.20)           &  (1.13)               \\
\addlinespace
Agree               &  -0.123           &  -0.0445          &   0.0196              \\
                    & (-0.66)           & (-0.25)           &  (0.18)               \\
\addlinespace
lnAge               &   0.155           &   0.734\tnote{**} &   0.122               \\
                    &  (0.62)           &  (2.63)           &  (1.90)               \\
\addlinespace
Constant            &  10.13\tnote{***} &   8.684\tnote{***}&   8.062\tnote{***}    \\
                    &  (12.78)          &  (9.98)           & (23.18)               \\
\midrule
Observations        & {6041}            & {4724}            & {1317}                \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
    \smallskip
    \footnotesize
$t$ statistics in parentheses\par
\begin{tablenotes}[para,flushleft]
    \item[*]    $p < 0.10$,
    \item[**]   $p < 0.05$,
    \item[***]  $p < 0.01$
    \end{tablenotes}\par
Note: Robust standard errors in parentheses
\end{threeparttable}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

If you persist to have table width equal to text width, than replace

\begin{tabular}{r ... }
...
\end{tabular}

with

\begin{tabular*}{\linewidth}{@{\hspace{\tabcolsep}\extracolsep{\fill}} r ...}
...
\end{tabular*}

Edit: meanwhile I learned (thanks Heiko Oberdiek, see his answer) how to better define column properties. Considering it I change columns definition, see \sisetup{...} in MWE above. Now for centering of column headers the command \mc{...} is not needed anymore.

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Tabular adjusts column widths automatically to cell contents. It doesn't have enough information to equally space the st1 and st2 columns relative to the multicolumn header. It fits st1, then adjusts st2 to fit the rest of the multicolumn header. Your example does not work for single word headings. Remove the space between abcdefg and fewfewfe to see the same behavior.

If you specify the width of the two columns to be equal, then you get the behavior you seek.

\documentclass{article}

% The four lines came from 
% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/12703/how-to-create-fixed-width-table-columns-with-text-raggedright-centered-raggedlef
% I changed the m{#1} to p{#1}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}p{#1}}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\centering\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}p{#1}}
\newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{\raggedleft\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}p{#1}}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}
% increase table row spacing, adjust to taste
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
\caption{An Example of a Table}
\label{table_example}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|C{1cm}|C{1cm}|}
%\toprule
\hline
a & b & c & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{abcdefg fewfewfe}\\
%\midrule
& & & st1 & st2\\

\hline
a         & 1  & 2 &  3 & 4  \\
b         & 1  & 2 &  3 & 4 \\
%\bottomrule
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Table alignment problem

You are padding too much data in the table. Anyway, here is an attempt.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,multirow}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{detect-mode,
        group-digits    = false,
        input-symbols   = ( ) }

\newcommand{\level}[1]{%
\multirow{2}{*}{%
  \begin{tabular}{@{}>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{0.2\textwidth}@{}}
  \strut#1\strut
  \end{tabular}%
  }
  }

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[htb]
\caption{Regression Results}
\label{table:RegressionResults}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{
l
*{6}{S[table-format=2.5, table-align-text-post=false]}
}
\toprule
{\bfseries\small Variable} & {\bfseries\small All} & {\bfseries\small Commerce} & {\bfseries\small B.Bus.Sci} &     {\bfseries\small BCom} & {\bfseries\small EBE} & {\bfseries\small Science} \\
\midrule
\level{Gender} & 1.953*** & 1.711*** & 1.626*** & 1.617*** & 1.005 & 1.793*** \\
 & (0.137) & (0.194) & (0.269) & (0.269) & (0.162) & (0.253) \\
\level{Age} & 1.010 & 0.920 & 0.761*** & 1.288** & 1.066 & 1.072 \\
 & (0.039) & (0.065) & (0.071) & (0.160) & (0.080) & (0.075) \\
\level{Coloured} & 1.099 & 1.122 & 1.482 & 0.774 & 1.048 & 1.276 \\
 & (0.186) & (0.327) & (0.600) & (0.340) & (0.354) & (0.461) \\
\level{Indian/Asian} & 0.670** & 0.488** & 1.021 & 0.337*** & 0.565* & 0.947 \\
 & (0.114) & (0.137) & (0.443) & (0.137) & (0.187) & (0.384) \\
\level{White} & 5.123*** & 2.953*** & 3.510*** & 2.679** & 4.748*** & 12.548*** \\
 & (0.841) & (0.817) & (1.361) & (1.112) & (1.465) & (4.620) \\
\level{Financial Aid} & 0.678*** & 0.397*** & 0.420*** & 0.400*** & 0.754* & 0.706** \\
 & (0.056) & (0.054) & (0.077) & (0.081) & (0.129) & (0.118) \\
\level{Academic Development} & 0.911 & 0.930 & 1.116 & 0.783 & 0.897 & 0.574*** \\
 & (0.083) & (0.132) & (0.211) & (0.175) & (0.184) & (0.124) \\
\level{English Home Language} & 1.401** & 1.716** & 1.472 & 2.265** & 1.739* & 1.293 \\
 & (0.208) & (0.433) & (0.512) & (0.864) & (0.493) & (0.418) \\
\level{Quintile 1} & 1.016 & 1.051 & 1.250 & 0.516 & 0.794 & 1.469 \\
 & (0.244) & (0.456) & (0.610) & (0.783) & (0.375) & (0.627) \\
\level{Quintile 2} & 1.291 & 1.161 & 0.966 & 1.653 & 1.846* & 0.968 \\
 & (0.242) & (0.449) & (0.455) & (1.175) & (0.634) & (0.307) \\
\level{Quintile 4} & 0.920 & 0.771 & 0.818 & 0.559 & 0.827 & 0.744 \\
 & (0.140) & (0.211) & (0.276) & (0.287) & (0.252) & (0.206) \\
\level{Quintile 5} & 1.760*** & 1.351 & 1.412 & 1.616 & 1.845** & 1.527* \\
 & (0.218) & (0.301) & (0.390) & (0.687) & (0.465) & (0.362) \\
\level{Independent} & 1.663*** & 1.203 & 1.312 & 1.626 & 1.789** & 1.335 \\
 & (0.219) & (0.284) & (0.399) & (0.708) & (0.472) & (0.338) \\
\level{Western Cape} & 1.145 & 1.275* & 1.144 & 1.661** & 1.073 & 0.950 \\
 & (0.099) & (0.183) & (0.235) & (0.358) & (0.192) & (0.167) \\
\level{High School GPA} & 1.119*** & 1.119*** & 1.156*** & 1.111*** & 1.148*** & 1.134*** \\
 & (0.007) & (0.011) & (0.017) & (0.016) & (0.014) & (0.014) \\
\level{Mathematics} & 1.007** & 1.012** & 1.005 & 1.048*** & 1.054*** & 1.022*** \\
 & (0.003) & (0.006) & (0.008) & (0.009) & (0.008) & (0.006) \\
\level{English} & 1.013*** & 1.012 & 1.006 & 1.038*** & 1.007 & 1.003 \\
 & (0.004) & (0.008) & (0.011) & (0.012) & (0.009) & (0.008) \\
\level{Science} & 0.698*** & 1.053 & 1.352* & 1.239 &  & 1.252 \\
 & (0.074) & (0.136) & (0.233) & (0.255) &  & (0.557) \\
Residence & 1.117 & 1.401** & 1.240 & 1.061 & 1.019 & 0.937 \\
\midrule
Observations & {36 333} & {20 409}  &{7 408}    & {13 001}  & {9 169}&  {6 755} \\
Pseudo \(R^{2}\) & {0.397} & {0.451} & {0.420} & {0.574} & {0.419} & {0.431} \\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{7}{l}{\footnotesize Standard errors in parentheses}\\
\multicolumn{7}{l}{\footnotesize * \(p<0.05\), ** \(p<0.01\), *** \(p<0.001\)}\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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