Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table Notes Alignment

[caheo1294]

Hello everyone,

I have some problems adjusting the alignment between the table notes and the table. I have attached the picture here. What I am looking for is to spread out the current table notes across the 3 columns. Could anyone please help me out? On the side note, I use the \usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}

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Thank you for helping

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the forum!

Can you please post your table code here in the forum? Then we can test it and help improving it. Otherwise it's a bit theoretical and we cannot post working code.

The best would be a small document with the table that is compilable (with \documentclass, \usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable} etc.) since the forum has an online compiler and we can work on it right away. If you look at one of my posts from 2013 : Alignment for Table Notes, you can see what I mean (click the "Run LaTeX here" button).

Stefan

[caheo1294]

Hi Stefan, here is my codes I used for my table:

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{rotating}
%\usepackage{esint}
%\usepackage{subfig}

\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{color, graphics, graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage[authoryear]{natbib}
\usepackage{mathrsfs}
% \usepackage{hypernat}
\usepackage{fontenc}
\usepackage{lscape}
\setcounter{MaxMatrixCols}{10}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{bbm}
\usepackage{dsfont}
\usepackage{lmodern} % try to avoid timid font 
\usepackage[hmargin=1in,vmargin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\centering\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{\raggedleft\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
%\usepackage{footnote}
%\makesavenoteenv{tabular}
%\makesavenoteenv{table}
\usepackage{booktabs,caption,fixltx2e}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}
\usepackage{tabularx,pbox}
\usepackage{graphicx} % "demo" option just for this example
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage[multiple]{footmisc}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage[paper=portrait,pagesize]{typearea}
\usepackage{multirow}

\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{acknowledgement}[theorem]{Acknowledgement}
\newtheorem{algorithm}[theorem]{Algorithm}
\newtheorem{assumption}[theorem]{Assumption}
\newtheorem{axiom}[theorem]{Axiom}
\newtheorem{case}[theorem]{Case}
\newtheorem{claim}[theorem]{Claim}
\newtheorem{conclusion}[theorem]{Conclusion}
\newtheorem{condition}[theorem]{Condition}
\newtheorem{conjecture}[theorem]{Conjecture}
\newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
\newtheorem{criterion}[theorem]{Criterion}
\newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
\newtheorem{example}[theorem]{Example}
\newtheorem{exercise}[theorem]{Exercise}
\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{notation}[theorem]{Notation}
\newtheorem{problem}[theorem]{Problem}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark}
\newtheorem{solution}[theorem]{Solution}
\newtheorem{summary}[theorem]{Summary}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmin}{arg\,min}
%\newtheorem{proof}[theorem]{Proof}
\newcommand*\samethanks[1][\value{footnote}]{\footnotemark[#1]}
\newcommand\Thickvrule[1]{%
	\multicolumn{1}{!{\vrule width 2pt}c!{\vrule width 2pt}}{#1}%
}

\usepackage{array}
\newlength\Origarrayrulewidth
\newcommand{\Cline}[1]{%
	\noalign{\global\setlength\Origarrayrulewidth{\arrayrulewidth}}%
	\noalign{\global\setlength\arrayrulewidth{2pt}}\cline{#1}%
	\noalign{\global\setlength\arrayrulewidth{\Origarrayrulewidth}}%
}

\RequirePackage[OT1]{fontenc}
\numberwithin{equation}{section}
\RequirePackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
	colorlinks,%
	citecolor=blue,%
	filecolor=red,%
	linkcolor=black,%
	urlcolor=black
} 


\begin{document}
\begin{table}[H]
	\centering
	\caption{Summary Statistics of the key variables in estimation analysis.\label{sum_sipp}}
	\begin{tabular}{l|l|l}
		\textbf{Variables }    & \multicolumn{2}{c}{ }   \\ \hline
		& Mean    & Std.Dev   \\ \hline
		\textbf{\textit{Individuals' characteristics}}   &    &      \\
		Age (years)   & 44.779  & 11.974   \\
		Male*& 0.502 & 0.500    \\
		Year of birth   & 1969    & 12.021   \\
		Marital status*    & 0.563   & 0.496    \\
		Years of education (years)     & 13.336  & 2.971  \\
		No qualification*   & 0.110   & 0.313   \\
		High school graduate*   & 0.5004  & 0.500 \\
		Associate degree graduate*   & 0.093   & 0.291       \\
		Bachelor's degree graduate*     & 0.190   & 0.392  \\
		Master's  degree graduate*    & 0.094   & 0.291  \\
		Doctor's degree graduate*   & 0.013   & 0.114  \\ \hline
		\textbf{\textit{Workers' characteristics}}   &         &  \\ 
		Potential years of experience (years)   & 26.443  & 12.417 \\
		Potential years of experience squared    & 853.40  & 659.405  \\
		Weekly hours worked in the main job & 43.254  & 6.475    \\
		Weekly wage from the main job  (\$)    & 1104.8  & 1325.226   \\
		Hourly wage from the main job (\$)       & 17.597  & 19.448   \\   
		STEM*  & 0.062    & 0.241   \\ \hline
	\end{tabular}
\end{table}
	\begin{tablenotes}
	\item \footnotesize{Note: * denotes dummy variables}
	\item \footnotesize{Note: Weekly and hourly wages have been converted into the real term.}
	\item \footnotesize{Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)  of full-time workers (2013 to 2016).}
\end{tablenotes}
\end{document}

My document class is "article". Thank you for your help again.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Unlike the picture, the table notes in the code example output span over three columns.

So what is the issue, or is it just the other table?

Stefan

[caheo1294]

I don't know why it looks so nice here, it does not look like that in my pdf output :/

[Stefan Kottwitz]

How does this code example output look when you run it on your machine?

Stefan

[caheo1294]

I got it alreadyyyy hahahahahah! I forgot to put everything between \begin{threeparttable} and \end{threeparttable}. It looks better now! Thank you for your help anywayyy. Stay safe.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

That was easy funny that there's no error if you use the tablenotes environment in a standard table. However, it seems that you don't use \tnote commands, otherwise there would be an error.

Stefan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Btw. the fixed example may look like this:

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{rotating}
%\usepackage{esint}
%\usepackage{subfig}

\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{color, graphics, graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage[authoryear]{natbib}
\usepackage{mathrsfs}
% \usepackage{hypernat}
\usepackage{fontenc}
\usepackage{lscape}
\setcounter{MaxMatrixCols}{10}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{bbm}
\usepackage{dsfont}
\usepackage{lmodern} % try to avoid timid font 
\usepackage[hmargin=1in,vmargin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\centering\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{\raggedleft\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
%\usepackage{footnote}
%\makesavenoteenv{tabular}
%\makesavenoteenv{table}
\usepackage{booktabs,caption,fixltx2e}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}
\usepackage{tabularx,pbox}
\usepackage{graphicx} % "demo" option just for this example
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage[multiple]{footmisc}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage[paper=portrait,pagesize]{typearea}
\usepackage{multirow}

\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{acknowledgement}[theorem]{Acknowledgement}
\newtheorem{algorithm}[theorem]{Algorithm}
\newtheorem{assumption}[theorem]{Assumption}
\newtheorem{axiom}[theorem]{Axiom}
\newtheorem{case}[theorem]{Case}
\newtheorem{claim}[theorem]{Claim}
\newtheorem{conclusion}[theorem]{Conclusion}
\newtheorem{condition}[theorem]{Condition}
\newtheorem{conjecture}[theorem]{Conjecture}
\newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
\newtheorem{criterion}[theorem]{Criterion}
\newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
\newtheorem{example}[theorem]{Example}
\newtheorem{exercise}[theorem]{Exercise}
\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{notation}[theorem]{Notation}
\newtheorem{problem}[theorem]{Problem}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark}
\newtheorem{solution}[theorem]{Solution}
\newtheorem{summary}[theorem]{Summary}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmin}{arg\,min}
%\newtheorem{proof}[theorem]{Proof}
\newcommand*\samethanks[1][\value{footnote}]{\footnotemark[#1]}
\newcommand\Thickvrule[1]{%
	\multicolumn{1}{!{\vrule width 2pt}c!{\vrule width 2pt}}{#1}%
}

\usepackage{array}
\newlength\Origarrayrulewidth
\newcommand{\Cline}[1]{%
	\noalign{\global\setlength\Origarrayrulewidth{\arrayrulewidth}}%
	\noalign{\global\setlength\arrayrulewidth{2pt}}\cline{#1}%
	\noalign{\global\setlength\arrayrulewidth{\Origarrayrulewidth}}%
}

\RequirePackage[OT1]{fontenc}
\numberwithin{equation}{section}
\RequirePackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
	colorlinks,%
	citecolor=blue,%
	filecolor=red,%
	linkcolor=black,%
	urlcolor=black
} 


\begin{document}
\begin{threeparttable}
	\centering
	\caption{Summary Statistics of the key variables in estimation analysis.\label{sum_sipp}}
	\begin{tabular}{l|l|l}
		\textbf{Variables }    & \multicolumn{2}{c}{ }   \\ \hline
		& Mean    & Std.Dev   \\ \hline
		\textbf{\textit{Individuals' characteristics}}   &    &      \\
		Age (years)   & 44.779  & 11.974   \\
		Male*& 0.502 & 0.500    \\
		Year of birth   & 1969    & 12.021   \\
		Marital status*    & 0.563   & 0.496    \\
		Years of education (years)     & 13.336  & 2.971  \\
		No qualification*   & 0.110   & 0.313   \\
		High school graduate*   & 0.5004  & 0.500 \\
		Associate degree graduate*   & 0.093   & 0.291       \\
		Bachelor's degree graduate*     & 0.190   & 0.392  \\
		Master's  degree graduate*    & 0.094   & 0.291  \\
		Doctor's degree graduate*   & 0.013   & 0.114  \\ \hline
		\textbf{\textit{Workers' characteristics}}   &         &  \\ 
		Potential years of experience (years)   & 26.443  & 12.417 \\
		Potential years of experience squared    & 853.40  & 659.405  \\
		Weekly hours worked in the main job & 43.254  & 6.475    \\
		Weekly wage from the main job  (\$)    & 1104.8  & 1325.226   \\
		Hourly wage from the main job (\$)       & 17.597  & 19.448   \\   
		STEM*  & 0.062    & 0.241   \\ \hline
	\end{tabular}
	\begin{tablenotes}
	\item \footnotesize{Note: * denotes dummy variables}
	\item \footnotesize{Note: Weekly and hourly wages have been converted into the real term.}
	\item \footnotesize{Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)  of full-time workers (2013 to 2016).}
\end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}

\end{document}

I notice that the left side is not perfectly aligned. That's because there's a note marker symbol expected, such as with \item[3] Source: Survey of Income ... A note marker would be perfectly aligned. I wonder if table notes (cross-references like footnotes) are the best solution here, or if it's rather a caption with notes.

Stefan