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Table 5 Decomposition of Theil's index of lifespan inequality into its between-group and within-group components by country and gender

From: The contribution of educational inequalities to lifespan variation

 

Theil's index

(× 100)

Within-group component

Between-group component

BG inequality as % of total

 

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Sweden

1.28

1.08

1.26

1.07

0.02

0.01

1.7

1.3

Norway

1.29

1.08

1.27

1.06

0.03

0.01

2.0

1.2

Finland

1.58

1.07

1.55

1.06

0.04

0.01

2.2

1.0

Belgium

1.39

1.12

1.36

1.11

0.03

0.01

2.0

1.0

Switzerland

1.35

1.02

1.32

1.01

0.03

0.01

2.1

0.6

France

1.71

1.14

1.66

1.13

0.05

0.01

2.7

1.0

Slovenia

1.65

1.18

1.60

1.17

0.06

0.01

3.5

1.2

Czech Rep.

1.72

1.18

1.53

1.15

0.19

0.03

10.9

2.4

Poland

1.94

1.30

1.78

1.26

0.16

0.04

8.2

3.4

Estonia

2.49

1.75

2.31

1.67

0.18

0.08

7.4

4.4

Lithuania

2.72

2.07

2.49

1.88

0.24

0.19

8.6

9.0