Measuring and tracking obesity inequality in the United States: evidence from NHANES, 1971-2014

Table 4 Intertemporal trends in obesity inequality

Year	Gini index	% Change from t-1 to t	95 % C.I.	Sensitivity Analysis
Year	Gini index	% Change from t-1 to t	95 % C.I.	GE(2)	GE(0)
1971-1974	0.1040 (.0011)		(0.1019,0.1061)	0.0190	0.0174
1976-1980	0.1029*** (.0009)	−1.10	(0.1011,0.1047)	0.0185	0.0169
1988-1991	0.1117*** (.0015)	8.57	(0.1087,0.1147)	0.0221	0.0199
1991-1994	0.1166*** (.0018)	4.36	(0.1130,0.1201)	0.0240	0.0216
1999-2002	0.1221*** (.0014)	4.75	(0.1194,0.1248)	0.0257	0.0236
2003-2006	0.1242*** (.0013)	1.73	(0.1216,0.1268)	0.0271	0.0244
2007-2010	0.1260*** (.0012)	1.47	(0.1237,0.1284)	0.0277	0.0252
2011-2014	0.1282*** (.0013)	1.70	(0.1256,0.1308)	0.0286	0.0260
% Increase	23.27			50.47	49.31

Note: *** indicates t-test for difference in inequality index from t-1 to t is statistically significant at 1 % level. Jackknife standard errors in parentheses

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