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Table 5 Within-group and between-group obesity inequality, Generalized Entropy (1)

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

Year

GE(1)

 

Age

Sex

Race

Age/Race

Sex/Race

Age/Sex/Race

(1971-1974)

0.01797

Within

0.01747

(97.22)

0.01791

(99.67)

    

Between

0.00050

(2.78)

0.00006

(0.33)

    

(1976-1980)

0.0175

Within

0.01689

(96.51)

0.01748

(99.83)

    

Between

0.00061

(3.49)

0.00003

(0.17)

    

(1988-1991)

0.0207

Within

0.02012

(97.20)

0.02069

(99.95)

0.02051

(99.08)

0.01987

(95.99)

0.02039

(98.50)

0.01979

(95.60)

Between

0.00058

(2.80)

0.00001

(0.05)

0.00019

(0.92)

0.00083

(4.01)

0.00031

(1.50)

0.00091

(4.40)

(1991-1994)

0.02247

Within

0.02189

(97.42)

0.02247

(99.99)

0.02227

(99.11)

0.0216

(96.13)

0.02204

(98.04)

0.0214

(95.24)

Between

0.00058

(2.58)

0.00000

(0.01)

0.0002

(0.89)

0.00087

(3.87)

0.00044

(1.96)

0.00107

(4.76)

(1999-2002)

0.02429

Within

0.02393

(98.52)

0.02426

(99.88)

0.02412

(99.34)

0.0237

(97.61)

0.02386

(98.27)

0.02347

(96.62)

Between

0.00036

(1.48)

0.00003

(0.12)

0.00016

(0.66)

0.00058

(2.39)

0.00042

(1.73)

0.00082

(3.38)

(2003-2006)

0.02531

Within

0.02488

(98.30)

0.02531

(99.99)

0.02494

(98.54)

0.02443

(96.52)

0.02475

(97.79)

0.02424

(95.73)

Between

0.00043

(1.70)

0.00000

(0.01)

0.00037

(1.46)

0.00088

(3.48)

0.00056

(2.21)

0.00108

(4.27)

(2007-2010)

0.02599

Within

0.02574

(99.04)

0.02599

(99.99)

0.02553

(98.23)

0.02523

(97.08)

0.02534

(97.50)

0.02495

(96.00)

Between

0.00025

(0.96)

0.00000

(0.01)

0.00046

(1.77)

0.00076

(2.92)

0.00065

(2.50)

0.00104

(4.00)

(2011-2014)

0.02685

Within

0.02660

(99.07)

0.02680

(99.81)

0.02629

(97.91)

0.02599

(96.80)

0.02606

(97.06)

0.02571

(95.75)

Between

0.00025

(0.93)

0.00005

(0.19)

0.00056

(2.09)

0.00086

(3.20)

0.00079

(2.94)

0.00114

(4.25)

  1. Note: Age: 20-39, 40-59, 60-74; Sex: Male, Female, Race: non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic and Other
  2. Obesity inequality is not decomposed by race in (1971-1974) and (1976-1980) due to a lack of consistent definition of race category in NHANES
  3. Within- and between-group inequality as a proportion of total inequality in parentheses