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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
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