Inequality of weight status in urban Cuba: 2001–2010

Table 5 Within-group and between-group obesity inequality

Survey year	GE(1)^a		Gender	Age	Race	Marital status	Education	All SES
General obesity
2001	0.0181	Within-group	0.9887	0.9813	0.9996	0.9803	0.9997	0.9325
2001	0.0181	Between-group	0.0113	0.0187	0.0004	0.0197	0.0003	0.0675
2010	0.0190	Within-group	0.9940	0.9650	0.9992	0.9711	0.9997	0.8957
2010	0.0190	Between-group	0.0060	0.0350	0.0008	0.0289	0.0003	0.1043
Central obesity
2001	0.0109	Within-group	0.9774	0.9403	0.9981	0.9765	0.9959	0.8746
2001	0.0109	Between-group	0.0226	0.0597	0.0019	0.0235	0.0041	0.1254
2010	0.0113	Within-group	0.9740	0.9368	0.9981	0.9664	0.9975	0.8475
2010	0.0113	Between-group	0.0260	0.0632	0.0019	0.0336	0.0025	0.1525

Within- and between-group obesity inequality is reported as a proportion of overall inequality. Gender: male vs. female; age: 18–39, 40–59, 60 or higher; race: White, Mulatto, Black; marital status: single, married/living together, widowed/separated/divorced; education: low (illiterate/primary school), medium (secondary school/qualified worker/technical school), and high (university)
^aGE(1) denotes the Theil index

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