Table 5.

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

	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