Table 3.
Decomposition of the health gap between (i) tribal and non tribal populations; and (ii) Paniya and Other Scheduled Tribe populations
| Outcome |
Tribal vs Non Tribal populations |
Paniya vs Other ST populations |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Gap‡ | Diff due to endowments | Diff due to social status | Health Gap‡ | Diff due to endowments | Diff due to social status | |
| Underweight |
0.233 |
0.126 |
0.107 (46%) |
0.164 |
0.076 |
0.088 (54%) |
| Anaemia |
0.050 |
0.021 |
0.029 (58%) |
0.045 |
0.025 |
0.022 (49%) |
| Goitre | 0.063 | 0.054 | 0.009 (14%) | 0.124 | −0.001 | 0.125 (100%) |
† Model covariates: age 18–30, age 31–59, sex, education, poverty (BPL), land ownership, wage labourer, crowding, water quality.
‡ Difference in predicted prevalence between the advantaged and the disadvantaged group.