Table 5.
Within-group and between-group obesity inequality, Generalized Entropy (1)
| 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) |
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| Between | 0.00050 (2.78) |
0.00006 (0.33) |
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| (1976-1980) | 0.0175 | Within | 0.01689 (96.51) |
0.01748 (99.83) |
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| Between | 0.00061 (3.49) |
0.00003 (0.17) |
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| (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) |
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| (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) |
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| (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) |
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| (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) |
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| (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) |
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| (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) |
Note: Age: 20-39, 40-59, 60-74; Sex: Male, Female, Race: non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic and Other
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
Within- and between-group inequality as a proportion of total inequality in parentheses