Table 1.

Trends in Equity Measures Used in Health Inequalities Research in India (1990–2016)

Disparity measure	Total (%)	1990–2000 (%)	2000–10 (%)	2010–2016 (%)
Region	34.8	25.8	28.6	45.2
Income	61.2	48.3	55.3	72.2
Occupation	15.2	14.2	15.0	15.8
Caste/Tribe	12.9	15.8	11.9	13.6
Religion	8.8	10.8	7.9	9.5
Gender	36.1	33.3	35.2	38.1
Education	45.4	46.7	39.7	52.9

Note: Multiple measures of equity were present in many studies