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Mental Health and Its Socioeconomic Inequality in Sweden: The Role of Demographic Changes over Time
Linder, Anna; Spika, Devon; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Fritzell, Sara - 2018
decomposition results show that distributional changes in the population explain the increase in suicide inequality and partly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208826
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Inequality in mortality in Vietnam: unravel the causes
Granlund, David; Chuc, NT; Phuc, HD; Lindholm, Lars - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2008
to March 2008 are estimated using Cox's proportionally hazard models. Also, we use decomposition techniques to … women. The decomposition, however, shows that these variables together explain less than one third of the inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652007
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Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China
Nie, Peng; Ding, Lanlin; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2018
Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyses changes in bodyweight (BMI and waist circumference) distributions between 1991 and 2011 among adults aged 20+ in China. To do so, we quantify the source and extent of temporal changes in bodyweight and then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916438
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Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China
Nie, Peng; Ding, Lanlin; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2018
Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyses changes in bodyweight (BMI and waist circumference) distributions between 1991 and 2011 among adults aged 20+ in China. To do so, we quantify the source and extent of temporal changes in bodyweight and then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011915954
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Social health inequalities among older Europeans: the contribution of social and family background
Tubeuf, Sandy; Jusot, Florence - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 12 (2011) 1, pp. 61-77
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008925474
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The Socioeconomic Gradient of Obesity in Ireland
Madden, David - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2010
rather than decreased obesity amongst the less well-off. A decomposition of the concentration indices suggest that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673591
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Explaining wealth-related health inequalities in European countries: the contribution of childhood circumstances and adulthood conditions
Tubeuf, Sandy - Academic Unit of Health Economics, Leeds Institute of … - 2009
European countries are measured using the popular concentration index. We then implement the decomposition method of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701959
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Social health inequalities among older Europeans : the contribution of social and family background
Jusot, Florence; Tubeuf, Sandy - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
popular concentration index. We then implement the decomposition method of the indices and evaluate the contribution of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166434
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Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity: Evidence from Ireland
Walsh, Brendan; Cullinan, John - In: Economics & Human Biology 16 (2015) C, pp. 60-72
extent of the socioeconomic gradient in childhood obesity and undertake a subsequent decomposition analysis to pinpoint the … that the gradient is more pronounced in obese children, while results from the decomposition analysis suggest that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011191053
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On decomposing the inequality and inequity change in health care utilization: change in means, or change in the distributions?
Zhong, Hai - In: International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 10 (2010) 4, pp. 369-386
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008776427