This paper proposes a new method of measuring obesity using Body Mass Index (BMI) data. Conventional measures which … measures currently used in the poverty literature can be usefully applied to measure obesity and provide us with measures which …

-related inequalities in obesity. By use of the concentration index and decomposition techniques we answer the following questions: 1) Does … obesity inequality favour or disfavour the poor? 2) What factors explain this inequality at different points in time? 3) How … can the pattern of inequality over time be explained? We find that among females, inequalities in obesity favour the rich …

characteristics. The decomposition is carried out over the whole of the distribution, with a particular focus on the upper percentiles … and a number of different decomposition techniques are applied and compared. The overall increase in BMI at higher …

decomposition techniques to Irish data for 1994 and 2000 to examine the factors lying behind the gender differences in GHQ score …

stress fell in Ireland over the 1994 to 2000 period regardless of the threshold chosen. Decomposition techniques suggest that …

stress fell in Ireland over the 1994 to 2000 period regardless of the threshold chosen. Decomposition techniques suggest that …

decomposition techniques to Irish data for 1994 and 2000 to examine the factors lying behind the gender differences in GHQ score …

threshold chosen. Decomposition techniques suggest that changes in the proportion unemployed and in the protective effect of …