Mind the Gap: Revisiting the Concentration Index for Overweight

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October 2017
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Abstract
Much analysis of the socioeconomic gradient of overweight/obesity has involved the calculation of concentration indices for the incidence of these conditions. However this analysis ignores the severity of the conditions, in particular whether there is a gradient to how far are people above the relevant thresholds. Calculation of the concentration index for severity based measures for a dataset for Ireland reveals a much stronger gradient than for the incidence based measures. It is recommended that analysis of severity should always accompany analysis of the incidence of overweight/obesity.
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. School of Economics
Start Page
1
End Page
11
Series
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series
2017/22
Copyright (Published Version)
2017 the Author
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I14
I32
Language
English
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Not peer reviewed
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