2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.01.003
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Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity: Evidence from Ireland

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“…Walsh and Cullinan (2015) also found a significant socioeconomic gradient of obesity using the same dataset. In their case the measure of SES was equivalised disposable income and the gradient was explored using concentration indices.…”
Section: The Measurement Of Obesity In Children and Adolescentsmentioning
confidence: 61%
“…Walsh and Cullinan (2015) also found a significant socioeconomic gradient of obesity using the same dataset. In their case the measure of SES was equivalised disposable income and the gradient was explored using concentration indices.…”
Section: The Measurement Of Obesity In Children and Adolescentsmentioning
confidence: 61%
“…The concentration index is a metric of inequality commonly employed to analyse the socioeconomic gradient of health outcomes, with multivariate decomposition of this metric widely applied in the field of health economics. Applications to date have analysed socioeconomic inequalities in obesity [41], vaccine uptake [10], malnutrition [39], doctor utilisation [37] and disease [46]. This paper augments the field of application to analyse socioeconomic inequalities in carbon tax incidence.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Combining these methods to identify the impact socioeconomic variables have in determining overall inequality across the income spectrum has been overlooked. This paper addresses this gap, decomposing inequalities associated with carbon tax incidence using the concentration index, a method commonly employed to decompose socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes [41,37,46,39].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…), and nutritional status data (diet and meals, fast food consumption, and physical activity). The questions in socioeconomic and nutritional status were based on previous studies (conducted in this field) as well as those used in the population and housing census designed by the Statistical Center of Iran (3,10,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19). All the questionnaires were self-administered and were given to eligible students (those who were student in one of the high schools in Kermanshah city with the lack of specific diseases) along with an informed consent to participate in the study.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%