Gender Disparity in Health and Food Expenditure in India among Elderly

Table 3

Inequality decomposition by gender among elderly, India (health expenditure).

Gender	1999-2000				2007-2008
	Theil T	Theil L	GE(−1)	Gini	Theil T	Theil L	GE(−1)	Gini
Male	0.585	0.658	1.524	0.572	0.832	0.807	1.651	0.642
Female	0.401	0.454	0.786	0.468	1.043	1.115	2.866	0.702
All groups	0.586	0.644	1.404	0.569	0.868	0.863	1.888	0.656
Within group	0.564	0.618	1.374		0.867	0.862	1.887
% share	96.2	96.0	97.9		99.9	99.9	99.9
Between group	0.022	0.026	0.030		0.001	0.001	0.001
% share	3.8	4.0	2.1		0.1	0.1	0.1