Research Article
Gender Disparity in Health and Food Expenditure in India among Elderly
Table 5
Decomposition of change in food and health expenditure among the elderly, India, 1999-2000 and 2007-2008.
| Background characteristics | Food expenditure | Health expenditure | Rate | Composition | Interaction | Rate | Composition | Interaction |
| Age | −0.0100 | 0.0003 | 0.0006 | −0.0231 | 0.0006 | −0.0012 | Sex | −0.0048 | 0.0002 | 0.0001 | −0.0115 | −0.0003 | 0.0002 | Education | −0.0138 | 0.0041 | 0.0012 | 0.0362 | −0.0096 | 0.0034 | Caste | 0.0049 | 0.0011 | −0.0033 | −0.1793 | 0.016 | −0.0152 | Marital status | 0.0074 | 0.0003 | −0.0004 | 0.045 | −0.0006 | 0.0022 |
| Total | −0.0163 | 0.0060 | −0.0018 | −0.0866 | 0.0061 | −0.0106 |
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