Gender Disparity in Health and Food Expenditure in India among Elderly

Table 4

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

Gender	1999-2000				2007-2008
	Theil T	Theil L	GE(−1)	Gini	Theil T	Theil L	GE(−1)	Gini
Male	0.100	0.095	0.099	0.241	0.103	0.096	0.099	0.242
Female	0.087	0.084	0.090	0.228	0.094	0.088	0.091	0.235
All	0.094	0.090	0.095	0.235	0.099	0.092	0.096	0.239
Within group	0.094	0.090	0.095		0.099	0.092	0.095
% share	99.7	99.7	99.7		95.4	96.2	95.9
Between group	0.000	0.000	0.000		0.001	0.001	0.001
% share	0.3	0.3	0.3		0.5	0.6	0.6