Research Article

Measuring Distributional Inequality: Relative Body Mass Index Distributions by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Education, United States (1999–2006)

Figure 3

Age-adjusted relative body mass index distributions (1999–2006) between men (top) and women (bottom) by those with a college degree or more compared to (a,d) those with less than a high school diploma; (b,e) those with a high school diploma or GED; (c,f) those with some college education. Deciles chart superimposed on relative densities. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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(a) Less HS-college entropy = 0.0456
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(b) HS-college entropy = 0.0354
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(c) Some college-college entropy = 0.0291
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(d) Less HS-college entropy = 0.123
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(e) HS-college entropy = 0.0664
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(f) Some college-college entropy = 0.0694