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

Table 3

Summary measures for distributional comparisons for women, by race, education, and race-education subgroups, United States (1999–2006).

		Polarization Index
	Entropy	Median	95% CI	Lower	95% CI	Upper	95% CI
By Race	.122	.130	.099, .161	.207	.144,  .270	.053	−.008,  .115
By Edu
Less high school	.123	.167	.125,  .210	.273	.191,   .354	.062	−.023,  .146
High School	.066	.181	.141,  .220	.309	.235,  .383	.052	−.027,  .132
Some College	.069	.163	.125,  .201	.236	.163,  .309	.089	.012,  .166
By race-edu
Less high school	.113	.115	.053,  .176	.076	−.047,  .120	.152	.031,  .274
High School	.104	.068	.004,  .132	.102	−.028,  .232	.033	−.093,  .160
Some College	.111	.155	.099,  .211	.246	.135,  .357	.064	−.045,  .174
College or greater	.158	.174	.095,  .252	.282	.124,  .440	.067	−.084,   .218
Within race by edu
NH White
Less high school	.109	.152	.099,  .205	.260	.156,  .364	.044	−.061,  .148
High School	.067	.189	.145,  .233	.306	.222,  .390	.073	−.017,  .162
Some College	.070	.158	.115,  .202	.227	.142,  .312	.089	.002,  .177
NH Black
Less high school	.049	.097	.017,  .177	.158	.009,  .307	.037	−.132,  .206
High School	.059	.100	.011,  .188	.230	.065,  .394	−.030	−.215,  .155
Some College	.087	.183	.102,  .265	.229	.071,  .386	.138	−.029, .305

Abbreviations: Edu = education; NH = non-Hispanic; CI = confidence interval.
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.