“Health divide” between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Kerala, India: Population based study

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Table 3 Decomposition of the health gap between (i) tribal and non tribal populations; and (ii) Paniya and Other Scheduled Tribe populations

Outcome	Tribal vs Non Tribal populations			Paniya vs Other ST populations
	Health Gap^‡	Diff due to endowments	Diff due to social status	Health Gap^‡	Diff due to endowments	Diff due to social status
Underweight	0.233	0.126	0.107 (46%)	0.164	0.076	0.088 (54%)
Anaemia	0.050	0.021	0.029 (58%)	0.045	0.025	0.022 (49%)
Goitre	0.063	0.054	0.009 (14%)	0.124	−0.001	0.125 (100%)

^† Model covariates: age 18–30, age 31–59, sex, education, poverty (BPL), land ownership, wage labourer, crowding, water quality.
^‡ Difference in predicted prevalence between the advantaged and the disadvantaged group.

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