Socioeconomic inequalities in food insecurity and malnutrition among under-five children: within and between-group inequalities in Zimbabwe

Table 6 Theil indices for subgroups for food security status and nutritional status distinguished by residence and socioeconomic classes

	Theil index decomposed by residence
	Food security status			Nutritional status
Region	2010/11	2015		2010/11	2015
Region	*Theil index [GE (2)***]	*Theil index [GE (2)***]	Absolute difference	*Theil index [GE (2)***]	*Theil index [GE (2)***]	Absolute difference
Urban	1.1465	0.8364	−0.3101	12.0385	16.1539	4.1154
Rural	2.3524	1.9495	−0.4029	11.9878	9.0000	−2.9878
	Theil index decomposed by socioeconomic status
Socio- economic class	Food security status			Nutritional status
	2010/11	2015		2010/11	2015
	*Theil index [GE (2)***]	*Theil index [GE (2)***]	Absolute difference	*Theil index [GE (2)***]	*Theil index [GE (2)***]	Absolute difference
Poor	3.1453	2.2854	−0.8599	11.3636	8.3134	−3.0502
Middle	1.4222	1.6900	0.2678	14.7647	9.4546	−5.3101
Rich	1.3025	0.9034	−0.3991	11.6667	15.5147	3.8480

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