The Concentration Index of a Binary Outcome Revisited

The binary variable is one of the most common types of variables in the analysis of income-related health inequalities. I argue that while the binary variable has some unusual properties, it shares many of the properties of the ratio-scale variable and hence lends itself to both relative and absolut...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wagstaff, A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5148