Table 3 Inequality measures: absolute gap, relative gap, slope inequality index (SII), and relative inequality index (RII)
Moderate decreasing versus Steep decreasing | Slight increasing versus Steep decreasing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimator | Confidence interval 95% | Estimator | Confidence interval 95% | |||
Wealth | ||||||
Absolute gap (Q5-Q1) | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.41 | 0.34 | 0.48 |
Relative gap (Q5/Q1) | 1.24 | 1.14 | 1.35 | 1.91 | 1.67 | 2.18 |
Slope Inequality Index (SII) | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.19 |
Relative Inequality Index (RII) | 1.11 | 1.02 | 1.19 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 1.21 |
Educational level | ||||||
Absolute gap (Q5-Q1) | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 0.71 |
Relative gap (Q5/Q1) | 1.45 | 1.32 | 1.58 | 3.27 | 2.73 | 3.91 |
Slope Inequality Index (SII) | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.38 |
Relative Inequality Index (RII) | 1.20 | 1.09 | 1.32 | 2.98 | 2.47 | 3.60 |
Gender | ||||||
Absolute gap (Female-Male) | -0.10 | -0.14 | -0.06 | -0.32 | -0.36 | -0.27 |
Relative gap (Female/Male) | 0.92 | 0.84 | 1.01 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.69 |
Slope Inequality Index (SII) | -0.17 | -0.23 | -0.11 | -0.26 | -0.31 | -0.20 |
Relative Inequality Index (RII) | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.90 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.82 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Absolute gap (Indigenous-non-Indigenous) | -0.03 | -0.10 | 0.03 | -0.09 | -0.18 | 0.01 |
Relative gap (indigenous/non-indigenous) | 0.95 | 0.87 | 1.05 | 0.87 | 0.74 | 1.01 |
Slope Inequality Index (SII) | -0.08 | -0.15 | -0.01 | -0.06 | -0.13 | -0.01 |
Relative Inequality Index (RII) | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.99 |