To investigate the socioeconomic inequality of obesity and its determinants in Iran.Data was from Iran's surveillance system for risk factors of non-communicable diseases which was conducted on 89,400 individuals aged 15-64 years in 2005. Principal component analysis was used to create a new variable for defining socioeconomic status of participants. We assessed inequality by calculating a slop index of inequality and concentration index for obesity. Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis was used to determine the determinants of inequality.The slop index of inequality and concentration index for obesity was -13.1 (95

作者：Mohammad Hassan, Emamian；Mansooreh, Fateh；Ahmad Reza, Hosseinpoor；Ali, Alami；Akbar, Fotouhi

来源：Economics and human biology 2017 年 26卷