Box Table 2
Decomposition of the change in the average hourly wage ratio between 1988 and 2008, by age

Box Table 2
Decomposition of the change in the average hourly wage ratio between 1988 and 2008, by age
Table summary
 This table displays the results of the Decomposition of the change in the average hourly wage ratio between 1988 and 2008. This information is grouped by Decomposition of the change appearing as row headers and is grouped by Age group, 25 to 29, 30 to 34, 35 to 39, 40 to 44, 45 to 49 and 50 to 54 appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage point and percentage as a unit of measure.
Decomposition of the change Age group
25 to 29 30 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54
Change in the female-to-male wage ratio between 1988 and 2008 percentage point
5.6 6.4 6.8 8.9 10.3 16.2
Total change explained percentage
66.0 52.7 40.2 57.1 47.1 65.4
Change attributable
to changes in:
age 2.3 0.9 0.7 -0.1 -0.4 -0.9
education 28.4 27.8 8.5 -7.0 -0.8 3.6
province -11.2 -7.2 -7.0 -3.3 -4.9 1.1
tenure 5.3 6.5 21.6 26.5 13.9 14.6
marital status 0.8 4.2 2.5 6.0 3.0 1.8
union 26.8 9.3 3.1 5.0 4.8 6.6
part-time 8.7 11.1 5.5 4.0 1.6 6.8
industry -12.0 -4.3 -5.8 11.1 1.6 4.0
occupation 18.7 4.3 11.0 15.7 28.2 27.7
Unexplained 34.0 47.3 59.8 42.8 52.9 34.6
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Market Activity Survey 1988 and Labour Force Survey, 2008.
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