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Table 6 Trends in ratio of average earnings, selected occupations, to average earnings for physicians, 5 LIS countries, 1991–1997

From: Assessing human resources for health: what can be learned from labour force surveys?

 

Denmark

Netherlands

Russian Federation

United Kingdom

United States of America

 

1992

1997

1991

1994

1992

1995

1991

1997

1991

1997

Physicians (reference group)

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Nursing and midwifery professionals

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

(0.5)

(1.0)

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.2

Other health professionals

0.7

0.8

(1.2)

(1.4)

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.8

0.7

0.5

Nursing and midwifery associate professionals

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.6

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.1

Modern health associate professionals

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

Physical and engineering science professionals

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.7

1.2

1.2

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.4

Teaching associate professionals

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.2

  1. Note: Occupational classification at the 4-digit ISCO-88 level or equivalent. Figures in parentheses refer to sample size of fewer than 10 cases.