Table 7 Trends in labour force indicators for assessing gender imbalances, selected occupations, 5 LIS countries, 1991–1997
From: Assessing human resources for health: what can be learned from labour force surveys?
| Â | Denmark | Netherlands | Russian Federation | United Kingdom | United States of America | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 1992 | 1997 | 1991 | 1994 | 1992 | 1995 | 1991 | 1997 | 1991 | 1997 |
Proportion female | ||||||||||
Physicians | 23% | 31% | 21% | 30% | 70% | 67% | 43% | 35% | 20% | 23% |
Nursing and midwifery professionals | 97% | 96% | 84% | 79% | (100%) | (100%) | 88% | 91% | 93% | 94% |
Other health professionals | 41% | 46% | (13%) | (33%) | 52% | 67% | 44% | 39% | 24% | 32% |
Nursing and midwifery associate professionals | 97% | 97% | 85% | 86% | 98% | 97% | 93% | 94% | 91% | 88% |
Modern health associate professionals | 91% | 88% | 85% | 88% | 83% | 87% | 76% | 85% | 81% | 77% |
Physical and engineering science professionals | 12% | 13% | 9% | 4% | 48% | 49% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 12% |
Teaching associate professionals | 77% | 82% | 61% | 72% | 97% | 94% | 79% | 82% | 75% | 76% |
Ratio of women's/men's average hours worked | ||||||||||
Physicians | NA | NA | (0.4) | (0.7) | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
Nursing and midwifery professionals | NA | NA | 0.6 | 0.7 | .. | .. | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Other health professionals | NA | NA | (1.5) | (0.4) | 1.1 | (1.1) | (1.8) | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Nursing and midwifery associate professionals | NA | NA | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Modern health associate professionals | NA | NA | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Physical and engineering science professionals | NA | NA | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
Teaching associate professionals | NA | NA | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Ratio of women's/men's average earnings | ||||||||||
Physicians | 0.7 | 0.8 | (0.7) | (0.6) | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
Nursing and midwifery professionals | (0.8) | (0.7) | 0.5 | 0.7 | .. | .. | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
Other health professionals | 0.7 | 0.9 | .. | .. | 0.6 | (1.1) | (1.0) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Nursing and midwifery associate professionals | (0.9) | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | (1.0) | (2.6) | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Modern health associate professionals | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | (0.9) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Physical and engineering science professionals | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Teaching associate professionals | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |