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Table 5 Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition of hourly wage rate differences between males and females stratified by occupation a

From: Differences in wage rates for males and females in the health sector: a consideration of unpaid overtime to decompose the gender wage gap

 

Manager (n= 1,128)

Professional/technical (n= 6,151)

Clerical/service (n= 2,324)

 

Coeff.

Robust SE

95% CI

Coeff.

Robust SE

95% CI

Coeff.

Robust SE

95% CI

overall

            

group_1 (males)

32.576

0.553

31.509

33.679

29.208

0.263

28.697

29.728

19.416

0.258

18.917

19.929

group_2 (females)

25.958

0.367

25.250

26.687

22.782

0.114

22.559

23.006

17.020

0.126

16.776

17.268

difference

1.255

0.028

1.202

1.310

1.282

0.013

1.256

1.308

1.141

0.017

1.107

1.175

explained

1.084

0.017

1.052

1.117

1.074

0.006

1.062

1.085

1.043

0.008

1.027

1.060

unexplained

1.158

0.021

1.117

1.200

1.194

0.012

1.172

1.217

1.093

0.015

1.065

1.123

  1. aResults retransformed to the original scale. For ease of interpretation, gender codes are reversed: male = 0; female = 1. CI, confidence interval; Coeff., coefficient; SE, standard error.
  2. Source: Work Outcomes Research Cost-benefit Survey 2005/06.