Table 4.
Correlation between gender inequality scores and the corresponding overall proportion for the population
| Overall % | Spearman correlation | ||
| Mean (SD) | Median | r | |
| Demographic and household characteristics | |||
| Divorce | 10.7 (3.9) | 10.5 | 0.09 |
| Single-headed households | 17.1 (10.9) | 15.4 | 0.13 |
| Education | |||
| University certification | 15.5 (11.5) | 13.4 | -0.15 |
| No high school diploma | 30.9 (15.4) | 30.6 | -0.10 |
| Income | |||
| Average employment income (thousand CAD) | 27.8 (11.8) | 26.8 | -0.40 |
| Work and leisure | |||
| Labour force participation | 63.2 (12.4) | 63.7 | 0.40 |
| Employment rate | 58.6 (12.8) | 59.2 | 0.27 |
| Managerial positions | 9.1 (6.9) | 8.0 | -0.08 |
| Unpaid elderly care | 6.3 (4.5) | 5.8 | 0.01* |
| Unpaid child care | 30.1 (12.0) | 29.3 | -0.13 |
| Unpaid housework | 69.7 (10.2) | 70.7 | -0.40 |
| Political participation | |||
| Decision-making positions | 1.9 (3.1) | 0.0 | 0.16 |
*P = 0.2, all other correlation coefficients were statistically significant with P < 0.01