Table 5.

Mean gender inequality scores for average employment income, labour force participation and unpaid housework according to geographic area and tertile

	Metropolitan areas	Mid-sized cities	Rural areas
Average employment income (thousand CAD)
Low (6.4-24.3)	0.43	0.42	0.42
Intermediate (24.3-30.3)	0.42	0.39	0.38
High (30.3-263.7)	0.38	0.38	0.37
P-value*	0.008	0.09	0.06
Labour force participation (%)
Low (0.0-58.0)	0.42	0.42	0.42
Intermediate (58.0-69.0)	0.45	0.45	0.44
High (69.0-100.0)	0.47	0.46	0.46
P-value*	0.15	0.17	0.02
Unpaid housework (%)
Low (8.0-66.0)	0.60	0.60	0.61
Intermediate (66.0-75.0)	0.57	0.58	0.59
High (75.0-100.0)	0.55	0.56	0.56
P-value*	0.01	0.25	0.03

* P-value for the comparison between low, intermediate, and high tertiles in each geographic area.