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. 2013 Jan 9;8(1):e53246. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053246

Table 1. Descriptives of ratios for the gender equality indicators with cut-off points for the gender equal group and percentage of workplaces in each gender equality group.

Gender equality indicators Range Median Cut off for the gender equal groups* Percentage of workplaces in each gender equality group after the categorization
min – max (Inter quartile range) Ratiow/m Proportionw/(w+m) Gender unequal, men higher score (1) Moderately gender unequal, men higher score (2) Gender equal (3) Moderately gender unequal, women higher score (4) Gender unequal, women higher score(5)
w/m employees 0.01–47.00 0.78 (0.21–2.46) 0.67–1.5 40–60 21 21 23 17 17
w/m salary 0.00–46.90 0.98 (0.89–1.15) 0.82–1.20 45–55 26 26 41 8 -
w/m education 0.38–4.00 0.81 (0.71–0.91) 0.96–1.04 49–51 23 23 20 17 18
w/m parental leave 0.01–249.47 2.49 (1.40–3.99) 0.67–1.5 40–60 9 9 14 34 34
w/m temp. parental leave 0.06–21.92 1.31 (0.96–.51) 0.82–.20 45–55 12 13 26 25 24
*

The gender equal group is centred around a ratio of 1 (equivalent to a 50–50 proportion of women and men).