Table 4.

Decomposition with individual income as the income measure

	Overall		Males		Females
	2007	2009	2007	2009	2007	2009
	% contribution
Individual income	43.67	47.74	64.02	61.77	32.26	25.00
Age	−0.35	−1.57	2.95	−5.58	−0.89	−0.02
Female	0.64	1.80
Single	3.89	2.71	8.39	12.57	1.87	−0.49
In a relationship	2.08	1.51	−1.15	0.64	2.29	2.75
Cohabiting	0.03	−0.38	0.42	−0.24	0.02	0.26
Divorced	0.12	−0.01	0.29	1.18	−0.03	1.63
Widowed	1.90	0.03	2.10	3.46	0.62	−0.88
Low education	6.12	4.25	0.55	5.49	12.67	4.32
High education	4.70	−1.83	5.38	−0.69	5.04	−1.82
Business owner	−1.84	2.61	−1.64	2.73	−0.35	0.26
Student	−12.47	−10.36	−37.60	−14.63	0.94	−4.97
Homemaker	−0.47	1.09	−0.34	1.45	−3.46	−2.28
Parent leave	−0.29	−0.95	0.41	0.46	−0.08	−1.58
Temporary ill	8.55	8.77	9.68	10.12	5.61	4.97
Retired	5.13	5.30	5.68	0.50	5.07	9.64
Unemployed	3.88	0.06	8.92	−11.77	1.42	5.29
Disabled	24.26	23.56	12.96	18.72	27.52	24.32
Underweight	1.99	−0.90	2.30	−1.02	1.40	−0.50
Overweight	−7.95	−3.90	−7.34	−2.24	−1.83	−0.10
Obese	2.63	4.98	−7.58	−1.45	7.25	11.00
Daily smoker	5.23	8.15	9.11	9.31	3.36	6.24
Weekly smoker	−0.40	−0.03	−1.50	−0.12	−0.23	−0.69
Seldom smoker	−0.77	−0.51	−0.04	−0.02	−2.48	−1.24
Former smoker	−3.91	−1.35	−4.86	−0.11	−3.17	−2.52
5+ alcoholic drinks	0.06	0.32	0.03	0.10	−0.05	−0.90