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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2008 Mar;86(3):1217–1244. doi: 10.1353/sof.0.0008

Table 2. Observed-to-Predicted Earnings Ratios for Minority Women, by Marital Status.

Without Controls With Controls


Married Unmarried All Married Unmarried All






White Only 1 1.00 1.00 1 1 1.00
Chinese 1.13 *** 1.05 1.15 *** 1.15 *** 1.08 *** 1.15 ***
Asian Indian 1.10 1.01 1.14 *** 1.14 ** 1.04 1.14 ***
Korean 1.20 ** 1.02 1.21 *** 1.20 ** 1.08 1.20 ***
Japanese 1.10 *** 1.06 ** 1.11 *** 1.09 *** 1.07 *** 1.11 ***
Cuban 1.13 *** 1.10 *** 1.16 *** 1.10 *** 1.10 *** 1.12 ***
Other, multi-eth Asian 1.32 *** 1.03 ∧∧∧ 1.20 *** 1.25 *** 1.06 ∧∧ 1.20 ***
Asian-white 1.14 *** 1.06 * 1.16 *** 1.13 *** 1.09 *** 1.15 ***
Black-Asian 1.20 .98 1.09 1.13 .99 1.10
Filipino 1.25 *** 1.01 ∧∧∧ 1.20 *** 1.20 *** 1.04 ∧∧∧ 1.17 ***
Other 1.12 *** 1.00 ∧∧∧ 1.11 *** 1.10 *** 1.02 ∧∧∧ 1.09 ***
Vietnamese Only 1.02 1.12 1.09 1.01 1.09 1.08
Black-white 1.17 *** .99 ∧∧∧ 1.13 *** 1.12 *** 1.00 ∧∧ 1.10 ***
Native Am.-white 1.03 * 1.00 1.04 *** 1.01 1.01 1.02 *
Other Hispanic 1.13 *** 1.01 ∧∧∧ 1.10 *** 1.08 *** 1.03 ** ∧∧ 1.08 ***
Puerto Rican 1.23 *** 1.04 ** ∧∧∧ 1.17 *** 1.14 *** 1.04 ** ∧∧∧ 1.12 ***
Mexican 1.14 *** 1.01 ∧∧∧ 1.11 *** 1.09 *** 1.02 ∧∧∧ 1.08 ***
Black 1.25 *** 1.05 *** ∧∧∧ 1.19 *** 1.17 *** 1.05 *** ∧∧∧ 1.14 ***
Native American 1.16 *** 1.00 ∧∧∧ 1.12 *** 1.09 *** 1.01 ∧∧∧ 1.08 ***

Notes: Sample includes full-time, full-year workers between the ages of 25-55 who were born in the U.S.

Control variables are: Education, potential work experience, potential work experience squared, hours worked per week (above 35), self-employment, and region.

*

Race-sex interaction statistically significant at the .1 level.

**

Race-sex interaction statistically significant at the .05 level.

***

Race-sex interaction statistically significant at the .01 level.

Statistically different from married at the .1 level

∧∧

Statistically different from married at the .05 level

∧∧∧

Statistically different from married at the .01 level