Table 1.
Men | Women | |||||||||
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2010 | 2013 | 2010 | 2013 | |||||||
Continuous Variables | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p |
Age [years, mean] (SE) | 47.1 | 10.1 | 47.6 | 10.4 | 0.212 | 45.8 | 10.4 | 46.8 | 10.3 | 0.001 |
Tenure (SE) | 14.1 | 11.8 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 0.125 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 13.0 | 10.3 | 0.211 |
Hours worked (SE) | 40.4 | 12.9 | 40.1 | 13.4 | 0.667 | 36.8 | 15.7 | 36.0 | 15.6 | 0.078 |
Annual Salary ($ AU)a | 66,566 | 20,487 | 73,608 | 36,033 | <0.001 | 63,232 | 20,073 | 70,091 | 20,333 | <0.001 |
Categorical Variables | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | ||
Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married/ Partner | 91 | 774 | 94 | 763 | ref | 85 | 1767 | 85 | 1711 | ref |
Not married | 9 | 79 | 6 | 52 | 0.029 | 15 | 313 | 15 | 301 | 0.937 |
Education | ||||||||||
Post school | 61 | 495 | 66 | 514 | ref | 68 | 1308 | 66 | 1239 | ref |
Middle school | 3 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 0.053 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 36 | 0.826 |
Upper school | 36 | 291 | 32 | 248 | 0.064 | 30 | 567 | 32 | 606 | 0.087 |
Employment band | ||||||||||
Low/mid band | 75 | 719 | 78 | 716 | ref | 89 | 2183 | 94 | 2166 | Ref |
High/very high band | 25 | 245 | 22 | 200 | 0.068 | 11 | 261 | 6 | 145 | <0.001 |
Employment Category | ||||||||||
Employment Category | 88 | 848 | 86 | 785 | ref | 92 | 2256 | 88 | 2034 | ref |
Fixed-term/ casual | 12 | 116 | 14 | 131 | 0.146 | 8 | 188 | 12 | 276 | <0.001 |
Employment Condition | ||||||||||
Full-time | 84 | 814 | 84 | 772 | ref | 51 | 1243 | 48 | 1105 | ref |
Part-time | 16 | 150 | 16 | 144 | 0.924 | 49 | 1201 | 52 | 1206 | 0.036 |
Days worked | ||||||||||
Mon to Fri | 69 | 665 | 75 | 646 | ref | 53 | 1289 | 63 | 1205 | ref |
Days Vary Weekly | 18 | 170 | 19 | 160 | 0.796 | 16 | 382 | 19 | 367 | 0.739 |
Other | 13 | 122 | 6 | 55 | <0.001 | 31 | 759 | 18 | 355 | <0.001 |
Total Respondents | 964 | 917 | 2444 | 2311 |
aBased on full-time equivalent hours