Table 4.

Regression Decomposition of the Differential in Full‐Time Earnings between White and Black, Hispanic, and Asian Full‐Time Hospital RNs

	Black–white			Hispanic–white			Asian–white
	∆β	∆X	T	∆β	∆X	T	∆β	∆X	T
(Constant)	10.423	0.000	10.423	0.731	0.000	0.731	6.318	0.000	6.318
Worked as RN 5–10 years	−0.347	0.172	−0.175	−0.351	0.167	−0.184	0.221	0.245	0.465
Worked as RN 11–15 years	−0.008	−0.079	−0.087	−0.122	−0.148	−0.270	0.138	−0.124	0.014
Worked as RN 16+ years	−0.429	−0.436	−0.865	−0.557	−1.173	−1.731	−0.409	−0.807	−1.217
Country of nursing education (1 = Not United States, 0 = United States)	0.027	0.100	0.127	−0.027	0.029	0.002	−0.181	0.431	0.251
Highest nursing degree ≥BSN (1 = Yes, 0 = No)	0.091	−0.069	0.022	0.752	0.071	0.823	−0.516	0.250	−0.266
Other title (1 = Nurse manager, advanced practice nurse or nurse educator/Researcher, 0 = Staff RN)	−0.771	−0.037	−0.808	−0.067	−0.209	−0.276	−0.187	−0.210	−0.397
Worked paid overtime (1 = Yes, 0 = No)	−1.163	−0.108	−1.271	−0.457	−0.055	−0.512	0.021	−0.001	0.021
Union (1 = Yes, 0 = No)	0.255	0.253	0.509	−0.072	0.151	0.079	−0.167	0.179	0.012
Worked for same employer last year (1 = Yes, 0 = No)	−0.999	−0.004	−1.003	−0.200	−0.024	−0.224	0.673	0.006	0.680
Cost of living index	−8.009	0.171	−7.838	−1.114	0.340	−0.774	−5.063	0.633	−4.430
Total contribution	−0.930	−0.037	−0.967	−1.484	−0.852	−2.336	0.848	0.601	1.449
% Contribution	96%	4%	100%	64%	36%	100%	59%	41%	100%