Table 5.
Primary-order decomposition of changes in the distribution of family earnings, 1996–2011
| Statistics | Total Change | Contribution of: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s Earnings | Women’s Labor Force Participation | Family Structure | Household Head Characteristics | Residual Factor | ||
| Median | 212.368 | 138.721 | 24.615 | –40.639 | 129.441 | –39.769 |
| (0.65) | (0.12) | (–0.19) | (0.61) | (–0.19) | ||
| Coefficient of Variation | 0.180 | 0.133 | –0.022 | 0.024 | 0.066 | –0.020 |
| (0.74) | (–0.12) | (0.13) | (0.37) | (–0.11) | ||
| P90/P10 | 2.858 | 1.518 | –0.322 | 1.425 | 0.388 | –0.151 |
| (0.53) | (–0.11) | (0.50) | (0.14) | (–0.05) | ||
| P90/P50 | 0.426 | 0.224 | 0.034 | 0.058 | 0.028 | 0.082 |
| (0.53) | (0.08) | (0.14) | (0.06) | (0.19) | ||
| P50/P10 | 0.746 | 0.361 | –0.209 | 0.623 | 0.161 | –0.189 |
| (0.48) | (–0.28) | (0.83) | (0.22) | (–0.25) | ||
| Gini Coefficient | 0.077 | 0.046 | –0.002 | 0.022 | 0.014 | –0.002 |
| (0.59) | (–0.03) | (0.28) | (0.18) | (–0.02) | ||
| Theil’s Coefficient | 0.096 | 0.060 | –0.007 | 0.027 | 0.020 | –0.005 |
| (0.63) | (–0.08) | (0.29) | (0.21) | (–0.05) | ||
| Mean Logarithmic Deviation | 0.161 | 0.051 | –0.074 | 0.160 | 0.059 | –0.035 |
| (0.32) | (–0.46) | (0.99) | (0.37) | (–0.22) | ||
| Poverty Rate (%) | 4.766 | 2.451 | –0.282 | 2.382 | 0.729 | –0.515 |
| (0.51) | (–0.06) | (0.50) | (0.15) | (–0.11) | ||