TABLE 3.
Mean of required skills, age and real hourly earnings, by gender, migration background, broad field of study and region of work.
| Geslacht | Working independ-ently | Working to plan | Alertness | Explaining | Collabor-ation | Informat-ion gathering | Creativity | Learning ability | Logical reasoning | Occupation-specific knowledge | Interdisc-iplinary knowledge | Digital literacy | Age | Real hourly earnings |
| Gender | ||||||||||||||
| Male | 4.16 | 3.72 | 4.00 | 4.05 | 3.92 | 3.87 | 3.81 | 3.88 | 4.02 | 3.77 | 3.27 | 3.75 | 24.96 | 15.18 |
| Female | 4.35 | 3.69 | 4.15 | 4.22 | 4.14 | 3.91 | 3.97 | 4.02 | 4.05 | 3.92 | 3.31 | 3.67 | 24.14 | 14.50 |
| Migration background | ||||||||||||||
| Western (excl. native Dutch) |
4.27 | 3.76 | 4.10 | 4.17 | 4.08 | 3.94 | 3.92 | 3.97 | 4.08 | 3.83 | 3.32 | 3.81 | 25.07 | 14.95 |
| Non-western | 4.24 | 3.78 | 4.08 | 4.14 | 4.08 | 3.94 | 3.86 | 3.99 | 4.05 | 3.80 | 3.36 | 3.81 | 25.57 | 15.29 |
| Native Dutch | 4.26 | 3.70 | 4.08 | 4.13 | 4.03 | 3.88 | 3.89 | 3.95 | 4.03 | 3.85 | 3.29 | 3.70 | 24.43 | 14.79 |
| Broad Field of study | ||||||||||||||
| Agriculture and food |
4.30 | 3.79 | 4.08 | 4.13 | 3.96 | 3.89 | 3.88 | 3.96 | 4.08 | 3.89 | 3.27 | 3.73 | 24.60 | 14.65 |
| Teaching and education |
4.30 | 3.40 | 4.22 | 4.28 | 4.16 | 3.74 | 4.05 | 4.03 | 3.87 | 4.03 | 3.34 | 3.51 | 24.11 | 14.16 |
| Technical | 4.16 | 3.74 | 3.95 | 4.00 | 3.94 | 3.86 | 3.86 | 3.92 | 4.06 | 3.75 | 3.23 | 3.77 | 24.77 | 14.98 |
| Economics | 4.24 | 3.82 | 4.04 | 4.10 | 3.98 | 3.95 | 3.83 | 3.90 | 4.04 | 3.75 | 3.31 | 3.82 | 24.63 | 14.62 |
| Health studies |
4.39 | 3.71 | 4.06 | 4.21 | 4.13 | 3.89 | 3.86 | 4.05 | 4.15 | 4.05 | 3.26 | 3.61 | 24.19 | 15.85 |
| Social studies |
4.37 | 3.67 | 4.31 | 4.29 | 4.18 | 3.97 | 3.98 | 4.00 | 4.07 | 3.91 | 3.36 | 3.56 | 24.68 | 15.28 |
| Region of current work | ||||||||||||||
| North | 4.29 | 3.69 | 4.08 | 4.16 | 4.03 | 3.89 | 3.90 | 3.96 | 4.02 | 3.86 | 3.34 | 3.69 | 24.77 | 14.49 |
| East | 4.26 | 3.67 | 4.08 | 4.13 | 4.01 | 3.87 | 3.90 | 3.94 | 4.02 | 3.86 | 3.30 | 3.68 | 24.46 | 14.62 |
| West | 4.26 | 3.72 | 4.08 | 4.13 | 4.05 | 3.89 | 3.89 | 3.95 | 4.03 | 3.85 | 3.29 | 3.73 | 24.54 | 15.01 |
| South | 4.26 | 3.70 | 4.08 | 4.13 | 4.03 | 3.90 | 3.88 | 3.95 | 4.06 | 3.83 | 3.29 | 3.71 | 24.49 | 14.73 |
a. Between-group variance is significant at p < 0.01 in all cases, except for working independently × migration background, alertness × migration background, working independently × region, alertness × region, explaining × region, creativity × region, and learning ability × region (p > 0.05). b. Number of cases varies per table, between 59,311 and 66,920.