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ex1225: Gender Differences in Wages

Description

These data are weekly earnings for 9,835 Americans surveyed in the March 2011 Current Population Survey (CPS). What evidence is there from these data that males tend to receive higher earnings than females with the same values of the other variables? By how many dollars or by what percent does the male distribution exceed the female distribution?

Usage

ex1225

Format

A data frame with 9,835 observations on the following 9 variables.

Region

a factor with levels "Midwest", "Northeast", "South", and "West"

MetropolitanStatus

a a factor with levels "Metropolitan", "Not Identified", and "Not Metropolitan"

Age

age in years

Sex

a factor with levels "Female" and "Male"

MaritalStatus

a factor with levels "Married" and "NotMarried"

EdCode

a numerical variable representing educational attainment, with higher numbers corresponding to higher educational categories

Education

a factor with 16 levels of educational category

JobClass

a a factor with levels "FedGov", "LocalGov", "Private",and "StateGov"

WeeklyEarnings

weekly wages in U.S. dollars

References

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Bureau of the Census: Current Population Survey, March 2011 http://www.bls.gov/cps/data.htm July 25, 2011.

Examples

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str(ex1225)
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