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Appendix B (continued)

Table B.13 – Income and other employment characteristics by highest educational qualification of all employed European males in 1996
  Highest educational qualification
  No qual. S. Cert. UE/SFC Bursary Diploma Bachelor Postgrad
Age 42.36 36.69 33.50 29.60 39.41 37.84 41.45
(12.27) (11.82) (10.96) (11.86) (11.14) (10.82) (10.17)
Annual income 1996 dollars $31,021 $33,842 $35,988 $28,662 $38,850 $55,051 $63,724
($21,409) ($23,627) ($25,890) ($27,239) ($23,862) ($36,184) ($36,995)
Hours worked (per week) 46.68 47.52 46.21 38.99 46.94 46.31 47.98
(15.17) (14.06) (13.44) (17.91) (13.38) (13.20) (13.60)
Managerial/administrative occupation 11.65% 16.45% 19.61% 15.64% 15.71% 21.17% 18.57%
Professional 1.45% 2.50% 4.63% 5.65% 10.46% 45.53% 56.92%
Clerical 4.47% 6.13% 8.99% 10.43% 2.85% 4.63% 2.71%
Service 6.99% 9.71% 12.15% 20.65% 6.45% 3.22% 1.90%
Agricultural 18.53% 16.58% 12.53% 9.39% 8.48% 4.82% 2.35%
Trade orientated 16.36% 15.67% 10.71% 6.77% 28.94% 1.48% 0.76%
Plant and machine operator 21.61% 14.11% 8.64% 6.13% 6.61% 1.21% 0.62%
Elementary/low-skilled 13.49% 8.96% 7.59% 9.49% 4.45% 2.75% 2.63%
Technical 5.45% 9.89% 15.16% 15.85% 16.05% 15.18% 13.54%
Agriculture and fisheries industry 18.38% 16.73% 12.43% 9.20% 8.73% 5.81% 3.29%
Mining 0.76% 0.44% 0.22% 0.17% 0.45% 0.24% 0.50%
Manufacturing 22.78% 19.26% 15.53% 11.58% 20.08% 9.39% 5.55%
Electricity 0.58% 0.45% 0.44% 0.45% 1.38% 0.93% 0.72%
Construction 11.15% 9.94% 7.12% 5.08% 14.55% 2.04% 1.04%
Wholesaling 18.43% 22.66% 23.64% 32.56% 18.36% 12.12% 7.78%
Transportation 8.96% 7.81% 7.11% 6.26% 6.18% 3.43% 2.16%
Finance 4.84% 8.61% 15.67% 15.61% 10.35% 35.04% 21.32%
Social services 14.12% 14.11% 17.85% 19.10% 19.92% 31.01% 57.64%
Married 62.05% 54.08% 46.70% 29.99% 64.75% 59.43% 67.90%
Major urban 57.53% 62.12% 70.03% 79.11% 69.09% 81.42% 85.25%
Semi-urban 18.77% 16.05% 13.39% 9.42% 15.37% 8.68% 7.36%
Rural 23.66% 21.79% 16.51% 11.39% 15.45% 9.71% 7.06%
Sample size 73,275 34,865 29,154 17,074 87,639 27,077 14,581

Standard deviations in parentheses

Table B.14 –Income and other employment characteristics by highest educational qualification of all employed European females in 1996
  Highest educational qualification
  No qual. S. Cert. UE/SFC Bursary Diploma Bachelor Postgrad
Age 44.07 38.17 32.61 26.54 38.51 34.48 38.62
(10.63) (10.59) (9.91) (10.79) (11.19) (10.22) (10.21)
Annual income 1996 dollars $18,911 $22,011 $23,047 $15,930 $25,209 $31,368 $38,936
($15,012) ($16,746) ($16,657) ($15,230) ($17,240) ($22,094) ($26,381)
Hours worked (per week) 31.87 33.00 34.10 28.90 34.56 37.82 39.53
(16.19) (15.80) (15.32) (16.89) (16.16) (16.16) (16.33)
Managerial/administrative occupation 10.17% 11.69% 11.27% 7.77% 8.67% 11.61% 11.76%
Professional 1.69% 2.75% 4.68% 4.05% 32.88% 47.23% 56.34%
Clerical 24.73% 36.99% 38.68% 29.17% 17.77% 11.67% 7.25%
Service 25.98% 18.84% 16.37% 33.80% 13.73% 6.33% 3.41%
Agricultural 9.01% 8.50% 7.29% 5.12% 5.87% 3.07% 2.09%
Trade orientated 1.91% 1.35% 1.36% 1.08% 1.03% 0.40% 0.19%
Plant and machine operator 7.36% 3.36% 2.39% 2.30% 1.25% 0.54% 0.29%
Elementary/low-skilled 12.25% 5.80% 4.22% 5.14% 2.46% 2.36% 2.48%
Technical 6.91% 10.72% 13.74% 11.57% 16.34% 16.78% 16.18%
Agriculture and fisheries industry 9.55% 9.32% 8.04% 5.64% 6.34% 3.69% 2.62%
Mining 0.07% 0.09% 0.07% 0.07% 0.04% 0.07% 0.10%
Manufacturing 14.46% 10.75% 9.31% 7.14% 5.27% 4.75% 3.11%
Electricity 0.21% 0.36% 0.41% 0.33% 0.22% 0.32% 0.28%
Construction 2.22% 2.73% 2.34% 1.28% 1.31% 0.70% 0.37%
Wholesaling 30.56% 27.13% 24.43% 38.01% 14.12% 11.80% 7.75%
Transportation 3.82% 4.85% 5.73% 4.54% 3.07% 2.77% 1.55%
Finance 9.71% 18.00% 23.33% 16.80% 12.03% 20.94% 13.73%
Social services 29.39% 26.78% 26.33% 26.18% 57.60% 54.96% 70.48%
Married 68.25% 63.53% 51.04% 24.07% 60.12% 45.87% 52.75%
Major urban 64.96% 66.67% 69.40% 80.05% 70.70% 81.68% 83.96%
Semi-urban 18.48% 15.90% 14.53% 9.44% 13.10% 8.07% 6.85%
Rural 16.56% 17.40% 16.05% 10.48% 16.16% 10.15% 9.08%
Sample size 54,314 40,202 30,461 13,868 67,170 20,750 9,904

Standard deviations in parentheses

Table B.15 – Income and other employment characteristics by highest educational qualification of all employed Other males in 1996
  Highest educational qualification
  No qual. S. Cert. UE/SFC Bursary Diploma Bachelor Postgrad
Age 37.60 31.91 29.75 25.66 35.96 35.79 39.24
(11.01) (9.71) (8.98) (8.51) (10.05) (8.77) (9.04)
Annual income 1996 dollars $22,859 $26,448 $27,122 $19,916 $31,352 $38,538 $50,531
($14,349) ($18,175) ($19,393) ($20,105) ($20,459) ($29,886) ($36,241)
Hours worked (per week) 42.81 44.07 42.47 34.68 43.38 42.95 44.25
(14.10) (14.00) (14.63) (18.37) (14.19) (15.02) (14.80)
Managerial/administrative occupation 7.97% 9.91% 12.67% 10.21% 13.08% 18.62% 15.99%
Professional 0.95% 1.25% 3.08% 4.36% 11.10% 35.69% 52.26%
Clerical 4.83% 10.54% 13.60% 16.27% 5.86% 7.04% 4.35%
Service 10.81% 12.31% 17.49% 28.24% 10.89% 7.79% 3.01%
Agricultural 5.60% 5.01% 3.89% 3.77% 2.53% 2.06% 1.10%
Trade orientated 15.48% 15.21% 9.88% 5.79% 21.65% 3.02% 1.22%
Plant and machine operator 28.29% 20.74% 13.71% 7.42% 8.81% 4.39% 2.14%
Elementary/low-skilled 23.69% 17.49% 13.54% 12.56% 8.48% 5.45% 4.06%
Technical 2.39% 7.52% 12.14% 11.39% 17.59% 15.95% 15.87%
Agriculture and fisheries industry 5.54% 4.96% 4.07% 4.10% 2.71% 2.37% 1.39%
Mining 0.09% 0.17% 0.06% 0.00% 0.09% 0.16% 0.12%
Manufacturing 40.70% 31.79% 23.18% 13.60% 22.98% 14.11% 7.71%
Electricity 0.22% 0.28% 0.29% 0.20% 0.96% 1.03% 0.81%
Construction 6.09% 7.12% 4.71% 2.86% 8.57% 1.96% 1.56%
Wholesaling 22.68% 25.41% 30.68% 39.30% 25.35% 23.20% 12.80%
Transportation 6.82% 8.38% 8.60% 7.55% 7.28% 5.70% 3.01%
Finance 4.58% 6.78% 10.81% 12.75% 11.55% 25.79% 20.22%
Social services 13.28% 15.10% 17.61% 19.65% 20.51% 25.69% 52.38%
Married 61.38% 49.12% 41.89% 23.49% 61.23% 67.52% 75.43%
Major urban 90.60% 90.03% 91.52% 94.34% 91.61% 94.61% 93.11%
Semi-urban 6.72% 6.04% 5.17% 3.58% 5.56% 3.58% 4.69%
Rural 2.63% 3.93% 3.31% 2.08% 2.71% 1.71% 1.97%
Sample size 6,875 1,755 1,721 1,537 3,325 3,211 1,726

Standard deviations in parentheses

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