Women and Men in the Caribbean Community

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Women and Men in the Caribbean CommunityTable 5.23 Distribution of the employed population by income groups, selectedcountries, 1990s (cont’d)Dominica1997 1999Distribution Cumulative distribution * Distribution Cumulative distribution *Monthly income group Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men0 - 499 46 29 0 0 39 25 39 25500 - 1,299 34 40 46 29 38 46 77 721,300 - 1,999 10 16 79 69 11 14 88 862,000 - 3,999 10 13 89 85 11 12 99 984,000 & over 1 2 99 98 1 2 100 100Not stated 7 7 100 100 2 2TOTAL 100 100 100 100Source: Calculated based on data compiled bythe CARICOM Secretariat from national labourforce survey reports and data submitted byMember States.* The "not stated" categories are excluded fromthe calculation of the cumulative distributions.Grenada1998Distribution Cumulative distribution *Monthly income group Women Men Women MenLess than $499 44 28 44 28500 - 999 29 34 72 621,000 - 1,499 16 22 89 841,500 - 1,999 8 10 96 942,000 - 2,499 1 3 98 982,500 - 2,999 1 1 99 993,000 - 3,499 1 1 100 1003,500 - 3,999 0 0 100 1004,000 & over 0 0 100 100Not stated 5 9TOTAL 100 100Trinidad and Tobago19901997Distribution Cumulative distribution * Distribution Cumulative distribution *Monthly income group Women Men Women Men Women Men Women MenLess than $250 4 3 4 3 7 2 7 2250- 499 12 8 16 11 6 4 13 6500 - 749 16 11 32 22 14 8 27 14750 - 999 9 10 41 33 13 9 41 231,000 - 1,249 14 17 55 50 13 17 54 391,250 - 1,499 6 8 61 58 3 4 57 431,500 - 1,749 9 10 70 68 6 10 63 531,750 - 1,999 5 5 75 73 3 6 66 592,000 - 2,499 7 9 82 83 9 14 75 732,500 - 2,999 5 4 87 87 5 7 81 803,000 - 3,499 7 5 94 92 6 6 87 863,500 - 3,999 3 2 97 94 3 3 91 894,000 - 4,499 1 2 98 96 4 4 95 934,500 - 4,999 0 1 99 97 1 2 96 945,000 & over 1 3 100 100 4 7 100 100Not stated 22 19 8 7TOTAL 100 100 100 100120
Chapter 5: WORKGender Gap in Earnings Not Entirely Due to Differentials in Working HoursThe differences in women’s and men’s incomes are often explained by the lower degree ofattachment that women are purported to have to the labour force (such as being moreinvolved in part-time work than men or more likely to withdraw from the labour market forfamily reasons), or their work in different kinds of occupations. The ratio of women’s to men’sgross monthly income and hourly wages for Saint Lucia in 1999, indicates that except in thehealth and social work branches of activities, women earn 36 per cent to 91 per cent of whatmen earn (table 5.24). In four out of 11 industrial groups, the hourly earnings ratio is higherthan the gross monthly ratio by four to 8 percentage points; in the others they are about thesame. This suggests that while the fewer hours that women work could account for some ofthe gap between their monthly income and that of men’s, only a small proportion can beattributed to this. In general, women’s hourly earnings do not equal that of men in any othersectors, except for health and social work, where women earned about 30 per cent more thanmen, on a monthly basis, and 36 per cent more per hour.Table 5.24 Ratio of women's to men's average normal monthly and hourlygross earnings, Saint Lucia, 1999Ratio of women's to men's (%)Averagenormal gross Average hourlymonthly earningsIndustry groupearningsHealth and social work 130 136Wholesale and retail trade 90 91Education 85 89Financial intermediation 85 84Manufactuting 79 77Mining and quarrying 79 69Real estate, renting and business activities 77 85Hotel and restaurant 75 77Transport, storage and communication 71 72Agriculture, hunting and fishing 51 59Construction 36 36Source: Based on data fromEarnings and Hours of WorkReport, Castries, Saint Lucia.Gaps in Earnings Persist within Occupational GroupsThe women to men ratios in monthly income for Trinidad and Tobago also show that on average,in 1997, women earned 47 per cent (craft and related workers) to 91 per cent (clerks) ofthat of men. The situation was not a substantial improvement over the 1990 incomes. In someoccupational groups, the ratio of women’s mean income to men’s mean income improved bythree (professionals) to 29 (service workers) percentage points; and in others it declined bysix (plant operators) to 15 (craft and related workers) percentage points. The major increasein women’s income relative to men’s was in services, shop and market sales, where womenwere severely disadvantaged in 1990 (earning only 23 per cent of men’s incomes). In 1997,still one of the worst ratios, women earned only 52 per cent of that of men (table 5.25).121
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