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From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
Message-ID: <543@fisher.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 09:11:44 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 22 09:11:44 1985
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Organization: Princeton University Department of Statistics
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> OCCUPATION                WEEKLY (MEN)     WEEKLY (WOMEN)    RATIO 
>                                                           %women to men
> Physicists/Astronomers       $674.18           166.48         24.7%
> Judges                        801.64           433.19         54.0
> Dentists                      672.80           403.60         60.0
> Social Workers                397.84           308.08         77.4
> Computer Programmers          502.76           406.42         80.8
> Teachers (except college)     405.52           350.16         86.3
> Lawyers                       656.15           576.46         87.9
> Registered Nurses             403.12           401.95         99.7
> 
> Beth Mazur
> {ihnp4,harpo,ima}!inmet!mazur

This does not prove the case, as you are comparing all men with all
women, rather than men and women of similar experience and background.
More relevant would be, say, a comparison of male and female dentists
who graduated from the same school and having been practicing
continuously for the same amount of time.  I suspect that there still
will be a difference, though it will likely be FAR smaller than
suggested by the figures produced above.  Comparing within a
particular profession is not sufficient; other adjustments must be
made.

					David Rubin
			{allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david