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Table 2 Weighted descriptive statistics of metric variables in the HILDA individual person respondent sample aged 15–45 years (waves 4–11)

From: The regional impact of cultural diversity on wages: evidence from Australia

Variable

Mean

Jackknife std. err.

Min

Max

Weighted observations

Sample restriction

Age (years)

34.32

10.247

16

45

25,345

Whole sample

Number of living children

1.35

0.552

0

12

25,345

Whole sample

Diversity index

0.36

0.032

0

1

25,345

Whole sample

Diversity index (among migrants)

0.72

0.009

0

1

25,345

Whole sample

Share of foreigners

0.23

0.035

0

1

25,345

Whole sample

Employment status (1 = employed; 0 = otherwise)

0.96

0.056

0

1

25,983

Persons in labour force

Years of experience (in years)

6.55

4.302

0

33

25,983

Persons in labour force

Hours per week worked (all jobs)

38.51

7.037

0

120

20,538

Employed persons

Log of wages and salaries (weekly)

6.67

0.634

0.69

9.22

20,538

Employed persons

Job tenure (in years)

4.93

2.751

0

33

20,538

Employed persons

Log reservation wage

2.82

0.451

0

7.31

950

Unemployed persons

  1. Means and standard errors of metric variables are reported in this table. The sample is restricted to those aged 16–45 years. Observations vary due to missing values in the variables in addition to sample restriction. Survey jackknife method was used to estimate standard errors for weighted mean values. Source: Author’s calculation based on HILDA Release 11