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Table Ba4426-4430 - Summary measures of wage inequality: 1939-1989

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  Difference between 90th and 10th percentiles, log of weekly wage Standard deviation, log of the hourly wage, males, age 18-64 Variance, log of annual wage and salary income
Males, age 18-64 Males, age 18-64 Males, age 16 and older Females, age 16 and older
Row Year Number Number Number Number Number
1 1939 1.447 ---- ---- ---- ----
2 1949 1.181 ---- ---- ---- ----
3 1959 1.250 1.050 0.450 ---- ----
4 1963 ---- 1.068 0.453 1.471 2.125
5 1964 ---- 1.101 0.456 1.494 2.143
6 1965 ---- 1.089 0.459 1.408 2.021
7 1966 ---- 1.097 0.453 1.342 1.921
8 1967 ---- 1.066 0.446 1.354 1.867
9 1968 ---- 1.059 0.446 1.343 1.847
10 1969 ---- 1.097 0.448 1.357 1.858
11 1970 ---- 1.120 0.455 1.428 1.890
12 1971 ---- 1.148 0.467 1.408 1.838
13 1972 ---- 1.174 0.483 1.397 1.821
14 1973 ---- 1.187 0.477 1.402 1.770
15 1974 ---- 1.171 0.481 1.401 1.754
16 1975 ---- 1.173 0.479 1.380 1.729
17 1976 ---- 1.227 0.490 1.411 1.717
18 1977 ---- 1.225 0.495 1.426 1.700
19 1978 ---- 1.232 0.499 1.395 1.685
20 1979 ---- 1.243 0.504 1.430 1.852
21 1980 ---- 1.277 0.509 1.471 1.814
22 1981 ---- 1.297 0.520 1.536 1.755
23 1982 ---- 1.371 0.530 1.471 1.814
24 1983 ---- 1.362 0.540 1.724 1.917
25 1984 ---- 1.429 0.550 1.624 1.910
26 1985 ---- 1.447 0.560 1.579 1.867
27 1986 ---- 1.456 0.563 1.606 1.872
28 1987 ---- 1.430 0.562 1.641 1.902
29 1988 ---- 1.454 0.567 ---- ----
30 1989 ---- 1.491 0.578 ---- ----



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