Measurement of gender inequality in neighbourhoods of Québec, Canada

Table 3 Mean gender inequality scores for metropolitan, mid-sized cities and rural areas

	Mean (SD)			P-value
	Metropolitan areas	Mid-sized cities	Rural areas
Demographic and household Characteristics
Divorce	0.55 (0.10)	0.51 (0.11)	0.46 (0.11)	< 0.001*
Single-headed households	0.80 (0.26)	0.74 (0.21)	0.69 (0.28)	< 0.001*
Education
University certification	0.47 (0.20)	0.50 (0.20)	0.53 (0.21)	< 0.001*
No high school diploma	0.52 (0.14)	0.49 (0.08)	0.48 (0.09)	< 0.001^†
Income
Average employment income (thousand CAD)	0.41 (0.06)	0.38 (0.05)	0.38 (0.06)	< 0.001^†
Work and leisure
Labour force participation	0.45 (0.05)	0.44 (0.05)	0.44 (0.07)	0.09
Employment rate	0.50 (0.05)	0.41 (0.04)	0.40 (0.07)	< 0.001^†
Managerial positions	0.30 (0.07)	0.32 (0.06)	0.40 (0.03)	< 0.001^‡
Unpaid elderly care	0.64 (0.29)	0.65 (0.25)	0.65 (0.27)	0.06
Unpaid child care	0.58 (0.11)	0.58 (0.08)	0.59 (0.12)	0.11
Unpaid housework	0.58 (0.06)	0.58 (0.04)	0.58 (0.05)	0.38
Political participation
Decision-making positions	0.53 (0.28)	0.53 (0.29)	0.52 (0.24)	0.07

* Differences between all three areas are statistically significant.
^† Mid-sized cities and rural areas are similar but both differ from metropolitan areas.
^‡ Metropolitan and mid-sized cities are similar but both differ from rural areas.

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