Table 2 Accounting for the narrowing wage gap, 1988 to 2008

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	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 44	45 to 49	50 to 54
	Age
Change in
Female-to-male wage ratio	0.056	0.064	0.068	0.089	0.103	0.162
Gap of log wages	-0.072	-0.103	-0.118	-0.120	-0.156	-0.217
Real log wages
Men	0.005	0.012	-0.026	-0.045	-0.001	-0.021
Women	0.078	0.115	0.092	0.074	0.155	0.196
	%
% due to differences in characteristics	66.0	52.7	40.2	57.1	47.1	65.4
Age	2.3	0.9	0.7	-0.1	-0.4	-0.9
Education	28.4	27.8	8.5	-7.0	-0.8	3.6
Province	-11.2	-7.2	-7.0	-3.3	-4.9	1.1
Tenure	5.3	6.5	21.6	26.5	13.9	14.6
Marital status	0.8	4.2	2.5	6.0	3.0	1.8
Union	26.8	9.3	3.1	5.0	4.8	6.6
Part time	8.7	11.1	5.5	4.0	1.6	6.8
Industry	-12.0	-4.3	-5.8	11.1	1.6	4.0
Occupation	18.7	4.3	11.0	15.7	28.2	27.7
% due to differences in returns	34.0	47.3	59.8	42.8	52.9	34.6
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Market Activity Survey, 1988 to 1990; Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 1993 to 1996; Labour Force Survey, 1998 to 2008.