The Gender Income Gap
How do factors (besides gender) affect the gender income gap?
The issue of gender-income disparity is not new - it is nuanced. In order to answer these questions, we will rely on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort, data set (abbreviated ‘NLSY79’). To draw strong conclusions, we must evaluate the data set provided - is it accurate, relevant, and useful for drawing statistical conclusions? Once we summarize the data, we can discuss methodology - how should we approach the data, what variables should we consider, what techniques are appropriate? Third, we openly discuss findings about the sampled individuals and attempt to infer relationships about the income difference (if any) between men and women in the larger population based on other factors. Lastly, we end with a discussion of the relevancy and signicance of our findings given the context of the survey data available and the methodology used.