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Table 2 t test results by headscarf

From: Headscarf and job recruitment—lifting the veil of labour market discrimination

 

Mean (no headscarf)

Mean (headscarf)

Difference

P value

Experience

1.464

1.354

0.110

0.055

Wage

2.115

2.034

0.081

0.238

Education

0.989

1.029

− 0.039

0.360

Quality

0.953

0.987

− 0.034

0.427

Unemployed

1.566

1.581

− 0.015

0.791

Computer

0.752

0.776

− 0.024

0.573

English

0.742

0.781

− 0.039

0.354

Observations

3544

384

  
  1. Notes: Results for Student’s t test on difference of characteristics in the CVs by headscarf. The characteristics are rescaled so that a higher value is always better for the employer, see page 15 for a detailed discussion