Date of Award

1-1-2014

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

College/School/Department

Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior

Content Description

1 online resource (x, 117 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Diane M Dewar

Committee Members

Valerie A. Hepburn, Wendy Weller

Keywords

Nursing workforce diversity, Racial/ethnic RN pay disparities, Regression decomposition, Minorities in nursing, Nurses, Equal pay for equal work, Discrimination in employment

Subject Categories

Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing | Public Health

Abstract

For this research study, a regression decomposition of hospital RN salaries was conducted to detect the presence of racial/ethnic pay disparities for hospital RNs working in the most populous metropolitan statistical areas in the United States. Regression

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