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Article: Minimum wage made by male in early 20s.
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- The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Article date:
- December 15, 2006
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Dec. 15--A year-long study on who is earning minimum wage in Utah commissioned by Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has concluded it's likely to be a young white male in his early 20s. The result differs from the rest of the country, where women are most likely to earn more than the minimum wage of $5.15 an hour.
But the findings of the $50,000 study are in question.
The group pointed to a survey of 3,808 businesses in addition to 2000 census data and more recent state data. But just 730 of the businesses surveyed responded, making for a response rate of 19.2 percent statisticians say cannot be considered a scientific poll with an acceptable margin of error.