Table 3 Decomposition analysis for changes in the amount of awards (‘000, HKD).

From: Is there gender bias in research grant success in social sciences?: Hong Kong as a case study

Year

Success rate

Submission rate

Number of staff

Amount per award

Total

15/16–16/17

 Male (‘000, HKD)

1640.1

−149.1

149.1

908.7

2548.9

 Male (%)

133.0

−12.1

12.1

73.7

206.6

 Female (‘000, HKD)

1957.6

−1553.4

279.8

−1999.3

−1315.4

 Female (%)

158.7

−125.9

22.7

−162.1

−106.6

 Total (‘000, HKD)

3597.7

−1702.5

428.9

−1090.6

1233.5

 Total (%)

291.7

−138.0

34.8

−88.4

100.0

16/17–17/18

 Male (‘000, HKD)

−317.2

239.2

77.9

1075.9

1075.9

 Male (%)

−13.4

10.1

3.3

45.5

45.5

 Female (‘000, HKD)

−484.0

0.0

0.0

1773.5

1289.5

 Female (%)

−20.5

0.0

0.0

75.0

54.5

 Total (‘000, HKD)

−801.2

239.2

77.9

2849.4

2365.3

 Total (%)

−33.9

10.1

3.3

120.5

100.0

17/18–18/19

 Male (‘000, HKD)

−467.8

1193.0

−94.6

−628.3

2.3

 Male (%)

34.3

−87.4

6.9

46.0

−0.2

 Female (‘000, HKD)

−947.6

533.0

−266.5

−685.6

−1366.7

 Female (%)

69.5

−39.1

19.5

50.2

100.2

 Total (‘000, HKD)

−1415.4

1726.0

−361.1

−1313.9

−1364.4

 Total (%)

103.7

−126.5

26.5

96.3

100.0

18/19–19/20

 Male (‘000, HKD)

368.2

478.5

288.7

446.0

1581.4

 Male (%)

19.0

24.7

14.9

23.0

81.6

 Female (‘000, HKD)

−1190.8

595.4

0.0

952.1

356.7

 Female (%)

−61.4

30.7

0.0

49.1

18.4

 Total (‘000, HKD)

−822.5

1073.9

288.7

1398.0

1938.1

 Total (%)

−42.4

55.4

14.9

72.1

100.0

19/20–20/21

 Male (‘000, HKD)

2678.8

−864.1

0.0

2377.5

4192.1

 Male (%)

41.1

−13.3

0.0

36.5

64.4

 Female (‘000, HKD)

704.3

1107.6

−349.1

855.3

2318.1

 Female (%)

10.8

17.0

−5.4

13.1

35.6

 Total (‘000, HKD)

3383.1

243.4

−349.1

3232.8

6510.2

 Total (%)

52.0

3.7

−5.4

49.7

100.0