Two calculations were then carried out. First, for illustrative purposes, the differences in income were analysed without including control variables: this is often termed the “unadjusted gap”. For monthly income, the coefficient of the binaiy variable which distinguishes care workers from non-care woikers, without adjusting for characteristics, is negative and significant for all countries, except Honduras. Care woikers earn, onaverage, between 13.8% (Peru) and 89.6% (Costa Rica) less than other woikers. When controlling for the individual characteristics of workers, the gap narrows considerably in all countries and is no longer significant in the case of Nicaragua.