Table 5.

t-test – Comparison of females to males on boards and a comparison of females to males on each committee for each of the three financial years*

For 46 companiesFor 229 companies
Significance ratio for females by year 2018 to 2020BoardSustainBoardRiskAuditNominRemun
FY18 ratio of females0.27830.26900.23540.25480.28630.22560.2582
Sig. (two-tailed)0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
FY19 ratio of females0.29310.29750.25750.27980.30730.24700.2841
Sig. (two-tailed)0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
FY20 ratio of females0.34000.42070.30550.30790.34530.28350.3249
Sig. (two-tailed)0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Note(s):

*A separate t-test for each year was needed for 46 companies that had a sustainability committee and separate t-tests for each year were conducted between board gender diversity for 229 companies for other committees

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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