Table 2.
Characteristics of the study population at baseline in 2006, stratified by reason for residence (N=120 339).
| Total N=120 339 | Refugees N=47 637 | >Family reunification immigrants N=62 098 | Labor immigrants N=7722 | Others N=2846 | |
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| Sex | |||||
| Male | 49.8 | 58.3 | 40.3 | 68.0 | 63.5 |
| Female | 50.2 | 41.7 | 59.7 | 32.0 | 36.5 |
| Region of origin | |||||
| Eastern Europe, Russia and the post-Soviet republics | 46.0 | 61.1 | 36.4 | 36.4 | 29.2 |
| The Westa | 11.5 | 0.2 | 14.6 | 52.0 | 24.8 |
| Middle East | 16.7 | 24.5 | 13.2 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| Horn of Africa & Sudan | 3.9 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| South & Central America | 4.5 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| East Asia | 8.3 | 1.7 | 13.2 | 4.6 | 23.3 |
| Other | 9.0 | 5.2 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 12.1 |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 19–29 | 11.1 | 4.5 | 14.7 | 16.5 | 29.2 |
| 30–39 | 43.7 | 35.4 | 49.4 | 48.1 | 46.5 |
| 40–49 | 33.7 | 43.1 | 27.9 | 26.9 | 20.3 |
| 50–64 | 11.6 | 17.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 4.0 |
| Duration of residence (years) | |||||
| 11–15 | 47.5 | 71.4 | 35.3 | 8.3 | 19.7 |
| 6–10 | 27.7 | 19.6 | 34.7 | 21.9 | 27.2 |
| 1–5 | 24.7 | 9.0 | 30.0 | 69.8 | 53.0 |
| Education level | |||||
| Academic | 31.6 | 21.1 | 33.0 | 69.2 | 77.0 |
| Non-academic | 68.4 | 78.9 | 67.0 | 30.8 | 23.0 |
| Occupation skill level | |||||
| Academic | 24.9 | 15.9 | 24.3 | 67.2 | 72.5 |
| Non-academic | 75.1 | 84.1 | 75.7 | 32.8 | 27.5 |
| Education-occupation status | |||||
| Job-matched with academic education | 19.2 | 10.8 | 18.6 | 59.4 | 64.8 |
| Overqualified | 12.4 | 10.3 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 12.2 |
| Underqualified | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| Job-matched with no academic education | 62.7 | 73.7 | 61.3 | 23.0 | 15.3 |
aIncluding Western Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.