Table 4.
Descriptive statistics by immigrant generation
| Majority | G2 | G1 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 2,420,220 | 343,685 | 470,840 | 3,234,745 |
| (%) | 77.0 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 100.0 |
| Gender | ||||
| Men | 49.8 | 49.9 | 48.9 | 49.6 |
| Women | 50.3 | 50.1 | 51.1 | 50.4 |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| Upper secondary | 61.3 | 62.9 | 52.4 | 60.2 |
| Tertiary | 38.7 | 37.1 | 47.6 | 39.8 |
| Region | ||||
| Rural | 18.7 | 12.1 | 6.5 | 16.2 |
| Suburban | 9.5 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 8.6 |
| Urban | 71.9 | 80.7 | 88.5 | 75.2 |
| Age | 43.1 | 40.9 | 42.4 | 42.7 |
| (Std. dev.) | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 12.0 |
Majority = the Majority Swedish population, G2 = the second-generation, G1 = the first-generation immigrants