Table 2.

Socio-economic distribution among ethnic groups* in the sample of Oslo N = 18770

	Ethnic groups
	Norway	Western countries	Eastern Europe	Indian Subcontinent	East Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Middle East/North Africa	Central and South America
	N = 15797 (%)	N = 1025 (%)	N = 259 (%)	N = 605 (%)	N = 342 (%)	N = 195 (%)	N = 406 (%)	N = 110 (%)
Social class
I (Highest)	23	24	18	5	9	9	11	17
II	13	14	10	2	7	6	4	11
III	53	52	47	43	49	44	40	40
IV	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	3
V	6	5	18	43	26	32	38	29
Education Men§
Lower secondary	35	32	31	56	50	24	33	40
Higher secondary	32	32	39	32	30	46	31	28
University	32	37	39	11	20	29	35	32
Education Women
Lower secondary	41	21	18	52	28	41	20	24
Higher secondary	33	21	42	33	35	29	53	39
University	26	38	40	15	36	29	27	36
Household income
< 300000 Nkr**	30	30	48	60	42	62	62	38
300–500000 Nkr	31	32	32	31	36	26	30	35
> 500000 Nkr	38	38	20	9	22	12	8	27

* The dominating countries in each category were as follows: Western countries: Denmark, Sweden, UK, Germany, USA; Eastern Europe: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary; Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan and Sri Lanka; East Asia: Vietnam; Sub-Saharan Africa: Somalia; Middle East/North Africa: Turkey, Iran; Central and South America: Chile.

** < annual income, 1 Euro = 7,7 Nkr

^§ Men N = 8392, Women N = 10355, see table one population characteristics.