Table 2.

Ratios Used in the Decomposition

Year	FSE/NSEa	mb	cc	sed	se With 1980 SOCe
1994	0.161	0.110	0.987	1.487
1995	0.153	0.109	0.955	1.469
1996	0.200	0.123	0.998	1.634
1997	0.224	0.131	0.994	1.718
1998	0.242	0.137	0.989	1.782
1999	0.253	0.141	1.012	1.772
2000	0.270	0.153	0.987	1.788	1.674
2001	0.301	0.160	0.992	1.903	1.760
2002	0.299	0.162	0.986	1.879	1.671
2003	0.287	0.167	0.964	1.788
2004	0.288	0.170	0.940	1.800
2005	0.301	0.174	0.953	1.816
2006	0.319	0.181	0.953	1.849

^aFSE/NSE: Ratio of foreign-born to native S&Es.

^bm: Ratio of foreign-born to native workers.

^cc: Foreign-born-to-native proportional college ratio.

^dse: Foreign-born-to-native proportional S&E ratio. 1980 SOC codes for 1994–1999, and 2000 SOC codes for 2000–2006.

^eThe last column shows the foreign-born-to-native proportional S&E ratio when the 1980 SOC codes are used for 2000–2002.