Table 1.

Region and country of birth of immigrant mothers. Lazio, 1996-1998 and 2006-2008

Mother's region or country of birth*	Years 1996-1998			Mother's region or country of birth*	Years 2006-2008
	n	%			n	%
Western developed countries	3884	26.1		Western developed countries	3683	10.9
France	615	4.1		Germany	679	2.0
Switzerland	553	3.7		Switzerland	545	1.6
United Kingdom	470	3.2		France	497	1.5
Eastern Europe	3781	25.4		Eastern Europe	18650	55.1
Poland	1273	8.5		Romania	11841	35.0
Montenegro	753	5.1		Poland	1859	5.5
Romania	641	4.3		Albania	1442	4.3
North Africa	1310	8.8		North Africa	1889	5.6
Egypt	373	2.5		Morocco	753	2.2
Morocco	358	2.4		Egypt	555	1.6
Tunisia	309	2.1		Tunisia	338	1.0
West and sub-Saharan Africa	1064	7.1		West and sub-Saharan Africa	1469	4.3
Ethiopia	229	1.5		Nigeria	403	1.2
Nigeria	209	1.4		Ethiopia	278	0.8
Cape Verde	135	0.9		Cape Verde	90	0.3
Central and South America	2030	13.6		Central and South America	3588	10.6
Peru	558	3.7		Peru	905	2.7
Brazil	370	2.5		Ecuador	573	1.7
Venezuela	244	1.6		Brazil	553	1.6
Western and Central-Southern Asia	916	6.1		Western and Central-Southern Asia	2061	6.1
India	360	2.4		Bangladesh	737	2.2
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)	190	1.3		India	598	1.8
Bangladesh	144	1.0		Sri Lanka (Ceylon)	371	1.1
East Asia	1916	12.9		East Asia	2490	7.4
Philippines	1404	9.4		Philippines	1324	3.9
China	349	2.3		China	1027	3.0
South Korea	64	0.4		Thailand	45	0.1
Total	14901	100.0		Total	33830	100.0

* Only the three most frequent countries within each region are shown.