Table 1. Immigrants in the labor market of West European countries: Descriptive statistics, men, %.
Data Source: EU Labour Force Survey, 2008 (for UK, France, Belgium and Sweden); European Social Survey (2002–2010 for Europe).
| UK | FRANCE | BELGIUM | SWEDEN | EUROPE | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNEM | OUT | PTM | UNEM | OUT | PTM | UNEM | OUT | PTM | UNEM | OUT | PTM | UNEM | OUT | PTM | |
| Native | 3.6 | 15 | 49.4 | 4.6 | 20.6 | 45.4 | 3.2 | 21.1 | 45.4 | 2.2 | 9.2 | 45.4 | 6.5 | 16.7 | 51.4 |
| FE | 2.6 | 9.3 | 47.4 | 7.1 | 25 | 34.3 | 4.6 | 21.5 | 50.3 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 43.7 | 10.4 | 16.4 | 36.3 |
| SE | 3.4 | 12.5 | 56.9 | 5.6 | 20.6 | 40.4 | 7.4 | 20.3 | 39.2 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 46.7 | 9.2 | 17.4 | 47.0 |
| FNE | 7.1 | 17.7 | 46.3 | 11.5 | 19.3 | 33.2 | 19.1 | 19.8 | 38.9 | 14.2 | 12.4 | 32.5 | 11.4 | 14.5 | 32.8 |
| SNE | 7.3 | 14.1 | 52.6 | 14.1 | 16.1 | 40.3 | 25.5 | 28.7 | 35.0 | 10.7 | 28.6 | 20.0 | 17 | 13.4 | 49.9 |
| N | 26,963 | 16,270 | 7,500 | 20,468 | 31,2451 | ||||||||||
Note
UNEM–percent unemployed, OUT- percent out of the labor force, PTM–percent engaged in professional, technician and managerial jobs (PTM) out of employed
FE–First Generation European, SE–Second Generation European, FNE–First Generation non-European, SNE–Second Generation non-European
1. Absolute number before weighting procedure.