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. 2020 Jun 4;15(6):e0234006. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234006

Table 1. Characteristics of immigrant offspring, immigrants and Dutch origin respondents in the study sample, N = 19904.

South-Asian Surinamese African Surinamese Turkish Moroccan Dutch
Offspring Immigrants Offspring Immigrants Offspring Immigrants Offspring Immigrants
n = 802 n = 2411 n = 733 n = 3479 n = 1220 n = 2580 n = 1396 n = 2692 n = 4591
Gender (% female) 49.9 54.3 58.3 59.6 54.0 55.2 66.9 59.3 53.9
Age (years) 28.2 ± 6.6 50.4 ± 10.3 31.9 ± 9.2 50.7 ± 10.8 27.2 ± 6.5 45.6 ± 10.0 27.4 ± 6.2 46.0 ± 11.0 46.1 ± 14.0
Socioeconomic position
Educational level
Higher education 35.5 18.8 30.2 20.9 25.5 9.8 30.1 11.2 60.5
Upper secondary 45.3 25.7 47.9 33.8 44.2 22.6 49.9 26.7 22.0
Lower secondary 15.7 38.9 19.5 39.4 23.9 25.8 16.8 18.7 14.2
Primary or less 3.5 16.6 2.5 5.9 6.4 41.9 3.3 43.4 3.3
Occupational level
Academic 6.7 3.8 2.0 2.7 4.5 2.3 4.1 1.3 19.8
Higher 22.1 13.9 21.1 16.7 13.1 5.9 18.2 7.8 36.4
Intermediate 25.9 28.7 32.3 32.1 24.8 16.5 29.4 17.2 22.1
Lower 27.2 32.5 26.1 34.4 33.8 30.7 26.6 24.9 14.3
Elementary 3.1 11.2 4.5 7.2 4.3 19.7 3.6 17.3 1.6
Not applicable 15.0 9.8 13.9 6.9 19.5 25.0 18.1 31.5 5.7
Employment status
Paid employment 66.0 59.5 64.8 62.1 62.4 48.5 61.7 42.2 73.9
Unemployed 19.0 12.9 16.6 10.9 23.9 23.4 22.5 30.1 17.4
Not in labour market 12.0 16.4 14.5 16.9 10.0 16.6 12.5 17.3 5.6
Incapacitated 3.1 11.2 4.1 10.1 3.8 11.6 3.2 10.4 3.1
Discrimination
Any discrimination 32.0 30.9 34.1 34.5 25.7 28.3 36.0 31.4 2.1
Sociocultural factors
Ethnic identity
Integrated 76.9 81.8 85.0 82.4 73.7 51.3 88.0 71.2
Assimilated 15.1 6.4 4.1 2.3 2.6 2.6 1.3 1.7
Separated 6.0 10.2 9.1 13.8 21.4 42.9 9.1 25.3
Marginalised 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.5 2.3 3.1 1.6 1.7
Cultural orientation
Integrated 79.4 80.4 80.5 84.3 76.2 63.4 79.9 76.2
Assimilated 6.4 6.1 6.3 3.0 4.3 3.1 5.6 4.0
Separated 11.6 11.5 11.2 11.2 18.2 31.7 13.1 18.1
Marginalised 2.6 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.4 1.7
Social network
Integrated 35.8 34.1 41.3 39.2 37.5 24.7 29.5 22.5
Assimilated 14.6 9.5 9.7 7.4 7.6 4.3 6.4 5.0
Separated 34.9 31.1 37.2 37.5 46.6 57.5 47.3 44.2
Marginalised 14.7 25.2 11.7 16.0 8.2 13.5 16.7 28.3
Difficulty with Dutch language (%) 10.1 25.5 7.8 13.0 21.6 74.4 9.3 61.3
Depressed mood 16.2 19.2 12.6 9.8 19.5 24.5 17.5 22.0 7.2