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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2019 Jun 27;40:1603–1644. doi: 10.4054/demres.2019.40.54

Table 1:

Baseline characteristics of first- and second-generation immigrant subgroups by region of origin in the Echantillon Longitudinal de Mortalité (ELM)

Males Ref Southern European origin North African origin
G1 G2 G2m G1 G2 G2m
Population
N 18–64 74,096 1,788 1,715 2,144 1,640 763 1,810
Deaths 18–64 2,897 64 36 69 55 22 38
Age (%)
18–24 12.9   2.5 15.9 14.2   8.5 43.8 29.2
25–34 23.7 14.3 31.1 23.7 22.7 36.2 41.3
35–44 24.8 26.2 23.0 23.0 25.2 16.5 17.2
45–54 23.2 27.9 16.9 24.2 23.4   2.6   9.0
55–64 15.4 29.1 13.2 14.9 20.2 0.9 3.3
ISCED education level
18–34 (%)
Primary 10.7 36.5 14.8 12.1 23.1 23.2 11.3
Secondary 63.8 51.4 67.6 70.2 54.2 64.1 58.3
Tertiary 25.6 12.1 17.6 17.7 22.7 12.7 30.4
35–44 (%)
Primary 16.3 39.3 20.6 21.7 25.4 25.2 15.9
Secondary 63.9 51.0 63.5 60.3 41.6 52.9 60.9
Tertiary 19.9   9.7 15.9 18.0 33.0 21.9 23.2
45–64 (%)
Primary 29.6 68.3 33.1 32.9 62.0 36.0 22.7
Secondary 53.3 27.2 54.1 54.4 27.8 52.0 54.6
Tertiary 17.1   4.5 12.9 12.8 10.2 12.0 22.7
Population
N 18–64 101,620 2,094 2,408 3,057 1,594 1,045 2,635
Deaths 18–64 1,630 24 22 45 30   7 27
Age (%)
18–24 14.1   3.0 16.1 15.8 14.6 45.6 32.2
25–34 25.2 15.4 35.2 24.8 25.2 38.7 40.6
35–44 24.7 28.6 22.6 24.8 29.1 13.4 17.3
45–54 21.4 28.2 13.3 21.2 19.2   2.1   7.4
55–64 14.6 24.8 12.9 13.4 12.0   0.3   2.5
ISCED education level
18–34 (%)
Primary   9.4 26.5 12.2 11.6 26.8 16.5 11.6
Secondary 58.2 52.3 63.3 59.6 52.3 65.4 59.6
Tertiary 32.4 21.2 24.5 28.8 20.9 18.1 28.8
35–44 (%)
Primary 17.7 44.8 18.8 19.4 48.4 21.4 14.2
Secondary 58.6 44.8 65.1 52.6 35.6 61.8 56.4
Tertiary 23.7 10.4 16.1 28.1 16.0 16.8 29.4
45–64 (%)
Primary 40.0 76.3 47.3 37.5 67.8 54.6 28.6
Secondary 46.2 19.4 46.3 50.3 23.2 31.8 49.6
Tertiary 13.9   4.4   6.5 12.1   9.0 13.6 21.8

Note: Ref = individuals born in France to two parents born in France. G1 = first generation. G2 = second generation. G2m = mixed second generation. The education level distributions show percentages among individuals with a non-missing education.