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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Educational level of immigrants aged 18–65 at arrival, measured in year of arrival

From: Registration of immigrants’ educational attainment in Sweden: an analysis of sources and time to registration

Year of arrival

Missing educational information

Primary or lower secondary education

Upper secondary education

Tertiary education

Total

%

%

%

%

N

%

2000

52.2

7.1

11.2

29.4

25,666

100

2001

52.5

7.3

11.0

29.1

26,602

100

2002

48.2

8.7

12.6

30.4

29,361

100

2003

52.5

8.4

11.4

27.7

30,264

100

2004

51.6

7.6

11.7

29.1

30,298

100

2005

58.5

6.1

10.1

25.3

33,908

100

2006

62.1

8.6

9.4

19.8

54,216

100

2007

53.1

8.6

11.7

26.6

56,919

100

2008

54.6

7.5

10.8

27.1

55,012

100

2009

56.2

8.2

10.1

25.5

56,944

100

2010

53.0

10.6

10.4

26.0

55,471

100

2011

47.9

12.7

11.9

27.4

51,353

100

2012

45.2

14.0

12.8

28.0

54,497

100

2013

43.0

16.0

12.5

28.5

59,261

100

2014

37.4

17.7

14.0

30.9

69,796

100

2015

38.8

18.0

13.7

29.4

73,952

100

2016

41.8

17.5

13.3

27.5

96,442

100

Total

48.6

12.1

11.9

27.4

859,962

100

  1. Source: Swedish register data, author’s calculations