Journal of Population Sciences
Table 2 Educational attainment of immigrants aged 18–65 at arrival, 2000–2006
Missing educational information | Primary or lower secondary education | Upper secondary education | Tertiary education | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | N | % | |
Year of arrival | ||||||
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 |
Migrant types | ||||||
With residence permit | ||||||
Family migrants | 50.2 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 27.0 | 98,812 | 100 |
Refugees | 57.0 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 17.5 | 33,056 | 100 |
Labour migrants | 58.4 | 1.5 | 7.8 | 32.3 | 21,273 | 100 |
Students | 64.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 34.2 | 16,234 | 100 |
Other migrants | 51.7 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 26.3 | 20,900 | 100 |
Without residence permit | ||||||
Nordic migrants | 57.3 | 3.3 | 10.9 | 28.5 | 28,746 | 100 |
EU migrants | 71.4 | 1.9 | 7.6 | 19.1 | 7018 | 100 |
Born outside EU | 68.8 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 19.8 | 4276 | 100 |
Age at immigration | ||||||
18–25 | 66.8 | 6.9 | 10.8 | 15.4 | 56,423 | 100 |
25–45 | 49.0 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 31.6 | 148,293 | 100 |
45–55 | 56.4 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 24.6 | 17,213 | 100 |
55–65 | 77.7 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 11.5 | 8386 | 100 |
Gender | ||||||
Men | 56.4 | 7.3 | 11.1 | 25.2 | 114,860 | 100 |
Women | 53.5 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 27.6 | 115,455 | 100 |
Total | 55.0 | 7.8 | 10.9 | 26.3 | 230,315 | 100 |