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Table 2 Initial individual characteristics. Arrival before 2010 and 2019

From: Labour market integration of refugees and the importance of the neighbourhood: Norwegian quasi-experimental evidence

Category

2010

2019

Category

2010

2019

Gender: Man

53.8

51.9

Family: single

26.9

22.9

Arrival: 1990–1994

45.2

36.0

- parent

12.0

15.0

1995-1999

26.4

25.9

couple

5.0

4.0

2000-2004

18.3

19.2

- w/child

55.0

57.2

2005-2009

10.1

11.5

other

1.0

1.0

2010-2012

0.0

7.4

Origin: Iran or Iraq

23.2

23.9

Age entry: 0–6

0.3

10.1

Europe

46.4

39.0

7-15

13.4

22.8

Africa

10.0

14.4

16-29

42.5

42.5

Asia

20.3

22.7

30-44

39.9

23.4

   

45-

3.8

1.2

   

Education: basic

33.0

47.6

   

secondary

27.5

26.5

   

- upper

23.4

15.7

   

higher

16.1

10.2

   
   

Observations

21,228

25,601