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Table 3 Descriptive statistics, natives and immigrants, by region of origin

From: Immigrants from eastern partnership (EaP) countries in Spain

 

Natives

All Immigrants

EaP

EU enlargement

Africans

South Americans

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Sample size

392,983

442,021

27,078

32,437

445

561

3,377

3,862

6,009

5,216

10,215

14,308

Working

0.80

0.49

0.78

0.55

0.78

0.63

0.79

0.63

0.71

0.28

0.80

0.64

Permanent contract

0.50

0.31

0.36

0.28

0.26

0.32

0.33

0.29

0.32

0.14

0.37

0.33

Self-employed

0.19

0.07

0.14

0.06

0.05

0.02

0.07

0.02

0.10

0.03

0.12

0.05

Welfare recipient

0.17

0.13

0.12

0.09

0.11

0.06

0.09

0.06

0.16

0.10

0.10

0.08

Unemployment insurance

0.05

0.05

0.08

0.05

0.10

0.05

0.08

0.05

0.11

0.05

0.09

0.06

Disability pension

0.05

0.03

0.01

0.01

0

0.01

0.01

0

0.02

0.01

0.01

0.01

Retired pension

0.07

0.02

0.02

0.01

0

0

0

0

0.02

0

0

0

Other pension

0.05

0.06

0.02

0.03

0.01

0.01

0.01

0

0.03

0.04

0.01

0.02

High-skill occup

0.15

0.12

0.13

0.08

0.03

0.04

0.02

0.02

0.09

0.07

0.12

0.08

Medium-skill occup

0.18

0.25

0.12

0.14

0.03

0.06

0.03

0.04

0.07

0.13

0.11

0.10

Low-skill occup

0.67

0.63

0.75

0.78

0.94

0.90

0.95

0.94

0.84

0.80

0.77

0.82

Male

0.44

 

0.46

 

0.44

 

0.47

 

0.54

 

0.42

 

Age

46.65

45.98

39.83

38.79

38.09

37.07

36.25

34.17

40.47

38.58

39.25

38.42

Years since migration

  

11

10.72

5.88

5.40

5.34

4.87

12.78

11.83

8.54

8.49

Age at migration

  

28.43

27.50

32.16

31.70

30.90

29.27

26.57

25.05

30.22

29.40

Married

0.84

0.80

0.72

0.68

0.79

0.70

0.72

0.68

0.79

0.81

0.67

0.62

Primary

0.29

0.32

0.22

0.21

0.09

0.08

0.12

0.13

0.47

0.56

0.16

0.16

HS dropouts

0.29

0.28

0.21

0.20

0.11

0.13

0.16

0.19

0.19

0.18

0.21

0.21

HS graduates

0.26

0.22

0.38

0.38

0.44

0.34

0.63

0.54

0.23

0.19

0.42

0.41

College

0.16

0.17

0.19

0.20

0.37

0.45

0.09

0.14

0.12

0.08

0.21

0.22

With kids

0.43

0.41

0.54

0.56

0.49

0.52

0.50

0.51

0.56

0.66

0.57

0.57

Number of kids

1.52

1.51

1.67

1.63

1.44

1.38

1.45

1.43

1.98

2

1.60

1.57

Household size

3.31

3.26

3.25

3.30

3.06

3.07

3.12

3.10

3.52

3.89

3.32

3.29

  1. Source: Labor Force Survey 2000–2011.
  2. Notes: The sample is restricted to individuals 16 to 64 years old who are heads of the household or spouses.