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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics – male immigrants aged 21 to 64

From: Immigrant over- and under-education: the role of home country labour market experience

 

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

 

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 1

Wave 2

Age

34.25

35.11

35.27

36.42

No. of adults in household

2.81

2.43

2.60

2.36

No. of children in household

1.55

1.48

1.56

1.49

Education: Postgraduate

0.22

0.23

0.28

0.27

Education: Bachelor

0.23

0.22

0.25

0.21

Education: Diploma/Certificate

0.21

0.21

0.21

0.21

Education: Completed secondary or trade

0.23

0.23

0.21

0.24

Education: Some secondary or less

0.12

0.11

0.06

0.07

FHC: English Speaking OECD

0.20

0.19

0.24

0.22

FHC: Non-English Speaking OECD

0.13

0.12

0.15

0.13

FHC: South, East, South East Asia & Oceania

0.36

0.35

0.38

0.40

FHC: Sub-Saharan Africa

0.08

0.08

0.09

0.09

FHC: Other

0.23

0.26

0.14

0.15

Qualification assessed

0.33

0.39

0.30

0.30

Self-employment

0.07

0.10

0.11

0.17

Interview in English

0.73

0.79

0.84

0.87

Visited Australia before immigration

0.48

0.45

0.65

0.62

Visa type: Preferential Family/Family Stream

0.26

0.25

0.32

0.33

Visa type: Concessional Family/Skilled-Austr. Link

0.21

0.21

0.15

0.15

Visa type: Business Skills & Empl. Nom. Scheme

0.17

0.17

0.21

0.22

Visa type: Independent

0.23

0.23

0.24

0.20

Visa type: Humanitarian

0.13

0.13

0.08

0.09

HH owns car

0.71

0.85

0.67

0.83

Occup in AU: Managers & Administrators

0.13

0.13

0.15

0.15

Occup in AU: Professionals

0.31

0.28

0.37

0.32

Occup in AU: Para-Professionals

0.03

0.04

0.10

0.13

Occup in AU: Tradespersons

0.20

0.21

0.17

0.16

Occup in AU: Clerks

0.02

0.02

0.01

0.02

Occup in AU: Salespersons & Pers. Serv. Workers

0.07

0.07

0.10

0.09

Occup in AU: Plant & Machine Operators & Drivers

0.06

0.09

0.06

0.08

Occup in AU: Labourers & Related Workers

0.17

0.17

0.04

0.05

Educ. mismatch AU: Unemployed

0.36

0.20

0.21

0.11

Educ. mismatch AU: Over-educated

0.12

0.16

0.13

0.16

Educ. mismatch AU: Correctly matched

0.39

0.50

0.51

0.52

Educ. mismatch AU: Under-educated

0.13

0.14

0.15

0.21

Educ. mismatch FHC: Not working

0.11

0.11

0.10

0.12

Educ. mismatch FHC: Over-educated

0.08

0.08

0.10

0.08

Educ. mismatch FHC: Correctly matched

0.56

0.57

0.59

0.57

Educ. mismatch FHC: Under-educated

0.24

0.25

0.21

0.23

Region of residence: New South Wales

0.41

0.43

0.39

0.36

Region of residence: Victoria

0.26

0.25

0.24

0.24

Region of residence: Queensland

0.11

0.11

0.09

0.11

Region of residence: South Australia

0.05

0.05

0.05

0.05

Region of residence: Western Australia

0.12

0.12

0.14

0.15

Region of residence: Tasmania

0.01

0.01

0.02

0.02

Region of residence: Northern Territory

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

Region of residence: A.C.T.

0.02

0.02

0.05

0.05

No. of observations

2,127

2,011

921

907

  1. Note: FHC stands for “Formal Home Country”.
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