From: Immigrant over- and under-education: the role of home country labour market experience
Cohort 1 | Cohort 2 | |||
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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 |