The effects of active labour market policies for immigrants receiving social assistance in Denmark

Heinesen, Eskil; Husted, Leif; Rosholm, Michael

doi:10.1186/2193-9039-2-15

Table 4 Descriptive statistics for controls

From: The effects of active labour market policies for immigrants receiving social assistance in Denmark

	Females				Males
Variable	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Years since migration: 5-9	0.248	0.432	0	1	0.232	0.422	0	1
Years since migration: 10-19	0.183	0.386	0	1	0.235	0.424	0	1
Years since migration: 20-	0.166	0.372	0	1	0.176	0.381	0	1
From Turkey	0.151	0.358	0	1	0.114	0.318	0	1
From Europe (except former Yugoslavia)	0.090	0.286	0	1	0.082	0.274	0	1
From Africa (except Somalia)	0.071	0.256	0	1	0.081	0.273	0	1
From Somalia	0.096	0.294	0	1	0.120	0.325	0	1
From American countries	0.021	0.144	0	1	0.017	0.129	0	1
From Afghanistan	0.018	0.135	0	1	0.023	0.148	0	1
From Iraq	0.076	0.264	0	1	0.118	0.322	0	1
From Iran	0.050	0.218	0	1	0.063	0.243	0	1
From Sri Lanka	0.037	0.188	0	1	0.025	0.155	0	1
From other Asian countries	0.088	0.284	0	1	0.044	0.205	0	1
From Pakistan	0.043	0.203	0	1	0.037	0.188	0	1
From Libanon	0.059	0.236	0	1	0.087	0.282	0	1
From other countries	0.041	0.199	0	1	0.043	0.203	0	1
Family reunified to a refugee	0.128	0.334	0	1	0.044	0.204	0	1
Family reunified to non-refugee	0.169	0.375	0	1	0.099	0.298	0	1
EU residence permit	0.035	0.183	0	1	0.020	0.140	0	1
Unknown type of residence permit	0.313	0.464	0	1	0.343	0.475	0	1
Age 16-24	0.215	0.411	0	1	0.189	0.391	0	1
Age 25-34	0.400	0.490	0	1	0.378	0.485	0	1
Age 35-44	0.264	0.441	0	1	0.309	0.462	0	1
Children 3–6 years of age	0.194	0.395	0	1	0.122	0.327	0	1
Children 7–17 years of age	0.205	0.404	0	1	0.123	0.329	0	1
No children	0.321	0.467	0	1	0.531	0.499	0	1
Single	0.331	0.471	0	1	0.423	0.494	0	1
Working experience up to 1 year	0.224	0.417	0	1	0.279	0.448	0	1
Working experience 1–3 years	0.112	0.315	0	1	0.175	0.380	0	1
Working experience 3 years or more	0.064	0.245	0	1	0.120	0.325	0	1
Lives in provincial town municipality	0.343	0.475	0	1	0.326	0.469	0	1
Lives in a rural district	0.113	0.317	0	1	0.097	0.296	0	1
Danish education	0.166	0.372	0	1	0.217	0.413	0	1
Years of Danish education	1.694	3.858	0	20	2.205	4.281	0	20
Foreign education	0.346	0.476	0	1	0.325	0.468	0	1
Years of foreign education	3.876	5.656	0	18	3.957	5.962	0	18
No visits to doctors	0.150	0.357	0	1	0.241	0.428	0	1
5-9 visits to doctors	0.270	0.444	0	1	0.207	0.405	0	1
10-19 visits to doctors	0.220	0.414	0	1	0.108	0.310	0	1
20 or more visits to doctors	0.076	0.265	0	1	0.025	0.156	0	1
Local unemployment rate x 10	0.621	0.150	0.326	1.361	0.622	0.150	0.317	1.361
Social assistance spell began 1998	0.192	0.394	0	1	0.194	0.396	0	1
Social assistance spell began 1999	0.178	0.382	0	1	0.191	0.393	0	1
Social assistance spell began 2000	0.110	0.313	0	1	0.111	0.314	0	1
Social assistance spell began 2001	0.108	0.311	0	1	0.105	0.307	0	1
Social assistance spell began 2002	0.098	0.297	0	1	0.095	0.293	0	1
Social assistance spell began 2003	0.090	0.287	0	1	0.080	0.271	0	1

Note. Reference categories are: Years since migration less than five years; from former Yugoslavia; refugee; 45–66 years of age; children 0–2 years of age; married or cohabiting; no working experience (in Denmark); lives in the metropolitan area of Copenhagen or one of the three largest provincial cities in Denmark; education unknown; 1–4 visits to doctors; spell began in 1997.

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