Skills or culture? An analysis of the decision to work by immigrant women in Italy

Table 2 Activity and employment rates across national groups

	Activity rate	Employment rate
Central and Eastern European Countries	82.0	70.1
Central or Southern America	86.9	73.9
Near East and North Africa	49.7	41.4
Sub-Saharan Africa	78.3	66.0
East Asia	77.1	71.1
Central Asia	38.2	29.8
Total	73.4	62.8

Source: Authors’ calculations on ISMU dataset.
Activity and employment rates are computed on self-declared working status. Averages weighted according to the sample design.