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Table 1 Incidence of over and undereducation (%) by birth region and gender among those aged 25–57 years in 2008

From: Overeducation among immigrants in Sweden: incidence, wage effects and state dependence

Region

Mean

Mode

Men

Correctly matched

Over-educated

Under-educated

Correctly matched

Over-educated

Under-educated

Sweden

71.9

11.9

16.3

36.0

33.2

30.8

Other Nordic countries

64.5

11.2

24.3

36.5

25.3

38.2

EU15

56.7

26.6

16.7

23.9

43.7

32.4

Rest of Europe

65.9

20.4

13.7

22.7

47.7

29.6

Africa

55.1

26.2

18.6

18.3

48.6

33.1

North America

54.9

32.6

12.5

22.0

50.0

28.1

South America

62.9

20.2

16.9

24.9

44.3

30.8

Asia

53.6

23.9

22.5

20.9

42.2

36.9

Women

      

Sweden

76.4

12.4

11.2

39.3

31.1

29.6

Other Nordic countries

70.6

12.8

16.6

35.1

27.7

37.2

EU15

62.1

23.6

14.3

29.9

40.5

29.5

Rest of Europe

62.4

23.6

14.0

25.4

48.6

26.1

Africa

60.1

17.9

22.0

23.1

39.9

37.0

North America

59.2

30.3

10.6

27.9

48.1

24.0

South America

64.3

21.6

14.1

27.5

44.5

27.9

Asia

55.8

22.2

22.0

24.4

41.3

34.3

  1. Note: Overeducation among immigrants from Oceania and Soviet Union is not shown due to small sample sizes.