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Table 3 Education by ethnicity and gender

From: Differences in the labor market entry of second-generation immigrants and ethnic Danes

 

Females

Males

 

Ethnic Danes

2nd-generation

Ethnic Danes

2nd-generation

 

All

West

Non-West

West

Non-West

All

West

Non-West

West

Non-West

Primary school

0.20

0.23

0.47

0.22

0.44

0.26

0.32

0.56

0.30

0.57

Test

   

0.26

2.54

   

0.63

-0.82

High school, regular

0.37

0.40

0.24

0.44

0.27

0.21

0.23

0.12

0.32

0.17

Test

   

-1.49

-2.24

   

-3.60

-5.61

Business & technical

0.08

0.07

0.06

0.11

0.10

0.11

0.12

0.07

0.12

0.10

Test

   

-2.36

-5.06

   

-0.27

-5.42

Vocational educ.

0.35

0.30

0.22

0.23

0.19

0.42

0.34

0.26

0.26

0.16

Test

   

2.94

2.70

   

3.06

9.57

  1. Note: The 3 groups for ethnic Danish females are All: all Ethnic Danes, West: Ethnic Danish twins matched to the second-generation Western females, Non-West: Ethnic Danish twins matched to the second-generation non-Western females. The 2 groups for 2nd-generation immigrants are West: second-generation immigrants with parents born in Western countries and Non-West: second-generation immigrants with parents born in non-Western countries. Test: test for equality of coefficient for ethnic Danish twins and their 2nd-generation comparable group. Source: Sample of young individuals, 1996-2003 (Statistics Denmark data).