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Table 2 Summary statistics - young females*, 1996-2011

From: Age at immigration and high school dropouts

Variable

Natives**

1989-91 immigrants

1992-94 immigrants

Age

30.2 (3.86)

29.7 (3.56)

28.85 (2.92)

Age at Arrival

 

13.84 (3.27)

14.61 (2.83)

?6-9

 

12.39%

5.80%

?10-13

 

29.19%

27.02%

?14-15

 

20.16%

21.30%

?16-18

 

38.25%

45.88%

Time in Israel

 

16.86 (3.58)

15.24 (3.16)

Years of Schooling

14.05 (2.45)

13.95 (2.54)

13.22 (2.74)

?HSD (0-11 years)

4.73%

12.49%

20.69%

?HSG (12 years)

36.39%

24.09%

29.24%

?ACD (13+ years)

58.88%

63.43%

50.08%

Labor Market Status:

   

?Employed

73.89%

80.16%

81.37%

?Unemployed

7.22%

6.13%

5.88%

?Out of the Labor Force

18.89%

13.71%

12.75%

Residence:

   

?Tel Aviv

8.73%

5.60%

4.81%

?Haifa

3.49%

5.73%

4.05%

?Jerusalem

7.36%

4.09%

3.28%

?North

16.22%

23.16%

21.98%

?Center

46.31%

37.92%

40.31%

?South

12.71%

20.23%

22.67%

?Judea, Samaria and Gaza

5.19%

3.26%

2.90%

Father's Birthplace:

   

?Israel

39.68%

  

?FSU

3.64%

  

?Europe/America/Oceania

14.60%

  

?Asia/Africa

41.68%

  

?Unknown

0.40%

  

?Number of Observations

56,478

3,035

1,310

  1. *Ages at arrival 6-18 for immigrants, ages 6-18 in 1989-91 for natives (cohorts 1971-85). Aged 25+ in the survey year. Conditonal on not studying at the time of the survey.
  2. **Born in Israel or immigrated prior to 1970, excluding Arabs and non-Jews.
  3. Dropped observations: Institutions and Bedouins, people with schooling over 30 or with missing schooling.
  4. Source: CBS Labor Force Surveys 1996-2011.