From: Skilled migrants and labour market integration: how important is the selection process?
Family Stream | General skilled migrant | Employer sponsored | |||||
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LSIA 3 | CSAM | LSIA 3 | CSAM | LSIA 3 | CSAM | ||
2005 | 2009-10 | 2005 | 2009-10 | 2005 | 2009-10 | ||
Dependent variables | |||||||
At work | 0.567 | 0.495 | 0.818 | 0.890 | 0.991 | 0.954 | |
Occupation (of those at work) | |||||||
Higher occupations | |||||||
Manager | 0.068 | 0.066 | 0.042 | 0.050 | 0.148 | 0.130 | |
Professional | 0.178 | 0.197 | 0.392 | 0.455 | 0.549 | 0.477 | |
Other occupations | |||||||
Technical and trades | 0.133 | 0.109 | 0.108 | 0.175 | 0.133 | 0.188 | |
Community and personal | 0.113 | 0.125 | 0.058 | 0.060 | 0.054 | 0.090 | |
Clerical and administration | 0.151 | 0.136 | 0.184 | 0.093 | 0.070 | 0.037 | |
Sales | 0.109 | 0.079 | 0.120 | 0.045 | 0.030 | 0.014 | |
Machine operator and labourers | 0.248 | 0.288 | 0.097 | 0.121 | 0.017 | 0.065 | |
Covariates | |||||||
Proportion women | 0.669 | 0.693 | 0.442 | 0.376 | 0.301 | 0.294 | |
Age bands | |||||||
18-34 | 0.691 | 0.696 | 0.785 | 0.618 | 0.351 | 0.324 | |
35-49 | 0.309 | 0.304 | 0.215 | 0.382 | 0.649 | 0.676 | |
Has a partner | 0.961 | 0.954 | 0.512 | 0.682 | 0.787 | 0.823 | |
Has partner at work in Aus | 0.773 | 0.771 | 0.271 | 0.413 | 0.450 | 0.489 | |
Has children who migrated | 0.167 | 0.169 | 0.211 | 0.371 | 0.459 | 0.583 | |
Country of birth | |||||||
English speaking | 0.178 | 0.169 | 0.109 | 0.289 | 0.532 | 0.398 | |
East Asia | 0.156 | 0.181 | 0.273 | 0.172 | 0.085 | 0.137 | |
South Asia | 0.092 | 0.137 | 0.221 | 0.270 | 0.076 | 0.119 | |
South East Asia | 0.241 | 0.255 | 0.260 | 0.127 | 0.096 | 0.157 | |
Speaks English very well | 0.447 | 0.433 | 0.630 | 0.751 | 0.837 | 0.761 | |
Qualifications | |||||||
No post school qualification | 0.340 | 0.345 | 0.054 | 0.055 | 0.083 | 0.122 | |
First degree or higher | 0.362 | 0.400 | 0.803 | 0.700 | 0.630 | 0.546 | |
Highest qual obtained in Aus | 0.096 | 0.139 | 0.609 | 0.441 | 0.082 | 0.228 | |
Main reason for migrating | |||||||
Better future for family | 0.123 | 0.109 | 0.268 | 0.497 | 0.219 | 0.400 | |
Join family | 0.753 | 0.789 | 0.058 | 0.026 | 0.023 | 0.018 | |
Work opportunities | 0.035 | 0.017 | 0.298 | 0.170 | 0.470 | 0.356 | |
State of residence | |||||||
NSW | 0.432 | 0.361 | 0.408 | 0.223 | 0.379 | 0.243 | |
QLD | 0.122 | 0.141 | 0.095 | 0.118 | 0.118 | 0.191 | |
SA | 0.044 | 0.052 | 0.036 | 0.120 | 0.118 | 0.079 | |
VIC | 0.286 | 0.307 | 0.341 | 0.312 | 0.207 | 0.225 | |
WA | 0.087 | 0.110 | 0.092 | 0.200 | 0.129 | 0.207 | |
Onshore visa | 0.397 | 0.373 | 0.607 | 0.394 | 0.802 | 0.768 | |
Sample size | 5323 | 1966 | 2933 | 2274 | 854 | 1713 |