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Table 2 Employment status transitions by natives and immigrants’ region of origin

From: Dynamics of employment assimilation

Region of origin

Number of individuals

Employed all periods

Employed 0 periods

Single transition from work

Single transition to work

Multiple transitions

Native Swedes

65,842

0.613 (0.487)

0.075 (0.263)

0.065 (0.245)

0.081 (0.273)

0.165 (0.371)

Nordic countries

15,578

0.443 (0.497)

0.162 (0.369)

0.116 (0.320)

0.063 (0.243)

0.215 (0.410)

Western countries

8541

0.338 (0.473)

0.238 (0.425)

0.113 (0.316)

0.110 (0.312)

0.201 (0.401)

Eastern Europe

13,628

0.187 (0.390)

0.258 (0.434)

0.072 (0.259)

0.275 (0.446)

0.212 (0.408)

Middle East

14,564

0.100 (0.298)

0.300 (0.458)

0.095 (0.293)

0.180 (0.384)

0.325 (0.469)

Asia

3333

0.168 (0.373)

0.207 (0.405)

0.076 (0.264)

0.247 (0.431)

0.302 (0.458)

Africa

3267

0.110 (0.313)

0.249 (0.432)

0.081 (0.273)

0.218 (0.413)

0.339 (0.473)

Latin America

4057

0.202 (0.401)

0.148 (0.355)

0.093 (0.290)

0.207 (0.405)

0.349 (0.476)

  1. Standard deviations in parentheses