Table 2 The distribution of qualifications for employed immigrants and New Zealand-born
From: Skill composition of immigration flows and the measurement of education-occupation mismatch
1996 | 2001 | 2006 | Pooled | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country of birth | NZ-born | Immigrants | NZ-born | Immigrants | NZ-born | Immigrants | NZ-born | Immigrants |
No qualifications | 27.6 % | 19.8 % | 22.2 % | 11.6 % | 20.2 % | 9.5 % | 23.1 % | 12.8 % |
School qualifications | 27.4 % | 21.5 % | 33.7 % | 36.2 % | 30.4 % | 28.4 % | 30.6 % | 29.0 % |
Post-school certificate | 20.3 % | 25.5 % | 17.1 % | 14.1 % | 19.8 % | 16.8 % | 19.1 % | 18.2 % |
Post-school diploma | 13.6 % | 13.0 % | 13.5 % | 13.0 % | 11.5 % | 11.8 % | 12.8 % | 12.5 % |
Bachelors degree | 7.5 % | 11.0 % | 9.4 % | 14.4 % | 13.1 % | 20.6 % | 10.2 % | 16.2 % |
Higher degree | 3.6 % | 9.1 % | 4.1 % | 10.8 % | 5.0 % | 12.9 % | 4.3 % | 11.3 % |
Years of education | 12.25 | 12.30 | 12.40 | 12.69 | 12.64 | 13.21 | 12.44 | 12.81 |
Years of New Zealand education | N/A | 2.80 | N/A | 2.81 | N/A | 2.33 | N/A | 2.60 |
Number of individuals | 720,567 | 169,155 | 793,071 | 200,436 | 856,413 | 278,820 | 2,370,051 | 648,411 |