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Table 7 Employment rates (%) for immigrants who migrated at ages 18–64 and were employed within 2 years after they migrated to Sweden, by year of migration and region of origin

From: Liberalization of European migration and the immigration of skilled people to Sweden

 

1990–1997

1985–2007

Region of origin

1990–93

1994–97

1985–1993

1994–2007

EU-15

65.5

62.3

63.7

62.7

Other developed regions

68.1

52.8

61.6

58.3

All other regions

41.3

33.1

37.9

43.1

The rest of Europe + former SU

32.5

23.0

26.9

42.0

  1. Notes: (1) Immigrants who get employed within 2 years after migration are considered economic migrants. We use employment data on 2 years instead of 1 year after migration because the data on 1 year after migration are usually not well registered. Employment rate = No. of population in employment/Total no. of working-age (18–64) population, including both fully and partly employed. (2) Former SU = former Soviet Union. Source: Statistics Sweden