Table 3 Registered unemployed and participants in ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes), by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. In per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years. By the end of February 2002 and 2003

3	Registered unemployed and participants in ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes), by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. In per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years. By the end of February 2002 and 2003

	All residents	First generation immigrants

	All residents	Total	The Nordic countries	Western Europe else	Eastern Europe	North America and Oceania	Asia¹	Africa	South and Central America

Registered unemployed

February 2002

Total	2.2	5.1	2.3	2.7	6.3	2.7	6.2	8.0	5.6

Settled 4 years and less		5.2	2.4	2.9	6.2	2.5	6.5	7.5	4.6
Settled 4-6 years		6.0	3.1	3.4	7.7	3.3	7.8	7.2	6.4
Settled 7 years and more		4.9	2.1	2.4	6.0	2.6	5.9	8.5	5.7

February 2003

Total	2.8	6.2	3.4	3.3	7.2	3.1	7.4	9.4	7.1

Settled 4 years and less		6.4	4.3	3.8	7.1	3.7	7.3	8.3	6.4
Settled 4-6 years		7.4	4.2	4.2	6.9	4.7	9.8	11.8	7.3
Settled 7 years and more		5.9	2.9	3.0	7.3	2.5	7.0	9.6	7.3

Participants in ordinary labour market schemes

February 2002

In total	0.4	1.6	0.2	0.3	2.1	0.3	2.3	3.2	1.6

Settled 4 years and less		3.0	0.3	0.4	3.9	0.5	4.4	5.2	3.5
Settled 4-6 years		2.0	0.1	0.6	1.9	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.7
Settled 7 years and more		0.9	0.2	0.3	1.2	0.2	1.3	1.8	1.1

February 2003

In total	0.5	1.9	0.3	0.4	2.3	0.4	2.6	3.5	1.8

Settled 4 years and less		3.4	0.3	0.6	4.2	0.6	4.9	5.3	2.7
Settled 4-6 years		2.3	0.5	0.4	2.5	0.4	3.8	3.8	3.0
Settled 7 years and more		1.1	0.3	0.3	1.4	0.3	1.4	2.2	1.4

¹	Turkey included.