Table 4 Employed first generation immigrants by region of birth and years of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2006

4	Employed first generation immigrants by region of birth and years of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2006

	Employed in total	Employed first generation immigrants

	Employed in total	Total	The Nordic countries	Western Europe else	New EU countries in Eastern Europe	Eastern Europe else	North America and Oceania	Asia¹	Africa	South and Central America

Total	2 389 000	181 444	33 497	23 920	16 171	22 864	4 530	57 784	15 030	7 648

Less then 1 year		12 150	2 070	2 056	5 233	526	287	1 215	510	253
1 until 2 years		10 658	1 643	1 750	2 800	960	297	2 013	846	349
2 until 3 years		9 060	1 263	1 366	1 438	1 133	247	2 380	894	339
3 until 4 years		8 580	1 205	1 090	611	1 226	152	2 868	1 105	323
4 until 5 years		9 261	1 247	1 068	652	1 307	203	3 292	1 192	300
5 until 6 years		7 851	1 207	986	421	1 150	162	2 759	888	278
6 until 7 years		8 491	1 338	877	302	1 057	150	3 521	911	335
7 until 10 years		21 044	4 887	2 522	723	3 574	441	6 146	2 103	648
10 until 15 years		26 685	4 259	2 387	924	9 096	585	7 007	1 787	640
15 years or more		67 664	14 378	9 818	3 067	2 835	2 006	26 583	4 794	4 183

	Per cent
Total	70.0	60.1	73.5	70.9	71.3	59.2	61.1	53.3	45.2	62.6

Less then 1 year		48.5	68.4	62.2	69.3	29.2	36.5	21.8	23.1	32.1
1 until 2 years		53.7	79.7	72.4	77.3	43.1	50.3	35.9	32.9	48.0
2 until 3 years		56.2	80.5	73.2	79.1	50.9	64.2	45.3	37.5	55.8
3 until 4 years		58.4	79.5	76.2	78.8	58.2	63.3	51.6	43.1	65.0
4 until 5 years		57.1	80.7	74.7	75.6	61.0	62.1	48.8	44.4	60.5
5 until 6 years		62.4	77.8	79.6	75.2	66.1	68.1	54.5	50.5	65.1
6 until 7 years		62.4	80.1	81.0	75.5	65.2	63.0	57.5	46.2	65.7
7 until 10 years		63.1	80.4	80.2	75.7	62.3	65.8	53.7	48.3	67.4
10 until 15 years		64.6	81.0	79.7	71.4	64.2	73.1	57.7	48.3	68.4
15 years or more		62.0	67.5	66.3	63.5	58.2	63.8	59.3	52.9	66.8

¹	Including Turkey.