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Employed by immigrant category, world region and sex . Q4 2011 and 2012. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group
	2011			2012			Change 2011-2012
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
¹Including Turkey.
²By mothers native country.
Total population	2 562 000	1 352 698	1 209 302	2 589 000	1 375 190	1 213 810	27 000	22 492	4 508
Befolkningen uten innvandrerbakgrunn	2 237 891	1 170 598	1 067 293	2 236 712	1 175 318	1 061 394	-1 179	4 720	-5 899
Immigrants	307 182	173 365	133 817	333 979	190 355	143 624	26 797	16 990	9 807
Av dette:
The Nordic countries	45 537	23 726	21 811	46 676	24 474	22 202	1 139	748	391
Western Europe else	37 102	23 168	13 934	39 288	24 659	14 629	2 186	1 491	695
EU countries in Eastern Europe	75 922	50 929	24 993	89 490	60 216	29 274	13 568	9 287	4 281
Eastern Europe else	28 705	12 885	15 820	30 282	13 651	16 631	1 577	766	811
North America and Oceania	6 126	3 440	2 686	6 501	3 702	2 799	375	262	113
Asia¹	80 372	40 875	39 497	85 923	43 826	42 097	5 551	2 951	2 600
Africa	22 880	13 582	9 298	24 705	14 756	9 949	1 825	1 174	651
South and Central America	10 538	4 760	5 778	11 114	5 071	6 043	576	311	265

Norwegian-born to immigrant parents²	16 927	8 735	8 192	18 309	9 517	8 792	1 382	782	600
Av dette:
The Nordic countries	1 407	741	666	1 460	769	691	53	28	25
Western Europe else	966	522	444	983	544	439	17	22	-5
EU countries in Eastern Europe	744	388	356	776	410	366	32	22	10
Eastern Europe else	1 117	506	611	1 291	600	691	174	94	80
North America and Oceania	144	73	71	144	72	72	0	-1	1
Asia¹	10 505	5 506	4 999	11 365	5 993	5 372	860	487	373
Africa	1 436	690	746	1 616	779	837	180	89	91
South and Central America	608	309	299	674	350	324	66	41	25

							Percentage points
Total population	69.1	71.7	66.4	68.7	71.6	65.7	-0.4	-0.1	-0.7
Befolkningen uten innvandrerbakgrunn	70.3	72.6	67.9	69.9	72.5	67.2	-0.4	-0.1	-0.7
Immigrants, total	62.8	67.6	57.6	62.8	67.8	57.3	0.0	0.2	-0.3
Av dette:
The Nordic countries	75.9	77.6	74.2	76.1	77.8	74.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Western Europe else	70.4	74.2	64.8	70.0	73.9	64.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.6
EU countries in Eastern Europe	73.6	77.4	66.9	73.0	76.7	66.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5
Eastern Europe else	62.2	64.1	60.7	62.3	64.4	60.6	0.1	0.3	-0.1
North America and Oceania	65.8	71.7	59.6	66.4	73.1	59.2	0.6	1.4	-0.4
Asia¹	53.9	59.2	49.4	54.6	60.4	49.7	0.7	1.2	0.3
Africa	44.2	48.4	39.1	42.5	46.9	37.4	-1.7	-1.5	-1.7
South and Central America	63.6	68.6	60.0	63.2	69.0	59.0	-0.4	0.4	-1.0

Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total²	53.0	53.0	53.1	52.7	53.2	52.2	-0.3	0.2	-0.9
Av dette:
The Nordic countries	71.3	71.6	70.9	71.1	72.0	70.1	-0.2	0.4	-0.8
Western Europe else	66.7	67.5	65.7	65.9	68.1	63.3	-0.8	0.6	-2.4
EU countries in Eastern Europe	63.8	64.3	63.1	64.4	66.6	62.1	0.6	2.3	-1.0
Eastern Europe else	47.1	43.5	50.5	47.9	45.3	50.3	0.8	1.8	-0.2
North America and Oceania	63.7	65.8	61.7	62.9	64.9	61.0	-0.8	-0.9	-0.7
Asia¹	52.4	53.3	51.6	51.9	53.1	50.7	-0.5	-0.2	-0.9
Africa	41.1	38.0	44.5	41.2	38.4	44.2	0.1	0.4	-0.3
South and Central America	50.7	48.7	53.0	53.0	52.4	53.7	2.3	3.7	0.7