Table

Participants in Norwegian by reason for immigration and sex1
2011
TotalMalesFemales
ParticipantsParticipantsParticipants (per cent)ParticipantsParticipants (per cent)
1The statistics includes alle persons wich has a right and/or a duty to Norwegian for adult immigrants who has participated in Norwegian during the year. The statistics also includes asylum seekers wich lives in special asylum houses. In 2011 there was 4 100 asylum seekers and in 2010 there was 5 000 asylum seekers in the statistics for Norwegian for adult immigrants. Statistics Norway do not have the national official identity number for the asylum seekers, therefore there is a quite large group with missing background informations in the statistics.
Immigration
Total37 26116 41843.120 84354.7
Labour1 51891360.160539.9
Family15 2953 52223.011 77377.0
Escape14 2198 44959.45 77040.6
Education1 07320419.086981.0
Unknown5 1563 33057.41 82626.5