Table

Participants in Norwegian by reason for immigration and sex1
2012
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. 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
Total36 91215 46841.921 44458.1
Labour1 53199064.754135.3
Family15 5713 50022.512 07177.5
Escape15 5098 83457.06 67543.0
Education1 21926521.795478.3
Unknown3 0821 87961.01 20339.0