Table

Participants in Norwegian by reason for immigration and sex1
2014
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
Total39 51318 21646.121 29753.9
Labour1 37095469.641630.4
Family15 0503 40822.611 64277.4
Refugee18 75311 32360.47 43039.6
Education1 25129123.396076.7
Unknown3 0892 24072.584927.5