Table 3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of November 2006 and 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years

3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of November 2006 and 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years¹
	The whole population	Total	First generation immigrants

	The whole population	Total	The Nordic countries	Western Europe else	EU countries in Eastern Europe	Eastern Europe	Northern America and Oceania	Asia²	Africa	Southern and Central America

November 2006
Total	50 236	11 219	740	549	485	1 598	108	5 049	2 207	483
Settled 4 years and less		2 209	119	143	194	327	22	822	493	89
Settled 4 - 6 years		2 536	121	79	77	291	22	1 278	590	78
Settled 7 years and more		6 474	500	327	214	980	64	2 949	1 124	316

November 2007
Total	38 434	9 193	607	464	510	1 297	88	3 917	1 912	398
Settled 4 years and less		1 827	122	144	279	234	20	589	372	67
Settled 4 - 6 years		1 930	73	65	58	273	13	863	531	54
Settled 7 years and more		5 436	412	255	173	790	55	2 465	1 009	277

	Per cent
November 2006
In total	1.5	3.7	1.6	1.6	1.9	4.5	1.5	4.7	6.7	4.0
Settled 4 years and less		2.9	1.5	1.6	1.3	4.5	1.1	3.8	5.2	3.4
Settled 4 - 6 years		6.1	2.5	2.1	3.3	5.9	2.8	7.3	9.4	5.5
Settled 7 years and more		3.5	1.5	1.6	2.5	4.3	1.4	4.3	6.6	3.9

November 2007
In total	1.1	2.8	1.3	1.2	1.3	3.5	1.1	3.4	5.4	3.1
Settled 4 years and less		1.9	1.2	1.2	1.0	3.2	0.8	2.6	3.8	2.4
Settled 4 - 6 years		4.5	1.7	1.7	2.1	5.0	1.7	5.0	7.6	3.9
Settled 7 years and more		2.8	1.2	1.2	1.9	3.2	1.2	3.3	5.3	3.2

¹	Note that persons used as numerator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
²	Turkey is included.