Table 4 Employed first generation immigrants by region of birth and years of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2007

4 Employed first generation immigrants by region of birth and years of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2007
	Employed, total	Employed first generation immigrants

	Employed, total	Total	The Nordic countries	Western Europe else	New EU countries in Eastern Europe	Eastern Europe else	North America and Oceania	Asia¹	Africa	South and Central America

Total	2 484 000	213 114	35 328	27 215	30 592	23 719	5 011	65 038	17 715	8 496

Less then 1 year		22 189	2 902	3 194	11 434	744	449	2 178	884	404
1 until 2 years		15 554	2 012	2 461	6 224	773	371	2 341	973	399
2 until 3 years		11 342	1 396	1 694	2 949	1 032	286	2 525	1 052	408
3 until 4 years		10 006	1 127	1 341	1 610	1 249	226	2 896	1 198	359
4 until 5 years		9 442	1 146	1 061	746	1 275	150	3 416	1 314	334
5 until 6 years		10 065	1 195	1 030	852	1 293	208	3 822	1 322	343
6 until 7 years		8 347	1 207	992	583	1 101	155	3 068	942	299
7 until 10 years		25 048	4 598	2 647	1 141	4 010	456	8 741	2 659	796
10 until 15 years		28 192	5 152	2 831	1 305	8 568	631	6 948	2 015	742
15 years or more		72 929	14 593	9 964	3 748	3 674	2 079	29 103	5 356	4 412

Total	71.6	63.3	74.5	72.0	75.9	61.9	64.2	56.3	49.0	65.3

Less then 1 year		58.3	74.7	65.8	75.6	36.7	47.9	29.4	30.7	42.4
1 until 2 years		62.7	81.0	76.1	78.7	46.6	56.4	41.0	40.9	51.7
2 until 3 years		62.5	80.6	76.3	81.9	54.7	64.9	48.5	43.6	62.4
3 until 4 years		64.3	79.9	76.1	81.8	61.9	66.3	56.5	50.6	64.0
4 until 5 years		64.7	81.9	78.2	78.3	64.8	70.1	60.9	50.5	68.0
5 until 6 years		61.7	80.1	77.2	80.9	65.3	66.0	55.2	48.6	69.0
6 until 7 years		66.2	80.7	81.0	78.7	68.8	68.0	59.8	53.3	69.9
7 until 10 years		64.9	80.5	80.2	76.4	65.3	67.8	59.5	49.4	67.4
10 until 15 years		67.0	81.3	82.1	74.7	65.9	73.7	58.9	52.5	69.7
15 years or more		63.1	67.9	66.3	65.8	60.7	66.2	60.7	54.5	68.8

¹	Turkey included.