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Immigrant women got better results
statistikk
2014-09-24T10:00:00.000Z
Education;Immigration and immigrants
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nopplinnv, Norwegian for adult immigrantsEducation, Adult education, Immigration and immigrants, Education
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Norwegian for adult immigrants, 2013

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In this publication there are errors in the figures for the participants' age distribution. Age at settlement in Norway is used instead of age at the end of the statistical year. In consequence, the participants have been portrayed as younger than they really have been. The table title is corrected in StatBank. The error will not be corrected in this text.

Immigrant women got better results

Female immigrant’s Norwegian language test results were better than their male counterparts. 58 per cent of women who registered for the test passed the written Norskprøve 3, while only 47 per cent of the men passed the test in 2012. The results for both the Norskprøve 2 and Norskprøve 3 were better for women, but the largest gender disparity was in the written national tests.

Participants in Norwegian by reason for immigration and yearPublished 24 September 2014
20122013
Total36 91238 691
Labour1 5311 533
Family15 57115 800
Refugee15 50916 965
Education1 2191 364
Unknown3 0823 029

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Test results in Norwegian for adult immigrants, by gender. 2012

The statistics on Norwegian for adult immigrants are new and under development. The statistics provide data on adult immigrants who have had Norwegian language instruction and results of the Norwegian language test.

Educational background has a large impact

Educational background has a big influence on the results achieved in the Norwegian language test. Among those who had only compulsory schooling, 34 per cent passed Norskprøve 3, while 74 per cent with a higher education passed.

More participants in Norwegian for adult immigrants

In 2013, 38 700 participants were registered on Norwegian courses for adult immigrants. This figure is 1 700 more than in 2012 and is the highest number of participants ever registered. As in previous years, the largest numbers of participants are in Oslo, Hordaland, Rogaland and Akershus.

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The statistics include about 2 200 asylum seekers in 2012. Since this group does not have the Norwegian official personal identity number, we do not have background information on asylum seekers.

Norwegian for adult immigrants should not be confused with the Introduction programmeOpen and readClose

The Introduction programme for adult immigrants is different from Norwegian for adult immigrants since the first is primarily aimed at refugee immigrants. The Introduction programme is also a full-time arrangement for two years.