Weekly Bulletin issue no. 51-52, 1996

Few unemployed Asians find work after one year

Of unemployed persons from Asia and Africa living in Norway in November 1993, respectively 15 and 16 per cent had an ordinary job in the work force one year later. The corresponding percentage for the general population was 31 per cent. Fifty-six per cent of unemployed people from Asia and Africa in November 1993 were also unemployed or involved in job creation schemes one year later.

The connection of unemployed persons to the labour market over the years varies a great deal according to the person's national origins, according to figures from a newly developed statistic at Statistics Norway which covers the entire population between the ages of 16 to 74.

The transition from unemployment in November 1993 to ordinary work one year later was least common among immigrants from Africa and Asia, and was most common among Nordic immigrants and the population in general. Thirty-one per cent of everyone in the general population and 29 per cent of those from the Nordic countries who were unemployed in November 1993 had found work by November 1994. The comparative percentages for Asians and Africans were respectively 15 and 16 per cent.

New Statistics

The connection of immigrants to the labour market. Gross changes between November 1993 and November 1994. More detailed information is given in Notes 62/96. More information: Morten Kjelsrud, tel. +47 21 09 47 73, e-mail: mok@ssb.no or Helge Nome Næsheim, tel. +47 21 09 47 83, e-mail: hnn@ss.no.

Weekly Bulletin issue no. 51-52, 1996