Table 4 Employed immigrants by world region of birth and period of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2008

4 Employed immigrants by world region of birth and period of residence in Norway. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 15-74 years in each group. Q4 2008
	Employed in total	Total	Employed immigrants

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

Total	2 525 000	241 036	37 589	31 254	41 478	25 663	5 489	70 793	19 468	9 302

Less then 1 year		24 145	3 614	3 934	11 355	850	469	2 599	807	517
1 until 2 years		24 243	2 464	3 588	11 434	1 096	516	3 314	1 290	541
2 until 3 years		15 296	1 701	2 336	5 828	922	362	2 673	1 043	431
3 until 4 years		11 725	1 308	1 622	2 869	1 156	278	2 869	1 209	414
4 until 5 years		10 350	1 094	1 337	1 592	1 343	214	3 085	1 299	386
5 until 6 years		9 725	1 084	1 042	766	1 308	140	3 633	1 394	358
6 until 7 years		10 397	1 166	1 037	843	1 349	213	4 054	1 385	350
7 until 10 years		27 005	3 893	2 757	1 415	4 571	454	10 119	2 871	925
10 until 15 years		28 176	6 303	3 385	1 432	5 298	690	7 793	2 439	836
15 years or more		79 974	14 962	10 216	3 944	7 770	2 153	30 654	5 731	4 544

						Per cent
Total	71.6	64.2	75.6	73.4	73.5	63.2	65.7	56.8	49.7	66.1

Less then 1 year		57.7	78.2	68.6	69.6	41.6	47.7	30.7	30.8	46.7
1 until 2 years		62.9	81.2	75.2	73.0	50.9	59.4	42.0	40.4	55.5
2 until 3 years		66.8	81.7	79.4	79.8	58.1	69.3	49.2	45.1	60.4
3 until 4 years		66.3	81.5	77.1	80.2	62.7	72.6	55.7	50.8	65.2
4 until 5 years		67.0	81.9	77.8	80.7	66.7	67.5	59.8	54.7	68.7
5 until 6 years		66.5	81.0	80.5	79.5	66.2	68.3	63.6	52.9	72.9
6 until 7 years		63.3	80.2	80.3	79.7	68.0	71.2	57.3	50.2	69.6
7 until 10 years		66.4	80.8	82.5	78.4	66.9	68.4	62.3	51.0	69.8
10 until 15 years		67.6	82.4	82.0	76.6	64.8	74.0	59.6	52.5	69.8
15 years or more		63.6	68.6	67.0	66.4	64.9	67.6	60.8	54.0	69.2