Different selection processes, different outcomes? Comparing labor market integration of asylum refugees, resettled refugees and their reunited family members in Finland

Comparative Migration Studies

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study population

	Males			Females
	Resettled refugees	Asylum refugees	Family reunion migrants	Resettled refugees	Asylum refugees	Family reunion migrants
N	2059	4148	1773	2245	1794	2747
% by gender	26	52	22	33	26	40
Age at arrival, %
16–24	24	26	29	23	22	35
25–34	33	48	45	36	44	41
35–44	28	19	17	26	21	17
45+	16	8	9	16	12	7
Migration cohort, %
2001–2003	22	6	17	19	11	17
2004–2006	25	7	20	22	10	17
2007–2009	23	26	25	23	22	25
2010–2014	30	61	38	37	58	41
Toddlers in family during the first 3 years of residence, %	36	17	51	34	38	55
Single parent, %
First year	3	5	6	26	24	8
10th year	8	12	10	24	33	21
Local unemployment, %
First year	12	12	11	13	12	11
10th year	12	12	12	12	11	11

The information by duration of stay is calculated among the applicable migration cohorts