Comparative Migration Studies

Table 3 Mean employment, market income and income rank for selected groups by country and sex

From: Polish immigrants and their children in Canada and Sweden, employment status and income patterns

	Canada		Sweden
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Employment
Native-born not Polish	0.74	0.79	0.85	0.86
1 parent born in Poland	0.78	0.73	0.80	0.80
2 parents born in Poland	0.65	0.78	0.75	0.74
Immigrant not polish	0.67	0.82	0.59	0.65
Polish immigrant	0.73	0.81	0.70	0.74
Labour market income	CAD		SEK
Native-born not Polish	47,550	72,370	320,303	414,651
1 parent born in Poland	58,960	95,020	305,444	391,108
2 parents born in Poland	59,744	95,984	311,697	385,467
Immigrant not polish	38,172	55,931	244,012	317,370
Polish immigrant	44,989	61,279	255,682	318,777
Rank of income
Native-born not Polish	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.52
1 parent born in Poland	0.56	0.56	0.49	0.49
2 parents born in Poland	0.57	0.55	0.50	0.47
Immigrant not polish	0.44	0.44	0.38	0.37
Polish immigrant	0.51	0.49	0.40	0.38

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