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Table 1 Description of the population by migrant origin and gender - Belgian residents aged 25–65 years, 2001–2011

From: Migrant mortality differences in the 2000s in Belgium: interaction with gender and the role of socioeconomic position

  

Number

Mean age

Education (%)

Ownership (%)

Employment status (%)

Primary

Lower sec.

Upper sec.

Tertiary

Owner

Tenant

Employed

Looking for job

Not looking for job

Belgium

Men

2,280,006

43.82

13.58

25.66

31.81

28.95

76.27

23.73

78.34

4.32

17.34

Women

2,273,845

44.08

14.61

24.59

30.27

30.53

76.06

23.94

60.61

6.94

32.45

Netherlands

Men

46,459

42.83

10.64

22.73

32.90

33.73

69.08

30.92

81.21

3.50

15.29

Women

42,556

42.88

12.48

26.26

31.12

30.14

69.71

30.29

56.97

6.71

36.32

France

Men

59,278

40.68

17.34

26.14

28.33

28.19

57.52

42.48

75.49

9.44

15.07

Women

61,990

41.18

18.59

24.48

26.91

30.02

57.46

42.54

53.96

13.85

32.19

Spain

Men

11,861

42.86

8.42

14.22

23.03

54.33

51.35

48.65

84.41

6.08

9.51

Women

10,446

41.91

7.98

15.48

27.62

48.91

53.73

46.27

58.87

8.16

32.97

Italy

Men

109,009

42.10

22.22

32.47

29.30

16.01

73.62

26.38

70.81

10.38

18.81

Women

95,323

41.99

23.02

29.81

28.75

18.42

72.64

27.36

49.22

16.16

34.62

Eastern Europe

Men

29,084

40.98

13.64

25.82

32.16

28.39

53.87

46.13

68.18

13.64

18.18

Women

34,098

40.46

14.36

22.66

29.01

33.97

53.42

46.58

46.90

18.98

34.13

Turkey

Men

33,575

37.92

39.34

26.22

26.06

8.38

63.94

36.06

55.95

20.80

23.26

Women

29,959

38.00

53.58

20.94

19.53

5.95

66.68

33.32

23.68

22.36

53.95

Morocco

Men

62,756

38.68

32.94

22.48

27.39

17.20

43.20

56.80

56.88

22.24

20.88

Women

51,301

38.37

44.99

20.77

22.76

11.48

47.08

52.92

27.73

20.61

51.66

SSA

Men

20,075

37.91

7.83

11.62

27.13

53.42

27.89

72.11

60.35

26.66

12.99

Women

20,795

37.44

17.40

19.92

29.84

32.84

34.32

65.68

43.94

28.77

27.29