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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics, Full Sample of Workers, PIAAC 2012/2014

From: Do immigrants experience labor market mismatch? New evidence from the US PIAAC

 

Proportion/Mean, Weighted (SE)

Education-job match

 

 Undermatched

0.20 (0.007)

 Correct match

0.49 (0.009)

 Overmatched

0.30 (0.008)

Generational Status

 

 First generation

0.15 (0.006)

 Second generation

0.08 (0.005)

 Third-plus generation

0.77 (0.008)

Education level

 

 Less than high school

0.08 (0.004)

 High school and some college

0.56 (0.010)

 College degree and above

0.36 (0.009)

Work experience (years)

21.62 (0.23)

Part-time

 

Literacy

277 (0.82)

Numeracy

265 (0.91)

Female

0.47 (0.010)

Race

 

 Hispanic

0.14 (0.007)

 White

0.68 (0.009)

 Black

0.11 (0.006)

 Asian

0.05 (0.004)

 Other

0.02 (0.002)

Children (yes)

0.71 (0.008)

City

0.37 (0.008)

US Region

 

 Northeast

0.19 (0.007)

 Midwest

0.22 (0.007)

 South

0.36 (0.009)

 West

0.23 (0.009)

English ability (first- and second-generation workers only)

 

 Speak English very well

0.59 (0.007)

 Speak English well

0.24 (0.006)

 Speak English not well

0.12 (0.003)

 Speak English not at all

0.05 (0.002)

Years in country (first-generation immigrants only)

 

 Less than 5 years

0.08 (0.002)

 Six to 10 years

0.10 (0.002)

 Eleven to 15 years

0.19 (0.003)

 More than 15 years

0.63 (0.006)

Weighted N

127,728,286

Unweighted N

4020

  1. The first- and second-generation subsample is comprised of 886 observations (29,483,276 when weighted); of these 548 are first-generation immigrants (19,036,284 when weighted)