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Table 9 Distribution of Selected Independent Variables within Each Job-Education Mismatch Category, All Workers, PIAAC 2012/2014

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

 

Undermatched

Correctly matched

Overmatched

First generation

0.22

0.12

0.14

Second generation

0.07

0.08

0.09

Third and higher

0.71

0.80

0.77

Female

0.51

0.45

0.48

Children

0.79

0.71

0.66

Hispanic

0.24

0.13

0.09

White

0.61

0.70

0.70

Black

0.11

0.12

0.11

Asian Americans

0.02

0.04

0.07

Other

0.02

0.02

0.02

Literacy

259.74

276.05

291.07

Numeracy

245.46

263.08

280.83

Work experience

22.27

21.70

21.15

Northeast

0.17

0.19

0.19

Midwest

0.19

0.22

0.24

South

0.38

0.37

0.33

West

0.26

0.22

0.23

N

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  1. For categorical variables, the numbers in the cells represent the proportion of workers with given characteristic within each job-education mismatch category. For instance, the share of first-generation workers among all undermatched workers is 22%, the share of first-generation workers among all correctly matched workers is 12%, and among all overmatched workers 14% are first-generation. Numbers in columns for each independent variable add up to 100%