Gender and Migration. Similarities and disparities among women and men in the immigrant population
- Document number
- 2229
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Gender and Migration. Similarities and disparities among women and men in the immigrant population
- Author/publisher
- Gunnlaug Daugstad, Toril Sandnes,
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures,
- Summary
- Our intention with this report is to present immigrant-related statistics with a gender perspective. The report "Gender and Migration" gathers part of the data available on women and men with immigrant backgrounds in Norway collected by Statistics Norway. Global estimates show that women's portion of the international migration has increased in the last 40 years, and was about 50 per cent by the millennium; therefore a gender perspective is a relevant issue. Statistics relating to women and men in the immigrant population tell us something about how women and men at different ages, either themselves or their parents from foreign countries, are doing in Norway. Statistics may give us an idea of immigrant women and men's situation in Norwegian society, and in which direction developments are heading. This report provides information on significant pieces of the multifaceted picture that women and men with immigrant backgrounds represent, and compared with women and men in the total population. Four main subjects are included: demographic structure and change, education, labour market participation and childcare and cash benefit.
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