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Table 1 Distribution of population characteristics among young adults (25–34 yrs) in Belgium according to sex, period and region (in column %)

From: Educational inequalities in young-adult mortality between the 1990s and the 2000s: regional differences in Belgium

  

MEN

WOMEN

  

1991

2001

1991

2001

  

FR

BCR

WR

FR

BCR

WR

FR

BCR

WR

FR

BCR

WR

Educational level

             

  Primary

 

17.36

21.79

21.41

4.03

8.48

5.94

20.65

22.98

21.42

3.75

8.86

4.87

  Lower sec

 

21.57

18.83

18.83

15.34

17.60

22.65

15.03

15.45

22.42

11.33

15.04

18.26

  Higher sec

 

35.33

24.40

32.03

45.18

26.94

40.06

35.61

23.71

30.65

41.05

24.31

35.80

  Higher

 

25.74

34.98

20.95

35.45

46.98

31.34

28.72

37.86

25.51

43.86

51.78

41.07

 

Missing

(5.17)

(21.91)

(6.71)

(5.07)

(19.35)

(8.36)

(4.56)

(19.53)

(5.26)

(3.80)

(16.99)

(6.08)

Nationality of origin

             

  Belgian

 

92.68

58.86

78.89

93.38

60.18

80.01

88.49

42.82

77.17

88.15

42.68

77.58

  European/Western

 

4.29

20.11

16.09

3.91

20.45

15.72

5.26

22.24

15.75

5.20

24.58

15.37

  Maghrebin/Turkish

 

1.66

12.88

2.51

1.58

12.14

2.03

3.95

23.52

4.18

3.39

19.59

3.41

  Other

 

1.37

8.15

2.51

1.13

7.23

2.23

2.30

11.42

2.91

3.27

13.14

3.64

Employment situation

             

  Self-employed

 

13394

14.44

13.08

10.50

8.70

8.09

8.57

7.63

7.63

6.32

4.73

4.42

  Employee

 

35.46

38.28

31.76

42.59

44.21

39.52

45.81

48.52

42.43

55.86

47.67

46.99

  (Un) Skilled worker

 

42.39

25.25

38.57

27.75

14.47

25.07

17.95

9.77

10.70

10.18

4.99

6.30

  Job seeker

 

3.72

11.40

9.69

4.48

16.56

12.09

12.42

15.29

20.40

7.20

19.21

19.43

  Not working, not seeking a job

 

0.82

1.31

1.75

1.80

2.76

2.39

9.39

10.23

13.16

7.74

10.65

10.15

  Working, job unknown

 

1.72

3.32

2.10

9.08

7.93

9.58

2.96

3.23

2.45

7.90

7.29

7.89

  Other

 

1.95

6.01

3.06

3.80

5.37

3.26

3.16

5.54

3.23

4.80

5.46

4.82

 

Missing

(3.07)

(18.47)

(5.85)

(3.73)

(17.36)

(6.78)

(2.96)

(15.64)

(4.55

(3.19)

(15.99)

(5.71)

  1. Data: census 1991, 2001 linked to national register, own calculations.
  2. % are calculated exclusive of missings; between brackets: % of missings per indicator compared to the total.