Table 5
Labour force participation and unemployment rates of the second- and third-and-higher-generation Americans aged 25 to 54, March 2005
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| Total | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second generation | Third-and-higher generation | Second generation | Third-and-higher generation | Second generation | Third-and-higher generation | |
| rate | ||||||
| Labour force participation rates | ||||||
| Total | 79.6 | 79.2 | 84.9 | 84.7 | 74.0 | 74.0 |
| Education attainment | ||||||
| Less than a high school diploma | 68.9 | 63.6 | 77.0 | 72.2 | 59.0 | 53.8 |
| High school graduates | 79.1 | 80.5 | 86.7 | 86.9 | 69.6 | 73.6 |
| Some post secondary education | 85.5 | 84.4 | 92.4 | 90.5 | 78.6 | 79.5 |
| University degree | 87.6 | 89.4 | 93.1 | 95.3 | 82.4 | 84.1 |
| Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity | ||||||
| White non-Hispanic or Latino | 84.5 | 84.2 | 90.9 | 90.9 | 77.7 | 77.7 |
| Blacks | 79.9 | 78.7 | 85.1 | 79.7 | 74.9 | 77.9 |
| Asians | 80.9 | 80.3 | 84.1 | 87.2 | 77.0 | 73.7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 82.8 | 78.8 | 90.5 | 85.5 | 75.2 | 72.5 |
| Unemployment rates | ||||||
| Total | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| Education attainment | ||||||
| Less than a high school diploma | 8.3 | 11.9 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 13.8 |
| High school graduates | 6.4 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 5.2 |
| Some post secondary education | 4.6 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| University degree | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
Source(s):
Mosisa (2006).
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