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Summary of the education, occupatión and age profiles of emigrants to Canada,

Australia, USA and all countries

of degree holders as a % of total emigrants

Population*

distribution

Canada

Australia

USA

All# countries

1985

2.8%

18.2%

14.2%

8.5%

13.2%

1986

3.0%

14.3%

13.4%

9.2%

11.8%

1987

3.3%

24.5%

16.6%

9.0%

18.7%

1988

3.5%

17.4%

14.5%

11.1%

15.0%

1989

3.7%

15.6%

17.2%

11.4%

14.5%

No. of "professional, technical, administrative and managerial" workers as a % of total emigrants

Population* distribution

Canada

Australia

USA

All # countries

1985

5.0%

15.8%

22.6%

9.1%

14.0%

1986

4.9%

13.1%

22.3%

10.3%

14.0%

1987

5.1%

30.7%

26.2%

11.6%

24.6%

1988

5.5%

29.4%

23.3%

15.9%

24.4%

1989

5.7%

26.7%

27.5%

16.3%

23.4%

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Based on the yearly averages of GHS quarterly figures, covering land-based, civilian and non-institutional population only.

# Figures before 1989 Q3 cover 7 major destination countries

only; figures from 1989 Q3 onward cover 12 countries: Canada, U.S.A., Australia, U.K., New Zealand, West Germany, Netherlands + France. Portugal. Panama. Brazil and Mauritius -

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Profile of the emigrants