MADRID, 10 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
One out of every three foreign-born employed or who had ever worked in Spain (32.64%) took less than three months to find work in Spain, according to the ‘Module on the situation of immigrants and their children in the labor market’ corresponding to the year 2021, of the Active Population Survey (EPA), published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
For their part, 9% of employed persons born outside of Spain took four or more years to find a job and 4.5% had not yet found a job.
In addition, the data shows that 4.7% of employed people born abroad felt discriminated against in their employment in 2021, compared to 3.4% of those born in Spain. By gender, more women born abroad felt this discrimination (6.5%) compared to 2.9% of men.
Likewise, the statistics show that 53.9% of those employed in 2021 were “largely” satisfied with their employment, a percentage that increases to 55% in the case of those born in Spain and decreases to 48.8 % among those born abroad.
Meanwhile, 5.3% of those employed in 2021 were not very satisfied with their job (4.9% among those born in Spain compared to 7.4% of those born abroad); and 1.8% were not satisfied at all (1.7% born in Spain compared to 2% born abroad).
Regarding studies, the figures reveal that 99.3% of the 28.9 million people born in Spain between the ages of 15 and 74 successfully completed their highest level of education in Spain. On the other hand, of the 5.9 million born abroad, 66.4% acquired their highest level of education abroad and 32.9% in Spain.
The highest percentage of those born abroad who acquired their highest level of education in Spain was found among people from Latin America (34.7%), and the lowest among those born in Europe (31%).
Regarding the degree, 40% of the 4.2 million people aged 15 to 74 whose highest level of training was achieved abroad did not request recognition of their degree because they did not consider it necessary; 10.72%, because it was complex or expensive, and 23.77%, for other reasons.
For their part, 11.8% had requested recognition of their title and had it fully or partially recognized, and 5.3% had requested it but had not obtained it.
23.6% of people between the ages of 16 and 74 born abroad who had ever worked in Spain or had looked for a job found some obstacle in finding a job that was appropriate to their professional training.
By region of birth, the lowest percentage was among people born in Europe outside the EU (19.77%), and the highest among those born in Latin America (24.84%) and the rest of the world (26 .64%). By gender, the percentage of women who encountered obstacles exceeded that of men (26.3% compared to 20.7%).
The main perceived obstacle to having a job according to their professional training, for 21.9% of those born abroad, was not having the studies obtained abroad validated and, for 17.1%, that there was no job. suitable available.
For their part, for 11.9% the main obstacle was that they needed to improve their knowledge of Spanish languages ??and for 11.6%, legal restrictions on the right to work due to their nationality or residence permit.
Regarding knowledge of Spanish, just over half of the people aged 15 to 74 years born abroad (51.7%) knew spoken Spanish at least to an advanced level before coming to Spain (for 46, 9% was their mother tongue); and 16.9% participated in a Spanish course.
Considering the level of education of the parents, 19.37% of the parents of people between 15 and 74 years of age residing in Spain in 2021 had a high level of training (higher vocational training and equivalents, as well as university studies) . For the parents of those born in Spain, this percentage was 18.93%, while for those born in European territory outside the European Union (EU), it was 34.2%.
