Total of pupils of migrants parents/background in schools (automatically or by hand if no data on previous lines)

Code:: B18
Key Area:: Migration & Minority Demographics/Statistics
Strand(s):: Demographics & Economics

15/03/2012 - 18:08

Short Answer

There are only estimates of the total pupils of migrants parents/background in schools. Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204).

Qualitative Info

There are 112 schools in Sweden where the proportion students with foreign background are over 50 percent. In total there are approximately 1600 primary schools in Sweden. The share of children with foreign background is 13 percent of the children, aged 0-17 years in Sweden. This total should correspond to the total pupils of migrants parents/background in schools (Statistics Sweden, Demographic Reports 2007:2, Children, segregated housing and school results), http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/le0102_2006a01_br_be51st0702.pdf).

Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204) states that ’[...] the maintenance of personal data that reveals race or ethnic origin is prohibited’.[1] In the opinions delivered by the Advisory Committee established under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) the lack of data was critiqued as contributing to the complication of the formulation, implementation, evaluation and improvement of minority policies.

[1] Personuppgiftslag (1998:204) 13 § www.notisum.se/rnp/SLS/lag/19980204.HTM

Statistics Sweden, Demographic Reports 2007:2, Children, segregated housing and school results (SCB, Demografiska rapporter 2007:2, Barn, boendesegregation och skolresultat), http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/le0102_2006a01_br_be51st0702.pdf (accessed 2012-03-11).

Number

% of general school population

Main groups

Groups affected/interested

Migrants

Type (R/D)

Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

Education

External Url

http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/le0102_2006a01_br_be51st0702.pdf

Situation(s)

Library

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