A New Beginning: Early Refugee Integration in the United States

Trends in Refugee Admissions from Five Sending Countries of Origin, 2011–2018

Source: Authors’ compilation based on U.S. Department of State 2020.

Educational Attainment of Refugees and Nonmigrants by National Origin

Source: Authors’ calculation based on 2016 Annual Survey of Refugees (Urban Institute 2016), UNESCO Institute for Statistics 2019, UNFPA Population Estimation Survey of Somalia 2016, and UNFPA Myanmar Population and Housing Census 2017.

Note: Samples are limited to population age twenty-five and older. Nonmigrant data for Bhutanese, Cubans, and Iraqis are from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics. Nonmigrant data for Burmese are from UNFPA Myanmar Population and Housing Census “Thematic Report on Education.” Nonmigrant data for Somalis are from UNFPA Population Estimation Survey (PESS) Report on “Educational Characteristics of the Somali People.”

Odds Ratios and Predicted Values of Early Socioeconomic Attainment

Source: Authors’ calculation based on 2016 Annual Survey of Refugees (Urban Institute 2016).

Note: Odds ratios are based on models 2 and 4 in table 3. Predicted values are based on models 2 and 4 in table 4.