Sex	Country of birth	Data type	According to the skills required in their current job compared to those of their last job before coming to Spain	Total
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Total	2.297,2
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	620,5
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	524,8
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	958,3
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	193,6
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Total	100
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	27,01
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	22,84
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	41,72
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	8,43
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Total	549,2
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	148,1
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	122,7
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	224,6
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	53,8
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Total	100
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	26,97
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	22,33
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	40,9
Both sexes	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	9,79
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Total	164
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	43
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	35,3
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	69,9
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	15,8
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Total	100
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	26,23
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	21,5
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	42,66
Both sexes	Rest of Europe	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	9,61
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Total	1.185,3
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	320,6
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	306,9
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	484,5
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	73,4
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Total	100
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	27,04
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	25,89
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	40,87
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	6,2
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Total	398,7
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	108,8
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	60
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	179,3
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	50,6
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Total	100
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	27,28
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	15,05
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	44,98
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	12,69
Males	Total	Absolute values	Total	1.242,1
Males	Total	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	345,2
Males	Total	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	230
Males	Total	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	554,7
Males	Total	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	112,1
Males	Total	Percentage	Total	100
Males	Total	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	27,79
Males	Total	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	18,52
Males	Total	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	44,66
Males	Total	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	9,02
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Total	315,9
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	79,1
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	63,8
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	133,5
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	39,5
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Total	100
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	25,03
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	20,21
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	42,25
Males	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	12,51
Males	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Total	71,8
Males	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	20
Males	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	10,5
Males	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	37,3
Males	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	4,1
Males	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Total	100
Males	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	27,87
Males	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	14,58
Males	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	51,9
Males	Rest of Europe	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	5,65
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Total	562,8
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	165,9
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	112,7
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	257,6
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	26,6
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Total	100
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	29,47
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	20,03
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	45,77
Males	Latin America	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	4,73
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Total	291,5
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	80,2
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	43
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	126,4
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	41,9
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Total	100
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	27,52
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	14,74
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	43,37
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	14,36
Females	Total	Absolute values	Total	1.055,1
Females	Total	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	275,3
Females	Total	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	294,8
Females	Total	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	403,6
Females	Total	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	81,5
Females	Total	Percentage	Total	100
Females	Total	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	26,09
Females	Total	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	27,94
Females	Total	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	38,25
Females	Total	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	7,72
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Total	233,3
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	69
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	58,8
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	91,2
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	14,2
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Total	100
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	29,6
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	25,22
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	39,08
Females	European Union (EU-27)	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	6,11
Females	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Total	92,2
Females	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	23
Females	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	24,8
Females	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	32,7
Females	Rest of Europe	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	11,7
Females	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Total	100
Females	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	24,95
Females	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	26,9
Females	Rest of Europe	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	35,46
Females	Rest of Europe	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	12,7
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Total	622,5
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	154,7
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	194,1
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	226,9
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	46,8
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Total	100
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	24,85
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	31,18
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	36,45
Females	Latin America	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	7,52
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Total	107,1
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Current job requires a higher level of skills	28,5
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Current job requires a lower skill level	17
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Both jobs require the same level of skills	52,9
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	8,7
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Total	100
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Current job requires a higher level of skills	26,63
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Current job requires a lower skill level	15,88
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Both jobs require the same level of skills	49,35
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	8,14