The average age of MRE tends to rise. It rose to 23 years in the 80's from 20 years in the 60's, before climbing to 28 years in the 2000's, according to the HCP, which released the results of a survey on "Social and Economic Integration of the MRE in Host Countries." According to the survey, which was conducted in 2005 on a sample of 2,832 households, 63.7% of the MRE emigrated abroad at least 15 years ago.
Regarding education and training, the survey found that 17.7% of the MRE have no education, 18.5% reached the primary level, 39.2% have a secondary education and 19.8% have university degrees.
42.4% of the MRE said their job does not correspond to their training, 27.8% described the adequacy as average while only 29.9% believe that their job matches their training and qualifications, according to the same source.
Unemployment rate, which stands at 8.2% for the surveyed MRE affects more women (12.9%) than men (6.5%).
The HCP added that 56.4% of the respondents have invested money in Morocco or in the host countries. These investments concern mainly Real Estate (81.4%), trade (8.4%), industry, agriculture and tourism sectors (5.3%).
HAMID BENBELLA,11APRIL,2008
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