Table
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal owned enterprises1 | Private and public limited companies | |||||||||||
| Number of entrepreneurs | Per cent survival | Number of entrepreneurs | Per cent survival | |||||||||
| 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5 years | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5 years | |||
| 1Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability. | ||||||||||||
| 2Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter. | ||||||||||||
| 3Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years. | ||||||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Total | 33 126 | 44.9 | 40.8 | 32.8 | 27.5 | 24.0 | 21 985 | 68.3 | 69.1 | 61.5 | 54.4 | 48.8 |
| Males | 22 279 | 47.7 | 43.4 | 35.2 | 29.6 | 25.7 | 18 309 | 67.5 | 68.5 | 61.0 | 54.1 | 48.5 |
| Females | 10 847 | 39.3 | 35.4 | 28.0 | 23.3 | 20.5 | 3 676 | 72.2 | 72.1 | 64.1 | 56.3 | 50.1 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| All ages | 33 126 | 44.9 | 40.8 | 32.8 | 27.5 | 24.0 | 21 985 | 68.3 | 69.1 | 61.5 | 54.4 | 48.8 |
| 16-24 years | 4 551 | 36.2 | 33.6 | 24.9 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 607 | 68.0 | 67.7 | 59.0 | 49.6 | 42.0 |
| 25-34 years | 12 126 | 44.2 | 39.3 | 30.8 | 25.6 | 22.2 | 4 602 | 72.6 | 73.3 | 64.5 | 56.0 | 50.0 |
| 35-44 years | 8 850 | 48.1 | 43.5 | 35.6 | 29.9 | 26.1 | 7 807 | 69.2 | 69.5 | 61.6 | 54.5 | 48.9 |
| 45-54 years | 4 858 | 46.4 | 43.0 | 36.9 | 31.7 | 28.3 | 5 496 | 66.1 | 67.1 | 59.9 | 53.6 | 47.6 |
| 55-66 years | 2 318 | 49.3 | 46.2 | 38.7 | 33.6 | 29.7 | 2 916 | 64.7 | 66.6 | 60.9 | 55.1 | 50.3 |
| 67 years or older | 420 | 50.7 | 46.9 | 38.3 | 34.8 | 28.8 | 472 | 63.6 | 65.3 | 59.5 | 54.2 | 49.4 |
| Unknown age | 3 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 85 | 31.8 | 47.1 | 41.2 | 34.1 | 34.1 |
| Level of education | ||||||||||||
| All educational levels | 33 126 | 44.9 | 40.8 | 32.8 | 27.5 | 24.0 | 21 985 | 68.3 | 69.1 | 61.5 | 54.4 | 48.8 |
| Primary and lower secondary education (level 1-2) | 6 383 | 44.1 | 39.2 | 31.0 | 25.0 | 21.4 | 2 732 | 73.7 | 74.0 | 64.2 | 55.2 | 50.1 |
| Upper secondary education (level 3-5) | 12 586 | 48.8 | 45.3 | 37.3 | 31.5 | 27.5 | 10 076 | 71.3 | 72.4 | 64.8 | 58.0 | 51.8 |
| Tertial education, 4 years or less (level 6)2 | 7 709 | 38.5 | 35.9 | 28.3 | 24.1 | 21.2 | 6 019 | 64.2 | 64.3 | 57.4 | 50.6 | 45.1 |
| Tertial education, more than 4 years (level 7-8)3 | 2 871 | 44.1 | 39.0 | 32.5 | 28.1 | 25.6 | 2 511 | 60.8 | 62.7 | 57.0 | 50.4 | 45.2 |
| Unknown or no completed education (9) | 3 577 | 47.1 | 39.5 | 30.5 | 25.1 | 21.2 | 647 | 65.5 | 66.0 | 55.0 | 47.3 | 43.3 |