Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

6   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002 with activity in 2004 by growth in turnover, gender, age, national background, immigrant category, level of education and broad field of education
  Owners total Growth in employment
  Number of owners Per cent Growth from 2002 to 2004 Per cent
Gender        
Total 13 398  100.0 4 285 437  100.0
Women 3 438 25.7  803 092 18.7
Men 9 960 74.3 3 482 345 81.3
         
Age groups        
Total 13 398  100.0 4 285 437  100.0
16-24 years 1 165 8.7  405 102 9.5
25-34 years 4 786 35.7 1 639 781 38.3
35-44 years 3 890 29.0 1 328 523 31.0
45-54 years 2 293 17.1  621 470 14.5
55-66 years 1 097 8.2  269 958 6.3
67 years and older  167 1.2 20 603 0.5
         
National background        
Total 13 398  100.0 4 285 437  100.0
Norwegian national background 12 054 90.0 3 771 742 88.0
Western countries outside Norway  478 3.6  135 961 3.2
Non-western countries  809 6.0  353 576 8.3
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 57 0.4 24 158 0.6
         
Immigrant category        
Total 13 398  100.0 4 285 437  100.0
Norwegian 12 054 90.0 3 771 742 88.0
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 1 227 9.2  417 893 9.8
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents 60 0.4 71 644 1.7
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 57 0.4 24 158 0.6
         
Level of education        
Total 13 398  100.0 4 285 437  100.0
Lower secondary education 1 007 7.5  460 794 10.8
Upper secondary education 7 356 54.9 2 626 993 61.3
Tertiary education, short 2 978 22.2  714 305 16.7
Tertiary education, long 1 552 11.6  301 956 7.0
Other  505 3.8  181 389 4.2
         
Broad field of education        
Total 13 398  100.0 4 285 437  100.0
General Subjects 2 429 18.1  877 467 20.5
Humanities and Arts  985 7.4  221 329 5.2
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  481 3.6 56 617 1.3
Social sciences and Law  605 4.5  243 801 5.7
Business and Administration 1 772 13.2  628 535 14.7
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 4 436 33.1 1 568 388 36.6
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 213 9.1  217 531 5.1
Primary Industries  248 1.9 59 951 1.4
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services  632 4.7  209 663 4.9
Unspecified broad field of education  597 4.5  202 155 4.7
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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