Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

3 Personal owned enterprises, by education and sex. New established enterprises. 20091
Level of education Sole proprietorship Other personal owned enterprises5
Owners total Sex Owners total Sex
Per cent women Per cent men Per cent women Per cent men
Total 26 124  100.0  100.0 3 725  100.0  100.0
Lower secondary education 4 812 13.0 21.4  765 22.8 19.7
Upper secondary education 8 820 29.9 35.9 1 504 29.2 44.4
Tertiary education, short2 5 943 31.6 17.9  809 29.2 19.0
Tertiary education, long3 2 806 13.0 9.5  343 10.9 8.6
Other4 3 743 12.6 15.3  304 7.8 8.3
             
Age groups            
Total 26 124  100.0  100.0 3 725  100.0  100.0
16-24 years 3 991 12.6 16.8  468 8.1 14.2
25-44 years 16 027 64.9 59.4 2 370 70.1 61.3
45-66 years 5 675 21.6 21.8  837 20.4 23.2
65 years and older  431 0.9 2.0 50 1.4 1.3
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.
2  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
3  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.
4  Other include persons with no completed education and those who haven't registred any information about education.
5  Other personal owned enterprises refers to the organizational structures general partnership and general partnership with shared liability.

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