Statistics Norway

New established enterprises, survival and growth

13   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002, by survival in 2003, gender, age, national background, level of education, broad field of education
Gender Actors total Number of owners Per cent survival
Survived Not survived Survived Not survived
Total 31 502 15 693 15 809 49.8 50.2
Women 9 090 3 985 5 105 43.8 56.2
Men 22 412 11 708 10 704 52.2 47.8
           
Age groups          
Total 31 502 15 693 15 809 49.8 50.2
16-24 years 3 554 1 437 2 117 40.4 59.6
25-34 years 11 758 5 736 6 022 48.8 51.2
35-44 years 8 607 4 501 4 106 52.3 47.7
45-54 years 5 023 2 601 2 422 51.8 48.2
55-66 years 2 238 1 227 1 011 54.8 45.2
67 years and older  322  191  131 59.3 40.7
           
National background          
Total 31 502 15 693 15 809 49.8 50.2
Norwegian national background 27 901 13 992 13 909 50.1 49.9
Western countries outside Norway 1 342  606  736 45.2 54.8
Non-western countries 2 017  989 1 028 49.0 51.0
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  242  106  136 43.8 56.2
           
Immigrant category          
Total 31 502 15 693 15 809 49.8 50.2
Norwegian 27 901 13 992 13 909 50.1 49.9
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 3 205 1 525 1 680 47.6 52.4
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents  154 70 84 45.5 54.5
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  242  106  136 43.8 56.2
           
Level of education          
Total 31 502 15 693 15 809 49.8 50.2
Lower secondary education 2 224 1 200 1 024 54.0 46.0
Upper secondary education 16 420 8 592 7 828 52.3 47.7
Tertiary education, short 7 660 3 439 4 221 44.9 55.1
Tertiary education, long 3 480 1 743 1 737 50.1 49.9
Other 1 718  719  999 41.9 58.1
           
Broad field of education          
Total 31 502 15 693 15 809 49.8 50.2
General Subjects 5 925 2 888 3 037 48.7 51.3
Humanities and Arts 2 904 1 126 1 778 38.8 61.2
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 487  565  922 38.0 62.0
Social sciences and Law 1 338  668  670 49.9 50.1
Business and Administration 3 929 2 020 1 909 51.4 48.6
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 9 062 5 242 3 820 57.8 42.2
Health, Welfare and Sport 3 001 1 349 1 652 45.0 55.0
Primary Industries  514  291  223 56.6 43.4
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services 1 353  709  644 52.4 47.6
Unspecified broad field of education 1 989  835 1 154 42.0 58.0
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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