Statistics Norway

New established enterprises, survival and growth

14   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002, by survival in 2003, gender, age, national background, level of education, broad field of education
Age groups Owners Female owner Male owner
Total Female owner Male owner Survived Not survived Survived Not survived
Total 31 502 9 090 22 412 43.8 56.2 52.2 47.8
16-24 years 3 554  846 2 708 35.2 64.8 42.1 57.9
25-34 years 11 758 3 383 8 375 43.3 56.7 51.0 49.0
35-44 years 8 607 2 753 5 854 45.4 54.6 55.5 44.5
45-54 years 5 023 1 504 3 519 44.5 55.5 54.9 45.1
55-66 years 2 238  546 1 692 47.8 52.2 57.1 42.9
67 years and older  322 58  264 67.2 32.8 57.6 42.4
               
National background              
Total 31 502 9 090 22 412 43.8 56.2 52.2 47.8
Norwegian national background 27 901 8 085 19 816 43.9 56.1 52.7 47.3
Western countries outside Norway 1 342  429  913 38.2 61.8 48.4 51.6
Non-western countries 2 017  552 1 465 47.6 52.4 49.6 50.4
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  242 24  218 41.7 58.3 44.0 56.0
               
Immigrant category              
Total 31 502 9 090 22 412 43.8 56.2 52.2 47.8
Norwegian 27 901 8 085 19 816 43.9 56.1 52.7 47.3
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 3 205  943 2 262 44.0 56.0 49.1 50.9
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents  154 38  116 31.6 68.4 50.0 50.0
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  242 24  218 41.7 58.3 44.0 56.0
               
Level of education              
Total 31 502 9 090 22 412 43.8 56.2 52.2 47.8
Lower secondary education 2 224  508 1 716 50.2 49.8 55.1 44.9
Upper secondary education 16 420 4 157 12 263 46.6 53.4 54.3 45.7
Tertiary education, short 7 660 2 938 4 722 39.2 60.8 48.5 51.5
Tertiary education, long 3 480 1 096 2 384 46.1 53.9 51.9 48.1
Other 1 718  391 1 327 35.0 65.0 43.9 56.1
               
Broad field of education              
Total 31 502 9 090 22 412 43.8 56.2 52.2 47.8
General Subjects 5 925 1 635 4 290 46.3 53.7 49.7 50.3
Humanities and Arts 2 904 1 416 1 488 36.8 63.2 40.7 59.3
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 487  802  685 33.9 66.1 42.8 57.2
Social sciences and Law 1 338  481  857 43.7 56.3 53.4 46.6
Business and Administration 3 929 1 342 2 587 50.7 49.3 51.8 48.2
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 9 062  685 8 377 51.2 48.8 58.4 41.6
Health, Welfare and Sport 3 001 1 818 1 183 43.8 56.2 46.7 53.3
Primary Industries  514 81  433 48.1 51.9 58.2 41.8
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services 1 353  362  991 54.7 45.3 51.6 48.4
Unspecified broad field of education 1 989  468 1 521 34.4 65.6 44.3 55.7
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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