Statistics Norway

New established enterprises, survival and growth

16   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002 with activity in 2003, by growth in employment, gender, age, national background, level of education, broad field of education
Age groups Number of owners Growth in employment
Owners total Female owner Male owner Growth from
2002 to 2003		 Female owner Male owner
Total 15 693 25.4 74.6 6 207 29.2 70.8
16-24 years 1 437 20.7 79.3  602 27.9 72.1
25-34 years 5 736 25.6 74.4 2 399 27.9 72.1
35-44 years 4 501 27.8 72.2 1 894 34.5 65.5
45-54 years 2 601 25.8 74.2  924 26.8 73.2
55-66 years 1 227 21.3 78.7  341 17.0 83.0
67 years and older  191 20.4 79.6 47 29.8 70.2
             
National background            
Total 15 693 25.4 74.6 6 207 29.2 70.8
Norwegian national background 13 992 25.4 74.6 5 350 29.8 70.2
Western countries outside Norway  606 27.1 72.9  276 26.8 73.2
Non-western countries  989 26.6 73.4  543 25.4 74.6
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  106 9.4 90.6 38 7.9 92.1
             
Immigrant category            
Total 15 693 25.4 74.6 6 207 29.2 70.8
Norwegian 13 992 25.4 74.6 5 350 29.8 70.2
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 1 525 27.2 72.8  747 26.9 73.1
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents 70 17.1 82.9 72 15.3 84.7
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  106 9.4 90.6 38 7.9 92.1
             
Level of education            
Total 15 693 25.4 74.6 6 207 29.2 70.8
Lower secondary education 1 200 21.3 78.8  466 23.2 76.8
Upper secondary education 8 592 22.5 77.5 3 331 26.6 73.4
Tertiary education, short 3 439 33.5 66.5 1 411 40.4 59.6
Tertiary education, long 1 743 29.0 71.0  666 29.4 70.6
Other  719 19.1 80.9  333 15.3 84.7
             
Broad field of education            
Total 15 693 25.4 74.6 6 207 29.2 70.8
General Subjects 2 888 26.2 73.8 1 077 31.0 69.0
Humanities and Arts 1 126 46.3 53.7  443 52.4 47.6
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  565 48.1 51.9  230 63.0 37.0
Social sciences and Law  668 31.4 68.6  367 30.5 69.5
Business and Administration 2 020 33.7 66.3  795 33.6 66.4
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 5 242 6.7 93.3 1 889 8.2 91.8
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 349 59.0 41.0  644 60.9 39.1
Primary Industries  291 13.4 86.6 91 11.0 89.0
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services  709 27.9 72.1  295 35.6 64.4
Unspecified broad field of education  835 19.3 80.7  376 16.0 84.0
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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