Employment, main figures (registerbased employment statistics)

14   Employed persons 16-74 years by sex, field of study and level of education. 4th quarter 2001 and 2002
Field of study. Level of education 2001 2002
Total Male Female Change last year Change last year. Per cent
Total 2 275 000 2 267 000 1 199 118 1 067 882 -8 000 -0.4
             
0 General programmes            
Total  582 603  564 856  271 197  293 659 -17 747 -3.0
Compulsory Education1  259 900  245 997  134 277  111 720 -13 903 -5.3
Intermediate Education2  322 703  318 859  136 920  181 939 -3 844 -1.2
             
1 Humanities and arts            
Total  122 735  122 289 42 165 80 124 -446 -0.4
Intermediate Education2 47 509 48 879 10 423 38 456 1 370 2.9
Tertiary Education, short3 59 068 56 688 22 745 33 943 -2 380 -4.0
Tertiary Education, long4 16 158 16 722 8 997 7 725  564 3.5
             
2 Education            
Total  128 829  129 994 40 396 89 598 1 165 0.9
Intermediate Education2 1 663 1 639  796  843 -24 -1.4
Tertiary Education, short3  123 115  124 166 37 967 86 199 1 051 0.9
Tertiary Education, long4 4 051 4 189 1 633 2 556  138 3.4
             
3 Social sciences and law            
Total 55 166 57 519 29 291 28 228 2 353 4.3
Intermediate Education2  661  837  469  368  176 26.6
Tertiary Education, short3 29 600 30 181 13 475 16 706  581 2.0
Tertiary Education, long4 24 905 26 501 15 347 11 154 1 596 6.4
             
4 Business and administration            
Total  325 950  323 036  130 679  192 357 -2 914 -0.9
Intermediate Education2  240 367  234 382 80 050  154 332 -5 985 -2.5
Tertiary Education, short3 80 919 83 476 47 177 36 299 2 557 3.2
Tertiary Education, long4 4 664 5 178 3 452 1 726  514 11.0
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects            
Total  574 917  572 730  497 237 75 493 -2 187 -0.4
Intermediate Education2  449 935  446 187  393 801 52 386 -3 748 -0.8
Tertiary Education, short3 71 464 72 209 60 288 11 921  745 1.0
Tertiary Education, long4 53 518 54 334 43 148 11 186  816 1.5
             
6 Health, welfare and sport            
Total  276 395  282 380 42 809  239 571 5 985 2.2
Intermediate Education2  161 581  162 400 15 438  146 962  819 0.5
Tertiary Education, short3 92 732 97 051 13 514 83 537 4 319 4.7
Tertiary Education, long4 22 082 22 929 13 857 9 072  847 3.8
             
7 Primary industries            
Total 52 080 51 691 41 731 9 960 -389 -0.7
Intermediate Education2 45 915 45 403 37 140 8 263 -512 -1.1
Tertiary Education, short3 1 334 1 365  997  368 31 2.3
Tertiary Education, long4 4 831 4 923 3 594 1 329 92 1.9
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services            
Total 93 669 92 697 65 019 27 678 -972 -1.0
Intermediate Education2 74 204 73 520 48 489 25 031 -684 -0.9
Tertiary Education, short3 15 589 15 441 12 961 2 480 -148 -0.9
Tertiary Education, long4 3 876 3 736 3 569  167 -140 -3.6
             
9 Unspecified field of study            
Total 62 656 69 808 38 594 31 214 7 152 11.4
1  Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
2  Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
3  Tertiary education, short; comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
4  Tertiary education, short; comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
Source: Register based Employment statistics, Statistics Norway.

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