Statistics Norway

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 Males Females Change last year Change last year in per cent
Total 2 275 000 2 267 000 1 200 056 1 066 944 -8 000 -0.4
             
0 General programmes            
Total  582 603  563 925  270 912  293 013 -18 678 -3.2
Compulsory education1  259 900  245 436  134 058  111 378 -14 464 -5.6
Intermediate education2  322 703  318 489  136 854  181 635 -4 214 -1.3
             
1 Humanities and arts            
Total  122 735  122 173 42 191 79 982 -562 -0.5
Intermediate education2 47 509 48 776 10 427 38 349 1 267 2.7
Tertiary education, short3 59 068 56 682 22 771 33 911 -2 386 -4.0
Tertiary education, long4 16 158 16 715 8 993 7 722  557 3.4
             
2 Education            
Total  128 829  129 940 40 388 89 552 1 111 0.9
Intermediate education2 1 663 1 645  798  847 -18 -1.1
Tertiary education, short3  123 115  124 105 37 956 86 149  990 0.8
Tertiary education, long4 4 051 4 190 1 634 2 556  139 3.4
             
3 Social sciences and law            
Total 55 166 57 520 29 314 28 206 2 354 4.3
Intermediate education2  661  835  469  366  174 26.3
Tertiary education, short3 29 600 30 163 13 480 16 683  563 1.9
Tertiary education, long4 24 905 26 522 15 365 11 157 1 617 6.5
             
4 Business and administration            
Total  325 950  323 452  130 992  192 460 -2 498 -0.8
Intermediate education2  240 367  234 651 80 236  154 415 -5 716 -2.4
Tertiary education, short3 80 919 83 617 47 299 36 318 2 698 3.3
Tertiary education, long4 4 664 5 184 3 457 1 727  520 11.1
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects            
Total  574 917  573 691  498 162 75 529 -1 226 -0.2
Intermediate education2  449 935  446 986  394 555 52 431 -2 949 -0.7
Tertiary education, short3 71 464 72 296 60 397 11 899  832 1.2
Tertiary education, long4 53 518 54 409 43 210 11 199  891 1.7
             
6 Health, welfare and sport            
Total  276 395  282 258 42 796  239 462 5 863 2.1
Intermediate education2  161 581  162 291 15 409  146 882  710 0.4
Tertiary education, short3 92 732 97 031 13 524 83 507 4 299 4.6
Tertiary education, long4 22 082 22 936 13 863 9 073  854 3.9
             
7 Primary industries            
Total 52 080 51 676 41 730 9 946 -404 -0.8
Intermediate education2 45 915 45 386 37 139 8 247 -529 -1.2
Tertiary education, short3 1 334 1 370  999  371 36 2.7
Tertiary education, long4 4 831 4 920 3 592 1 328 89 1.8
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services            
Total 93 669 92 738 65 052 27 686 -931 -1.0
Intermediate education2 74 204 73 546 48 505 25 041 -658 -0.9
Tertiary education, short3 15 589 15 455 12 977 2 478 -134 -0.9
Tertiary education, long4 3 876 3 737 3 570  167 -139 -3.6
             
9 Unspecified field of study            
Total 62 656 69 627 38 519 31 108 6 971 11.1
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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