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 2002 and 2003
Field of study
Level og education		 2002 2003
Total Males Females Change last year Change last year in per cent
Total 2 267 000   2 260 000   1 191 026   1 068 974 -7 000 -0.3
             
0 General programmes            
Total  563 925  547 452  264 795  282 657 -16 473 -2.9
Compulsory Education1  245 436  231 762  127 470  104 292 -13 674 -5.6
Intermediate Education 2  318 489  315 690  137 325  178 365 -2 799 -0.9
             
1 Humanities and arts            
Total  122 173  123 173 42 252 80 921 1 000 0.8
Intermediate Education 2 48 776 49 605 10 434 39 171  829 1.7
Tertiary Education, short 3 56 682 56 161 22 574 33 587 -521 -0.9
Tertiary Education, long 4 16 715 17 407 9 244 8 163  692 4.1
             
2 Education            
Total  129 940  138 189 42 355 95 834 8 249 6.3
Intermediate Education 2 1 645 1 532  727  805 -113 -6.9
Tertiary Education, short 3  124 105  132 261 39 962 92 299 8 156 6.6
Tertiary Education, long 4 4 190 4 396 1 666 2 730  206 4.9
             
3 Social sciences and law            
Total 57 520 59 288 29 912 29 376 1 768 3.1
Intermediate Education 2  835 1 498  686  812  663 79.4
Tertiary Education, short 3 30 163 30 188 13 408 16 780 25 0.1
Tertiary Education, long 4 26 522 27 602 15 818 11 784 1 080 4.1
             
4 Business and administration            
Total  323 452  317 879  128 260  189 619 -5 573 -1.7
Intermediate Education 2  234 651  227 058 76 770  150 288 -7 593 -3.2
Tertiary Education, short 3 83 617 84 483 47 331 37 152  866 1.0
Tertiary Education, long 4 5 184 6 338 4 159 2 179 1 154 22.3
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects            
Total  573 691  568 722  493 556 75 166 -4 969 -0.9
Intermediate Education 2  446 986  440 925  389 502 51 423 -6 061 -1.4
Tertiary Education, short 3 72 296 72 598 60 462 12 136  302 0.4
Tertiary Education, long 4 54 409 55 199 43 592 11 607  790 1.5
             
6 Health, welfare and sport            
Total  282 258  289 135 44 424  244 711 6 877 2.4
Intermediate Education 2  162 291  162 845 15 860  146 985  554 0.3
Tertiary Education, short 3 97 031  102 245 14 338 87 907 5 214 5.4
Tertiary Education, long 4 22 936 24 045 14 226 9 819 1 109 4.8
             
7 Primary industries            
Total 51 676 51 568 41 399 10 169 -108 -0.2
Intermediate Education 2 45 386 45 042 36 681 8 361 -344 -0.8
Tertiary Education, short 3 1 370 1 369  997  372 -1 -0.1
Tertiary Education, long 4 4 920 5 157 3 721 1 436  237 4.8
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services            
Total 92 738 93 531 65 355 28 176  793 0.9
Intermediate Education 2 73 546 72 799 47 544 25 255 -747 -1.0
Tertiary Education, short 3 15 455 16 125 13 431 2 694  670 4.3
Tertiary Education, long 4 3 737 4 607 4 380  227  870 23.3
             
9 Unspecified field of study            
Total 69 627 71 063 38 718 32 345 1 436 2.1
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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