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 2003 and 2004
Field of study] Utdanningsnivå[Level of education   2004
2003 Total Males Females Change last year Change last year. Per cent
Total 2 260 000 2 274 000 1 199 188 1 074 812 14 035 0.6
             
0 General programmes            
Total  551 101  534 855  261 765  273 090 -16 246 -2.9
Compulsory Education1  242 103  230 398  128 372  102 026 -11 705 -4.8
Intermediate Education2  308 998  304 457  133 393  171 064 -4 541 -1.5
             
1 Humanities and arts            
Total  123 397  125 125 43 000 82 125 1 728 1.4
Intermediate Education2 48 965 49 955 10 511 39 444  990 2.0
Tertiary Education, short3 57 036 57 074 23 070 34 004 38 0.1
Tertiary Education, long4 17 396 18 096 9 419 8 677  700 4.0
             
2 Education            
Total  132 033  134 428 39 930 94 498 2 395 1.8
Intermediate Education2 1 536 1 470  710  760 -66 -4.3
Tertiary Education, short3  126 140  128 445 37 556 90 889 2 305 1.8
Tertiary Education, long4 4 357 4 513 1 664 2 849  156 3.6
             
3 Social sciences and law            
Total 58 286 61 644 30 704 30 940 3 358 5.8
Intermediate Education2 1 454 2 300  981 1 319  846 58.2
Tertiary Education, short3 29 281 30 578 13 590 16 988 1 297 4.4
Tertiary Education, long4 27 551 28 766 16 133 12 633 1 215 4.4
             
4 Business and administration            
Total  318 853  319 214  129 534  189 680  361 0.1
Intermediate Education2  228 525  225 522 76 736  148 786 -3 003 -1.3
Tertiary Education, short3 84 038 86 361 48 006 38 355 2 323 2.8
Tertiary Education, long4 6 290 7 331 4 792 2 539 1 041 16.6
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects            
Total  568 798  577 064  499 548 77 516 8 266 1.5
Intermediate Education2  440 925  446 501  393 692 52 809 5 576 1.3
Tertiary Education, short3 72 894 74 304 61 752 12 552 1 410 1.9
Tertiary Education, long4 54 979 56 259 44 104 12 155 1 280 2.3
             
6 Health, welfare and sport            
Total  289 088  297 220 45 811  251 409 8 132 2.8
Intermediate Education2  163 386  165 422 16 266  149 156 2 036 1.2
Tertiary Education, short3  101 841  107 067 15 133 91 934 5 226 5.1
Tertiary Education, long4 23 861 24 731 14 412 10 319  870 3.6
             
7 Primary industries            
Total 51 448 50 869 40 527 10 342 -579 -1.1
Intermediate Education2 44 946 44 285 35 802 8 483 -661 -1.5
Tertiary Education, short3 1 372 1 412 1 034  378 40 2.9
Tertiary Education, long4 5 130 5 172 3 691 1 481 42 0.8
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services            
Total 93 512 93 540 64 928 28 612 28 0.0
Intermediate Education 2 72 887 72 743 47 151 25 592 -144 -0.2
Tertiary Education, short 3 16 031 16 268 13 481 2 787  237 1.5
Tertiary Education, long 4 4 594 4 529 4 296  233 -65 -1.4
             
9 Unspecified field of study            
Total 73 484 80 041 43 441 36 600 6 592 9.0
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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