Statistics Norway

Employment, main figures (register based)

12   Employed persons 16-74 years by sex, field of study and level of education.
4th quarter 2004 and 2005
Field of study
Level og education		 2004 2005
Total Males Females Change last year Change last
year. Per cent
Total 2 274 000   2 298 000   1 212 680   1 085 320   24 000 1.1
             
0 General programmes            
Total  534 855  522 107  257 047  265 060 -12 748 -2.4
Compulsory education1  230 398  220 078  124 097 95 981 -10 320 -4.5
Intermediate education 2  304 457  302 029  132 950  169 079 -2 428 -0.8
             
1 Humanities and arts            
Total  125 125  126 823 43 413 83 410 1 698 1.4
Intermediate education2 49 955 51 537 10 922 40 615 1 582 3.2
Tertiary education, short 3 57 074 56 595 22 893 33 702 -479 -0.8
Tertiary education, long 4 18 096 18 691 9 598 9 093  595 3.3
             
2 Education            
Total  134 428  136 572 40 024 96 548 2 144 1.6
Intermediate education2 1 470 1 425  678  747 -45 -3.1
Tertiary education, short 3  128 445  130 442 37 673 92 769 1 997 1.6
Tertiary education, long 4 4 513 4 705 1 673 3 032  192 4.3
             
3 Social sciences and law            
Total 61 644 63 869 31 366 32 503 2 225 3.6
Intermediate education2 2 300 3 034 1 290 1 744  734 31.9
Tertiary education, short 3 30 578 31 095 13 744 17 351  517 1.7
Tertiary education, long 4 28 766 29 740 16 332 13 408  974 3.4
             
4 Business and administration            
Total  319 214  322 376  131 872  190 504 3 162 1.0
Intermediate education2  225 522  223 755 76 933  146 822 -1 767 -0.8
Tertiary education, short 3 86 361 89 507 49 063 40 444 3 146 3.6
Tertiary education, long 4 7 331 9 114 5 876 3 238 1 783 24.3
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects            
Total  577 064  588 310  509 184 79 126 11 246 1.9
Intermediate education2  446 501  454 560  401 201 53 359 8 059 1.8
Tertiary education, short 3 74 304 75 507 62 570 12 937 1 203 1.6
Tertiary education, long 4 56 259 58 243 45 413 12 830 1 984 3.5
             
6 Health, welfare and sport            
Total  297 220  308 205 47 989  260 216 10 985 3.7
Intermediate education2  165 422  169 711 17 099  152 612 4 289 2.6
Tertiary education, short 3  107 067  112 465 16 045 96 420 5 398 5.0
Tertiary education, long 4 24 731 26 029 14 845 11 184 1 298 5.2
             
7 Primary industries            
Total 50 869 50 933 40 279 10 654 64 0.1
Intermediate education2 44 285 44 237 35 512 8 725 -48 -0.1
Tertiary education, short 3 1 412 1 447 1 051  396 35 2.5
Tertiary education, long 4 5 172 5 249 3 716 1 533 77 1.5
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services            
Total 93 540 94 407 65 016 29 391  867 0.9
Intermediate education2 72 743 73 563 47 346 26 217  820 1.1
Tertiary education, short 3 16 268 16 391 13 453 2 938  123 0.8
Tertiary education, long 4 4 529 4 453 4 217  236 -76 -1.7
             
9 Unspecified field of study            
Total 80 041 84 398 46 490 37 908 4 357 5.4
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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