Statistics Norway

10 Employed persons 15-74 years by sex, field of study and level of education. 4th quarter 2010 and 2011
Field of study] Utdanningsnivå[Level og Education 2010 2011
Total Male Female Change last year Change last year] Prosent[Per cent
Total 2 517 000 2 562 000 1 352 698 1 209 302 45 000 1.8
             
0 General programmes  756 389  752 933  389 489  363 444 -3 456 -0.5
Compulsory Education1  514 585  512 110  281 843  230 267 -2 475 -0.5
Intermediate Education 2  241 804  240 823  107 646  133 177 -981 -0.4
             
1 Humanities and arts  115 149  115 320 42 627 72 693  171 0.1
Intermediate Education 2 35 449 34 775 8 414 26 361 -674 -1.9
Tertiary Education, short 3 56 622 56 780 23 209 33 571  158 0.3
Tertiary Education, long 4 23 078 23 765 11 004 12 761  687 3.0
             
2 Education  150 849  152 839 42 032  110 807 1 990 1.3
Intermediate Education 2 1 217 1 165  570  595 -52 -4.3
Tertiary Education, short 3  142 811  144 399 39 576  104 823 1 588 1.1
Tertiary Education, long 4 6 821 7 275 1 886 5 389  454 6.7
             
3 Social sciences and law 76 725 80 661 37 708 42 953 3 936 5.1
Intermediate Education 2 4 363 5 043 2 455 2 588  680 15.6
Tertiary Education, short 3 33 261 34 596 15 384 19 212 1 335 4.0
Tertiary Education, long 4 39 101 41 022 19 869 21 153 1 921 4.9
             
4 Business and administration  287 581  286 808  123 841  162 967 -773 -0.3
Intermediate Education 2  164 896  159 052 55 789  103 263 -5 844 -3.5
Tertiary Education, short 3  106 618  109 551 57 218 52 333 2 933 2.8
Tertiary Education, long 4 16 067 18 205 10 834 7 371 2 138 13.3
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects  513 194  520 737  452 850 67 887 7 543 1.5
Intermediate Education 2  358 680  362 624  328 859 33 765 3 944 1.1
Tertiary Education, short 3 86 791 88 711 72 150 16 561 1 920 2.2
Tertiary Education, long 4 67 723 69 402 51 841 17 561 1 679 2.5
             
6 Health, welfare and sport  323 353  331 750 58 647  273 103 8 397 2.6
Intermediate Education 2  138 806  140 174 16 870  123 304 1 368 1.0
Tertiary Education, short 3  148 955  154 088 23 412  130 676 5 133 3.4
Tertiary Education, long 4 35 592 37 488 18 365 19 123 1 896 5.3
             
7 Primary industries 41 341 40 719 31 140 9 579 -622 -1.5
Intermediate Education 2 33 743 33 029 26 107 6 922 -714 -2.1
Tertiary Education, short 3 2 085 2 178 1 419  759 93 4.5
Tertiary Education, long 4 5 513 5 512 3 614 1 898 -1 0.0
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services 80 452 81 145 55 043 26 102  693 0.9
Intermediate Education 2 57 677 57 700 35 816 21 884 23 0.0
Tertiary Education, short 3 18 330 19 011 15 112 3 899  681 3.7
Tertiary Education, long 4 4 445 4 434 4 115  319 -11 -0.2
             
9 Unspecified field of study  171 967  199 088  119 321 79 767 27 121 15.8
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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