Education statistics. Pupils and students

3   Pupils in folk high schools and upper secondary education by gender and type of school. October 1996-1999
Type of school Pupils, total Percentage of women
1996 1997 1998 1999 1996 1997 1998 1999
Pupils, total 235 496 233 818 230 115 223 397 47,7 48,6 48,8 49,0
               
Pupils under the Secondary Education Act 179 511 173 785 171 291 168 934 50,0 50,9 51,2 51,4
                 
Of which                
General subjects 101 213 99 035 97 435 96 604 55,0 55,7 55,8 55,0
Vocational education subjects 78 298 74 750 73 856 72 330 43,6 44,4 45,2 46,4
                 
Folk high schools 4 969 6 809 6 315 6 113 60,8 66,6 67,6 66,2
                 
Apprentices 27 216 31 893 32 350 31 446 26,2 30,0 29,8 30,9
                 
Labour market courses 16 363 10 706 7 719 4 482 56,1 54,3 57,9 57,5
                 
Other fields of study 7 437 10 625 12 440 12 422 44,5 49,1 49,6 52,0

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