Education statistics. Pupils and students

3   Pupils in folk high schools and upper secondary education by gender and type of school. October 1997-2000
  Pupils, total Percentage of women
Type of school 1997 1998 1999 2000 1997 1998 1999 2000
Pupils, total 233 818   230 115   223 397   220 174   48,6   48,8   49,0   49,1
                 
Pupils under the Secondary Education Act 173 785 171 291 168 934 163 748 50,9 51,2 51,4 51,1
                 
Of which                
general subjects 99 035 97 435 96 604 94 431 55,7 55,8 55,0 54,3
vocational education subjects 74 750 73 856 72 330 69 317 44,4 45,2 46,4 46,8
                 
folk high schools 6 809 6 315 6 113 5 692 66,6 67,6 66,2 66,1
                 
apprentices 31 893 32 350 31 446 29 945 30,0 29,8 30,9 31,4
                 
labour market courses 10 706 7 719 4 482 8 175 54,3 57,9 57,5 53,8
                 
Other fields of study 10 625 12 440 12 422 12 614 49,1 49,6 52,0 55

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