Education statistics. Apprentices

1   Apprentices, by gender and type of education. Preliminary figures. 1st October 2002
Type of education Total Males Females Percentage of women
1995 19 375 15 192 4 183 21.6
1996 27 216 20 085 7 131 26.2
1997 31 983 22 311 9 582 30.0
1998 32 350 22 710 9 640 29.8
1999 31 446 21 728 9 718 30.9
2000 29 945 20 533 9 412 31.4
2001 29 325 20 311 9 014 30.7
2002 29 464 20 659 8 805 29.9
         
Type of education, total 2002        
General, economics and management studies  727  667 60 8.3
Health and social studies 3 316  276 3 040 91.7
Agriculture, fishing and forestry  680  509  171 25.1
Arts, crafts and designs 2 585  168 2 417 93.5
Hotel and food processing trades 2 844 1 407 1 437 50.5
Building and construction trades 4 517 4 465 52 1.2
Technical building trades 1 667 1 577 90 5.4
Electrical trades 5 601 5 429  172 3.1
Engineering and mechanical trades 5 467 5 162  305 5.6
Chemical and processing trades  330  197  133 40.3
Woodworking trades  508  401  107 21.1
Media and communication  222  126 96 43.2
Retail and service 1 000  275  725 72.5

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