Table 4 Students in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by county of residence at the age of 16. 1 October 1997 and 2007. Percentage women

4 Students in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by county of residence at the age of 16. 1 October 1997 and 2007. Percentage women
County of residence at the age of 16	1997		2007

County of residence at the age of 16	Total	Percentage women	Total	Percentage women

Total	187 754	57.4	219 464	60.7
Østfold	8 865	57.3	9 557	60.2
Akershus	17 716	53.7	21 292	58.1
Oslo	12 910	53.4	17 329	57.4
Hedmark	6 891	58.8	7 620	62.6
Oppland	6 351	59.6	7 608	62.1
Buskerud	7 832	55.9	9 597	60.7
Vestfold	7 674	56.4	9 286	60.3
Telemark	5 664	59.1	7 153	61.9
Aust-Agder	3 831	55.5	4 683	59.9
Vest-Agder	5 723	55.3	6 956	57.9
Rogaland	13 248	55.8	16 916	59.6
Hordaland	17 010	56.1	19 411	61.8
Sogn og Fjordane	4 324	57.7	5 521	62.8
Møre og Romsdal	10 282	58.5	11 743	61.3
Sør-Trøndelag	10 431	56.7	11 463	60.9
Nord-Trøndelag	5 714	59.0	6 278	63.3
Nordland	9 748	56.7	11 458	62.4
Troms	6 486	56.3	7 186	62.7
Finnmark	2 813	60.9	3 553	64.7
Foreign	4 547	46.9	9 537	61.9
Unknown¹	19 694	68.1	15 317	61.9

¹	The number of unknown can mainly be explained by lack of information on county of residence at the age 16 for students born before 1957.