Table 9.4 Females 15 years and over, by economic activity and industry. Per cent

9.4 Females 15 years and over, by economic activity and industry. Per cent
Industry¹	1875	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930


Females 15 years and over, total	622 201	688 075	769 294	826 097	943 093	1 049 228
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Persons economically active¹	34.4	34.8	35.2	33.2	31.5	29.9
Agriculture	13.9	12.4	9.1	6.2	6.1	3.8
Forestry, etc	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fishing, etc., and whaling	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mining and quarrying	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Manufacturing	4.9	6.5	7.5	6.8	6.2	5.4
Construction					0.0	0.0
Electricity, gas, water, sanitary services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wholesale and retail trade	0.6	1.4	2.3	2.9	3.6	3.9
Financial institutions and real estate	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2
Water transport	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Transport and communications other than water transport	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.8	0.6
Government services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2
Community and business services	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.7	2.6	2.8
Personal services	12.6	12.7	13.6	14.1	11.6	12.9
Activities not adequately described	1.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0
Persons not economically active	65.2	65.2	64.5	66.4	68.5	70.1
Unknown	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0

	1946	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990


Females 15 years and over, total	1 250 251	1 263 073	1 349 740	²1 460 548	²1 597 702	²1 731 439
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Persons economically active¹	26.9	26.0	23.8	27.7	29.2	29.0
Agriculture	3.2	2.1	0.9	2.1	1.8	1.0
Forestry, etc	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fishing, etc., and whaling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mining and quarrying	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Manufacturing	5.6	6.5	5.0	4.9	4.0	3.1
Construction	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4
Electricity, gas, water, sanitary services	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Wholesale and retail trade	3.9	4.3	4.8	5.7	5.4	4.3
Financial institutions and real estate	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.0	1.3	1.6
Water transport	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.2
Transport and communications other than water transport	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.6
Government services	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.2	1.9	2.2
Community and business services	3.9	4.1	5.1	7.9	10.7	12.5
Personal services	7.8	6.2	4.6	2.9	1.7	1.8
Activities not adequately described	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	-
Persons not economically active	72.8	74.0	76.2	72.3	70.8	71.0
Unknown	0.3	0.0	-	-	-	-

¹	See http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/histstat/kap09.html
²	Females 16 years and over.
Source: Population and housing censuses.
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