Table 5 Election turnout of residents on Svalbard at different elections. March 2000. In per cent of population groups

Svalbard Statistics 2001

5	Election turnout of residents on Svalbard at different elections. March 2000. In per cent of population groups

	Council of Svalbard 1999	County council election 1999	Municipal election 1999	Storting Election 1997


All	60	34	34	74

Sex
Male	63	36	36	73
Female	57	30	30	75

Age
18-24 years	39	15	14	54
25-44 years	58	32	33	72
45- years	72	43	43	82

Familiy phase
Single	57	33	34	70
Single with children	76	33	33	72
Couples without children	68	42	41	74
Couples with children	57	29	29	80

Living conditions
1 or 2 rooms	48	27	25	69
3 rooms	64	38	40	71
4 rooms or more	71	36	36	80

Education
Lower secondary education	40	30	30	68
Upper secondary education	58	30	31	72
Tertiary education 1	66	38	34	74
Tertiary education 2+	76	46	47	85

Period of residence
Up to 2 years	46	35	35	80
2 up to 4 years	57	35	36	73
4 up to 10 years	67	38	38	69
10 years and more	72	29	28	72

Income
Under 100 000 kroner	53	29	29	78
100 000-199 999 kroner	47	24	26	73
200 000-299 999 kroner	60	32	31	70
300 000-399 999 kroner	66	39	40	75
400 000 kroner or more	74	41	42	86

Occupation sector
Government employee	75	50	51	88
Local government	81	31	29	81
Higher education	69	38	36	87
Mining and quarrying	73	29	31	67
Tourism	52	24	20	58
Other	47	33	34	73

Occupational status
Worker	47	24	26	64
Employee	59	30	29	69
Senior employee	76	46	46	86
Self-employed	57	32	29	74
Student, pupil	42	18	18	:
Other	45	33	31	74

Source: Survey of social welfare in Longyearbyen 2000. Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/02/notat_200031/ .

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