Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

3   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002 with activity in 2004, by growth in employment, gender, age, national background, immigrant category, level of education and broad field of education
  Owners total Growth in employment
  Number of owners Per cent Growth from 2002 to 2004 Per cent
Gender        
Total 13 398  100.0 6 202  100.0
Women 3 438 25.7 1 892 30.5
Men 9 960 74.3 4 310 69.5
         
Age groups        
Total 13 398  100.0 6 202  100.0
16-24 years 1 165 8.7  559 9.0
25-34 years 4 786 35.7 2 413 38.9
35-44 years 3 890 29.0 1 861 30.0
45-54 years 2 293 17.1 1 012 16.3
55-66 years 1 097 8.2  323 5.2
67 years and older  167 1.2 34 0.5
         
National background        
Total 13 398  100.0 6 202  100.0
Norwegian national background 12 054 90.0 5 352 86.3
Western countries outside Norway  478 3.6  226 3.6
Non-western countries  809 6.0  577 9.3
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 57 0.4 47 0.8
         
Immigrant category        
Total 13 398  100.0 6 202  100.0
Norwegian 12 054 90.0 5 352 86.3
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 1 227 9.2  750 12.1
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents 60 0.4 53 0.9
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 57 0.4 47 0.8
         
Level of education        
Total 13 398  100.0 6 202  100.0
Lower secondary education 1 007 7.5  458 7.4
Upper secondary education 7 356 54.9 3 420 55.1
Tertiary education, short 2 978 22.2 1 353 21.8
Tertiary education, long 1 552 11.6  619 10.0
Other  505 3.8  352 5.7
         
Broad field of education        
Total 13 398  100.0 6 202  100.0
General Subjects 2 429 18.1 1 042 16.8
Humanities and Arts  985 7.4  447 7.2
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  481 3.6  170 2.7
Social sciences and Law  605 4.5  324 5.2
Business and Administration 1 772 13.2  873 14.1
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 4 436 33.1 1 887 30.4
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 213 9.1  682 11.0
Primary Industries  248 1.9 74 1.2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services  632 4.7  317 5.1
Unspecified broad field of education  597 4.5  386 6.2
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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