Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

3 Personal owned enterprises, by education and gender. New established enterprises 2008
Level of education Sole proprietorship Other personal owned enterprises4
Owners total Gender Owners total Gender
Per cent women Per cent men Per cent women Per cent men
Total 27 522  100.0  100.0 3 768  100.0  100.0
Lower secondary education 5 049 14.4 20.4  756 16.3 21.5
Upper secondary education 9 513 30.3 36.8 1 504 30.1 43.5
Tertiary education, short1 6 273 31.9 18.0  869 34.6 18.8
Tertiary education, long2 2 674 11.8 8.6  348 10.7 8.7
Other3 4 013 11.5 16.2  291 8.4 7.5
1  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
2  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.
3  Other include persons with no completed education and those who haven't registred any information about education.
4  Other personal owned enterprises refers to the organizational structures general partnership and general partnership with shared liability.

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