Employment and education. Population and Housing Census 2001

2   Employed persons 16-74 years, by immigrant population's country1, sex, age and education level. 29 October-4 November 2001. Numbers and per cent of all persons in each group
  Total No immigration background Western Immigrants Non-western immigrants
  Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
  Numbers
Total 2 275 000    1 208 839    1 066 161    2 134 938    1 132 539    1 002 399    57 957    30 723    27 234    82 105    45 577 36 528
                         
Age                        
16-19 years 58 846 29 662 29 184 55 581 27 945 27 636  334  145  189 2 931 1 572 1 359
20-24 years  244 483  125 461  119 022  228 160  117 297  110 863 4 088 1 784 2 304 12 235 6 380 5 855
25-39 years  829 506  441 817  387 689  767 166  407 213  359 953 22 896 12 327 10 569 39 444 22 277 17 167
40-54 years  778 643  410 338  368 305  734 313  385 900  348 413 20 523 11 412 9 111 23 807 13 026 10 781
55-66 years  334 465  183 199  151 266  321 533  176 287  145 246 9 419 4 713 4 706 3 513 2 199 1 314
67-74 years 29 057 18 362 10 695 28 185 17 897 10 288  697  342  355  175  123 52
                         
Education level                        
Below upper secondary education  249 645  137 228  112 417  235 779  129 598  106 181 4 699 2 865 1 834 9 167 4 765 4 402
Upper secondary education2 1 350 728  736 889  613 839 1 293 089  704 896  588 193 18 354 9 957 8 397 39 285 22 036 17 249
Tertiary education, short3  496 181  217 163  279 018  469 460  204 811  264 649 14 236 6 031 8 205 12 485 6 321 6 164
Tertiary education, long4  142 334 96 513 45 821  130 706 89 814 40 892 6 657 3 838 2 819 4 971 2 861 2 110
Unknown 36 112 21 046 15 066 5 904 3 420 2 484 14 011 8 032 5 979 16 197 9 594 6 603
                         
  Per cent
Total 70.8 74.7 66.9 71.7 75.5 67.9 70.2 74.6 65.7 53.8 59.3 48.2
                         
Age                        
16-19 years 37.0 36.3 37.7 37.6 36.9 38.4 27.1 25.8 28.2 29.0 29.3 28.7
20-24 years 74.8 75.5 74.1 76.3 76.5 76.1 67.7 67.6 67.8 56.3 62.1 51.2
25-39 years 82.5 86.3 78.6 84.4 87.8 80.8 79.6 83.3 75.6 58.4 66.5 50.4
40-54 years 83.6 86.5 80.7 84.9 87.7 81.9 80.2 82.5 77.6 59.2 62.3 55.9
55-66 years 63.1 69.3 56.9 63.7 70.0 57.3 62.6 67.0 58.7 34.6 40.2 28.1
67-74 years 11.2 15.3 7.7 11.3 15.4 7.7 11.8 14.9 9.8 5.8 9.0 3.2
                         
Education level                        
Below upper secondary education 45.8 52.9 39.4 45.8 52.9 39.3 53.1 62.4 43.0 43.2 48.6 38.5
Upper secondary education2 73.5 77.1 69.7 74.0 77.6 70.1 67.4 72.8 61.9 62.1 64.8 59.0
Tertiary education, short3 84.5 85.5 83.7 85.3 86.3 84.6 78.1 82.7 75.1 67.4 68.8 66.1
Tertiary education, long4 89.1 89.7 87.8 90.1 90.3 89.5 83.9 86.8 80.2 73.7 75.9 71.0
Unknown 44.3 51.0 37.3 32.4 34.4 29.9 68.9 71.8 65.3 37.7 47.7 28.9
1  Own, mother's or father's country of birth (if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
2  Including Intermediate level which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
3  Tertiary education short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
4  Tertiary education long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.

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