Table 4 Holdings with investment in machinery and implements for agriculture and horticulture. 1988, 1993, 1997 and 2001*

4	Holdings with investment in machinery and implements for agriculture and horticulture. 1988, 1993, 1997 and 2001*

	Holdings with investment				Per cent holdings with investment

	1988	1993	1997	2001*	1988	1993	1997	2001*

The whole country	28 903	17 792	16 473	16 095	29	21	21	26

Region
Eastern Norway	12 252	7 393	7 296	7 365	29	20	22	29
Agder-Rogaland	3 516	2 177	1 838	1 748	27	19	18	21
Western Norway	5 908	3 559	3 281	2 868	27	18	18	21
Trøndelag	4 564	2 851	2 543	2 449	37	26	26	28
Northern Norway	2 663	1 813	1 513	1 666	28	23	22	30

Agricultural area in use
4- 49 decares¹	4 439	1 487	1 536	870	12	6	8	9
50- 99 '	7 147	3 129	2 756	2 028	29	15	15	15
100-199 '	10 910	7 266	6 144	5 307	43	29	26	27
200-499 '	5 864	5 261	5 345	6 594	52	40	39	40
500- '	543	650	691	1 296	63	56	56	63

Age of the holders
Legal persons	172	122	83	181	22	26	22	20
-39 years	9 597	6 203	5 507	4 911	37	28	30	36
40-49 '	8 434	5 533	5 116	4 878	32	22	23	28
50-59 '	6 068	3 941	4 028	4 439	29	20	19	24
60-69 '	3 895	1 681	1 434	1 504	22	13	12	16
70- '	737	312	305	182	10	6	7	10

¹	Figures for 2001 comprise some holdings with less than 5 decares agricultural area in use, mainly joint operations with milk production and holdings with horticulture.