Statistics Norway

10 Employed persons 15-74 years by sex, field of study and level of education. 4th quarter 2006 and 2007
Field of study. Level og Education 2006 2007
Total Male Female Change last year Change last year. Per cent
Total 2 389 000 2 484 000 1 313 020 1 170 980 95 000 4.0
             
0 General programmes            
Total  789 827  818 699  417 273  401 426 28 872 3.7
Compulsory Education1  529 263  559 581  304 190  255 391 30 318 5.7
Intermediate Education2  260 564  259 118  113 083  146 035 -1 446 -0.6
             
1 Humanities and arts            
Total  111 923  114 843 41 878 72 965 2 920 2.6
Intermediate Education2 34 940 36 403 8 127 28 276 1 463 4.2
Tertiary Education, short3 57 277 57 947 23 605 34 342  670 1.2
Tertiary Education, long4 19 706 20 493 10 146 10 347  787 4.0
             
2 Education            
Total  141 991  145 157 41 642  103 515 3 166 2.2
Intermediate Education2 1 382 1 360  645  715 -22 -1.6
Tertiary Education, short3  135 555  138 440 39 279 99 161 2 885 2.1
Tertiary Education, long4 5 054 5 357 1 718 3 639  303 6.0
             
3 Social sciences and law            
Total 62 337 66 493 32 495 33 998 4 156 6.7
Intermediate Education2 1 697 2 458 1 065 1 393  761 44.8
Tertiary Education, short3 29 081 30 888 13 865 17 023 1 807 6.2
Tertiary Education, long4 31 559 33 147 17 565 15 582 1 588 5.0
             
4 Business and administration            
Total  289 427  292 167  125 014  167 153 2 740 0.9
Intermediate Education2  183 137  181 338 63 979  117 359 -1 799 -1.0
Tertiary Education, short3 95 591 99 000 53 638 45 362 3 409 3.6
Tertiary Education, long4 10 699 11 829 7 397 4 432 1 130 10.6
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects            
Total  493 304  500 473  438 209 62 264 7 169 1.5
Intermediate Education2  350 384  354 698  321 623 33 075 4 314 1.2
Tertiary Education, short3 81 751 83 501 68 643 14 858 1 750 2.1
Tertiary Education, long4 61 169 62 274 47 943 14 331 1 105 1.8
             
6 Health, welfare and sport            
Total  274 966  284 643 47 637  237 006 9 677 3.5
Intermediate Education2  123 915  127 647 13 394  114 253 3 732 3.0
Tertiary Education, short3  123 573  128 657 18 812  109 845 5 084 4.1
Tertiary Education, long4 27 478 28 339 15 431 12 908  861 3.1
             
7 Primary industries            
Total 43 856 43 232 34 010 9 222 -624 -1.4
Intermediate Education2 36 498 35 836 28 945 6 891 -662 -1.8
Tertiary Education, short3 1 956 1 972 1 311  661 16 0.8
Tertiary Education, long4 5 402 5 424 3 754 1 670 22 0.4
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services            
Total 79 332 80 031 55 529 24 502  699 0.9
Intermediate Education2 57 711 58 296 37 303 20 993  585 1.0
Tertiary Education, short3 17 139 17 220 13 979 3 241 81 0.5
Tertiary Education, long4 4 482 4 515 4 247  268 33 0.7
             
9 Unspecified field of study            
Total  102 037  138 262 79 333 58 929 36 225 35.5
1  Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
2  Including the level '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, short; comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
Source: Register based Employment statistics, Statistics Norway.

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