Statistics Norway

Employment, main figures (register based)

10 Employed persons 15-74 years by sex, field of study and level of education. 4th quarter 2007 and 2008.
Field of study] Utdanningsnivå[Level og Education 2007 2008
Total Male Female Change last year Change last year] Prosent[Per cent
Total 2 484 000 2 525 000 1 334 441 1 190 559 41 000 1.7
             
0 General programmes            
Total  818 699  812 184  415 035  397 149 -6 515 -0.8
Compulsory Education1  559 581  557 443  303 451  253 992 -2 138 -0.4
Intermediate Education 2  259 118  254 741  111 584  143 157 -4 377 -1.7
             
1 Humanities and arts            
Total  114 843  116 680 42 558 74 122 1 837 1.6
Intermediate Education 2 36 403 36 717 8 406 28 311  314 0.9
Tertiary Education, short 3 57 947 58 169 23 642 34 527  222 0.4
Tertiary Education, long 4 20 493 21 794 10 510 11 284 1 301 6.3
             
2 Education            
Total  145 157  147 628 41 967  105 661 2 471 1.7
Intermediate Education 2 1 360 1 306  627  679 -54 -4.0
Tertiary Education, short 3  138 440  140 478 39 582  100 896 2 038 1.5
Tertiary Education, long 4 5 357 5 844 1 758 4 086  487 9.1
             
3 Social sciences and law            
Total 66 493 70 569 34 117 36 452 4 076 6.1
Intermediate Education 2 2 458 2 997 1 317 1 680  539 21.9
Tertiary Education, short 3 30 888 32 157 14 477 17 680 1 269 4.1
Tertiary Education, long 4 33 147 35 415 18 323 17 092 2 268 6.8
             
4 Business and administration            
Total  292 167  293 580  125 731  167 849 1 413 0.5
Intermediate Education 2  181 338  177 935 62 610  115 325 -3 403 -1.9
Tertiary Education, short 3 99 000  102 528 55 051 47 477 3 528 3.6
Tertiary Education, long 4 11 829 13 117 8 070 5 047 1 288 10.9
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects            
Total  500 473  508 359  444 275 64 084 7 886 1.6
Intermediate Education 2  354 698  358 441  324 939 33 502 3 743 1.1
Tertiary Education, short 3 83 501 85 275 70 007 15 268 1 774 2.1
Tertiary Education, long 4 62 274 64 643 49 329 15 314 2 369 3.8
             
6 Health, welfare and sport            
Total  284 643  294 221 49 740  244 481 9 578 3.4
Intermediate Education 2  127 647  130 699 14 155  116 544 3 052 2.4
Tertiary Education, short 3  128 657  133 795 19 892  113 903 5 138 4.0
Tertiary Education, long 4 28 339 29 727 15 693 14 034 1 388 4.9
             
7 Primary industries            
Total 43 232 43 099 33 680 9 419 -133 -0.3
Intermediate Education 2 35 836 35 605 28 618 6 987 -231 -0.6
Tertiary Education, short 3 1 972 2 003 1 309  694 31 1.6
Tertiary Education, long 4 5 424 5 491 3 753 1 738 67 1.2
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services            
Total 80 031 80 442 55 440 25 002  411 0.5
Intermediate Education 2 58 296 58 342 36 992 21 350 46 0.1
Tertiary Education, short 3 17 220 17 587 14 212 3 375  367 2.1
Tertiary Education, long 4 4 515 4 513 4 236  277 -2 0.0
             
9 Unspecified field of study            
Total  138 262  158 238 91 898 66 340 19 976 14.4
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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