Statistics Norway

Employment, main figures (register based)

10 Employed persons 15-74 years by sex, field of study and level of education. 4th quarter 2008 and 2009
Field of study
Level of education		 2008 2009
Total Male Female Change last year Change last year.
Per cent
Total 2 525 000 2 497 000 1 315 147 1 181 853 -28 000 -1.1
             
0 General programmes            
Total  812 184  757 751  393 948  363 803 -54 433 -6.7
Compulsory Education1  557 443  517 696  286 219  231 477 -39 747 -7.1
Intermediate Education 2  254 741  240 055  107 729  132 326 -14 686 -5.8
             
1 Humanities and arts            
Total  116 680  115 383 42 314 73 069 -1 297 -1.1
Intermediate Education 2 36 717 35 371 8 257 27 114 -1 346 -3.7
Tertiary Education, short 3 58 169 57 545 23 339 34 206 -624 -1.1
Tertiary Education, long 4 21 794 22 467 10 718 11 749  673 3.1
             
2 Education            
Total  147 628  149 511 42 174  107 337 1 883 1.3
Intermediate Education 2 1 306 1 308  640  668 2 0.2
Tertiary Education, short 3  140 478  141 863 39 742  102 121 1 385 1.0
Tertiary Education, long 4 5 844 6 340 1 792 4 548  496 8.5
             
3 Social sciences and law            
Total 70 569 73 774 35 288 38 486 3 205 4.5
Intermediate Education 2 2 997 3 663 1 681 1 982  666 22.2
Tertiary Education, short 3 32 157 32 481 14 625 17 856  324 1.0
Tertiary Education, long 4 35 415 37 630 18 982 18 648 2 215 6.3
             
4 Business and administration            
Total  293 580  289 612  124 952  164 660 -3 968 -1.4
Intermediate Education 2  177 935  170 373 60 274  110 099 -7 562 -4.2
Tertiary Education, short 3  102 528  104 608 55 793 48 815 2 080 2.0
Tertiary Education, long 4 13 117 14 631 8 885 5 746 1 514 11.5
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects            
Total  508 359  509 465  444 678 64 787 1 106 0.2
Intermediate Education 2  358 441  357 264  323 971 33 293 -1 177 -0.3
Tertiary Education, short 3 85 275 85 670 70 298 15 372  395 0.5
Tertiary Education, long 4 64 643 66 531 50 409 16 122 1 888 2.9
             
6 Health, welfare and sport            
Total  294 221  327 769 55 461  272 308 33 548 11.4
Intermediate Education 2  130 699  148 486 15 676  132 810 17 787 13.6
Tertiary Education, short 3  133 795  142 340 21 778  120 562 8 545 6.4
Tertiary Education, long 4 29 727 36 943 18 007 18 936 7 216 24.3
             
7 Primary industries            
Total 43 099 42 334 32 916 9 418 -765 -1.8
Intermediate Education 2 35 605 34 721 27 835 6 886 -884 -2.5
Tertiary Education, short 3 2 003 2 066 1 353  713 63 3.1
Tertiary Education, long 4 5 491 5 547 3 728 1 819 56 1.0
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services            
Total 80 442 80 018 54 992 25 026 -424 -0.5
Intermediate Education 2 58 342 57 604 36 365 21 239 -738 -1.3
Tertiary Education, short 3 17 587 17 890 14 403 3 487  303 1.7
Tertiary Education, long 4 4 513 4 524 4 224  300 11 0.2
             
9 Unspecified field of study            
Total  158 238  151 383 88 424 62 959 -6 855 -4.3
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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