Education statistics. Pupils and students

3   Pupils in folk high schools and upper secondary education by gender and type of school. 1 October 1998-2001
Type of school Pupils, total Percentage of women
1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001
Pupils, total  230 115  223 397  220 174  214 240 48.8 49.0 49.1 48.9
Pupils under the Secondary Education Act  171 291  168 934  163 748  162 920 51.2 51.4 51.1 51.0
                 
Of which                
General subjects 97 435 96 604 94 431 92 706 55.8 55.0 54.3 53.8
Vocational education subjects 73 856 72 330 69 317 70 214 45.2 46.4 46.8 47.4
                 
Folk high schools 6 315 6 113 5 692 5 710 67.6 66.2 66.1 63.7
                 
Apprentices 32 350 31 446 29 945 29 325 29.8 30.9 31.4 30.7
                 
Labour market courses 7 719 4 482 8 175 6 227 57.9 57.5 53.8 53.2
                 
Other fields of study 12 440 12 422 12 614 10 058 49.6 52.0 54.5 56.9

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