Statistics Norway

Upper secondary education

5   Pupils and apprentices in upper secondary education, by area of study. Percentage of women. 1 October 2005
Area of study Pupils Apprentices
Total Per cent
women
Total Per cent
women
Total  181 800 51.2 31 316 28.7
General areas of study 95 458 54.0  701 3.9
General, economics and management studies 80 842 54.1  701 3.9
Music, dance and drama 5 658 71.2 - -
Sports and physical studies 8 958 41.6 - -
Vocational studies 86 342 48.2 30 615 29.2
Health and social studies 18 821 89.0 2 990 88.4
Agriculture, fishing and forestry 4 277 56.5  699 36.8
Arts, crafts and designs 13 035 86.1 2 617 95.9
Hotel and foodprocessing trades 6 628 54.6 2 645 54.1
Building and construction trades 7 845 2.3 6 026 1.2
Technical building 2 307 9.8 1 933 5.9
Electrical trades 8 848 3.7 5 355 3.6
Engineering and mechanical trades 12 387 6.0 5 830 6.4
Chemical and processing trades  888 26.9  244 33.2
Media and communication 5 457 52.6  304 48.0
Sales and service 5 311 54.8 1 570 66.8
Woodworking trades  538 15.1  402 18.4

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