Statistics Norway

Upper secondary education

3 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, by education programmes1 /field of study. Percentage of women. 1 October 2010
Education programmes/Field of study Pupils Apprentices/Trainees
Total Per cent women Total Per cent women
General studies1  111 056 54.9 - -
Specialisation in general studies 93 311 56.0 - -
Sports and physical studies 11 359 41.3 - -
Music, dance and drama 6 386 63.0 - -
Vocational education1 81 808 44.4 32 550 29.5
Building and construction 9 107 3.7 7 080 2.5
Design, arts and crafts 5 929 88.8 2 136 93.8
Electricity and electronics 9 971 4.8 6 291 4.3
Health and social care 18 322 87.6 4 626 88.2
Media and communication 9 393 57.2  184 60.9
Agriculture, fishing and forestry 4 305 56.7  731 37.2
Restaurant and food 4 506 48.5 1 976 51.0
Service and transport 7 412 39.6 2 924 36.7
Technical and industrial production 12 863 10.0 6 602 9.4
Trainees - - 1 311 32.2
         
General areas of study. Reform 94 19 73.7 18 5.6
Vocational studies. Reform 94 - - 1 680 29.8
1  New structure in upper secondary education, The Knowledge Promotion from 2006/07.

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