Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

12   Board of directors in public limited companies1 by gender and level of education, 1 January 2004
Level of education Board of directors Gender Gender, percentage share
Women Men Women Men
Total 2 813  254      2 559  100.0  100.0
Lower secondary education 58 5 53 2.0 2.1
Upper secondary education  617 71  546 28.0 21.3
Tertiary education, short 2 1 053 88  965 34.6 37.7
Tertiary education, long 3  734 68  666 26.8 26.0
Other 4  351 22  329 8.7 12.9
1  Two public limited company have only resigned positions and are therefore not included in statistics.
2  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
3  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.
4  Other include persons with no completed education and those who have not registred any information about education.
Source: BoF and information from the Brønnøysund Registers.

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