Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

2   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2003, by survival in 2004, gender, age, national background, immigrant category, level of education and broad field of education
  Actors total Number of owners Per cent survival
  Survived Not survived Survived Not survived
Gender          
Total 31 874 15 020 16 854 47.1 52.9
Women 9 491 3 915 5 576 41.2 58.8
Men 22 383 11 105 11 278 49.6 50.4
           
Age groups          
Total 31 874 15 020 16 854 47.1 52.9
16-24 years 3 607 1 396 2 211 38.7 61.3
25-34 years 11 996 5 293 6 703 44.1 55.9
35-44 years 8 775 4 426 4 349 50.4 49.6
45-54 years 4 957 2 524 2 433 50.9 49.1
55-66 years 2 215 1 194 1 021 53.9 46.1
67 years and older  321  184  137 57.3 42.7
Unknown 3 3 0  100.0 0.0
           
National background          
Total 31 874 15 020 16 854 47.1 52.9
Norwegian national background 28 031 13 331 14 700 47.6 52.4
Western countries outside Norway 1 400  617  783 44.1 55.9
Non-western countries 2 145  975 1 170 45.5 54.5
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  298 97  201 32.6 67.4
           
Immigrant category          
Total 31 874 15 020 16 854 47.1 52.9
Norwegian 28 031 13 331 14 700 47.6 52.4
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 3 381 1 526 1 855 45.1 54.9
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents  164 66 98 40.2 59.8
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  298 97  201 32.6 67.4
           
Level of education          
Total 31 874 15 020 16 854 47.1 52.9
Lower secondary education 2 130 1 079 1 051 50.7 49.3
Upper secondary education 16 544 8 270 8 274 50.0 50.0
Tertiary education, short 8 066 3 475 4 591 43.1 56.9
Tertiary education, long 3 266 1 429 1 837 43.8 56.2
Other 1 868  767 1 101 41.1 58.9
           
Broad field of education          
Total 31 874 15 020 16 854 47.1 52.9
General Subjects 5 939 2 692 3 247 45.3 54.7
Humanities and Arts 3 095 1 116 1 979 36.1 63.9
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 373  493  880 35.9 64.1
Social sciences and Law 1 321  597  724 45.2 54.8
Business and Administration 4 058 2 073 1 985 51.1 48.9
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 9 173 5 017 4 156 54.7 45.3
Health, Welfare and Sport 2 897 1 099 1 798 37.9 62.1
Primary Industries  514  274  240 53.3 46.7
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services 1 375  779  596 56.7 43.3
Unspecified broad field of education 2 129  880 1 249 41.3 58.7
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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