Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

4   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2003 with activity in 2004 by growth in employment, gender, age, national background, immigrant category, level of education and broad field of education
  Owners total Growth in employment
  Number of owners Per cent Growth from 2003 to 2004 Per cent
Gender        
Total 15 020  100.0 5 630  100.0
Women 3 915 26.1 1 406 25.0
Men 11 105 73.9 4 224 75.0
         
Age groups        
Total 15 020  100.0 5 630  100.0
16-24 years 1 396 9.3  551 9.8
25-34 years 5 293 35.2 1 990 35.3
35-44 years 4 426 29.5 1 825 32.4
45-54 years 2 524 16.8  871 15.5
55-66 years 1 194 7.9  362 6.4
67 years and older  184 1.2 31 0.6
Unknown 3 0.0 0 0.0
         
National background        
Total 15 020  100.0 5 630  100.0
Norwegian national background 13 331 88.8 4 627 82.2
Western countries outside Norway  617 4.1  229 4.1
Non-western countries  975 6.5  708 12.6
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 97 0.6 66 1.2
         
Immigrant category        
Total 15 020  100.0 5 630  100.0
Norwegian 13 331 88.8 4 627 82.2
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 1 526 10.2  882 15.7
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents 66 0.4 55 1.0
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 97 0.6 66 1.2
         
Level of education        
Total 15 020  100.0 5 630  100.0
Lower secondary education 1 079 7.2  463 8.2
Upper secondary education 8 270 55.1 3 349 59.5
Tertiary education, short 3 475 23.1  931 16.5
Tertiary education, long 1 429 9.5  380 6.7
Other  767 5.1  507 9.0
         
Broad field of education        
Total 15 020  100.0 5 630  100.0
General Subjects 2 692 17.9 1 104 19.6
Humanities and Arts 1 116 7.4  330 5.9
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  493 3.3  135 2.4
Social sciences and Law  597 4.0  274 4.9
Business and Administration 2 073 13.8  766 13.6
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 5 017 33.4 1 779 31.6
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 099 7.3  203 3.6
Primary Industries  274 1.8  115 2.0
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services  779 5.2  375 6.7
Unspecified broad field of education  880 5.9  549 9.8
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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