Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

5   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002 with activity in 2004, by employment, growth in employment, gender, age, national background, immigrant category, level of education and broad field of education
  Number of owners Number of persons employed 2002 Number of persons employed 2004 Growth from 2002 to 2004 Number of enterprises with Change in number of persons employed in enterprises with
  Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                
Total 13 398 8 696 14 898 6 202 5 308 8 090 7 765 -1 563
Women 3 438 2 117 4 009 1 892 1 446 1 992 2 234 -342
Men 9 960 6 579 10 889 4 310 3 862 6 098 5 531 -1 221
                 
Age groups                
Total 13 398 8 696 14 898 6 202 5 308 8 090 7 765 -1 563
16-24 years 1 165  611 1 170  559  509  656  704 -145
25-34 years 4 786 3 017 5 430 2 413 2 006 2 780 2 959 -546
35-44 years 3 890 2 587 4 448 1 861 1 587 2 303 2 305 -444
45-54 years 2 293 1 672 2 684 1 012  826 1 467 1 274 -262
55-66 years 1 097  718 1 041  323  338  759  472 -149
67 years and older  167 91  125 34 42  125 51 -17
                 
National background                
Total 13 398 8 696 14 898 6 202 5 308 8 090 7 765 -1 563
Norwegian national background 12 054 7 712 13 064 5 352 4 668 7 386 6 755 -1 403
Western countries outside Norway  478  318  544  226  206  272  282 -56
Non-western countries  809  637 1 214  577  403  406  676 -99
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 57 29 76 47 31 26 52 -5
                 
Immigrant category                
Total 13 398 8 696 14 898 6 202 5 308 8 090 7 765 -1 563
Norwegian 12 054 7 712 13 064 5 352 4 668 7 386 6 755 -1 403
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 1 227  923 1 673  750  576  651  898 -148
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents 60 32 85 53 33 27 60 -7
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 57 29 76 47 31 26 52 -5
                 
Level of education                
Total 13 398 8 696 14 898 6 202 5 308 8 090 7 765 -1 563
Lower secondary education 1 007  782 1 240  458  407  600  587 -129
Upper secondary education 7 356 4 757 8 177 3 420 2 872 4 484 4 243 -823
Tertiary education, short 2 978 1 580 2 933 1 353 1 175 1 803 1 708 -355
Tertiary education, long 1 552 1 273 1 892  619  596  956  828 -209
Other  505  304  656  352  258  247  399 -47
                 
Broad field of education                
Total 13 398 8 696 14 898 6 202 5 308 8 090 7 765 -1 563
General Subjects 2 429 1 740 2 782 1 042  923 1 506 1 385 -343
Humanities and Arts  985  530  977  447  411  574  572 -125
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  481  277  447  170  183  298  247 -77
Social sciences and Law  605  674  998  324  222  383  485 -161
Business and Administration 1 772 1 014 1 887  873  687 1 085 1 034 -161
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 4 436 2 699 4 586 1 887 1 680 2 756 2 327 -440
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 213  869 1 551  682  547  666  771 -89
Primary Industries  248  145  219 74 91  157  117 -43
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services  632  395  712  317  274  358  388 -71
Unspecified broad field of education  597  353  739  386  290  307  439 -53
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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