Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

3 Personal owned enterprises by education and gender. New established enterprises 2007
Level of education Sole proprietorship Other personal owned enterprises4
Owners total Gender Owners total Gender
Per cent women Per cent men Per cent women Per cent men
Total 26 637  100.0  100.0 3 981  100.0  100.0
Lower secondary education 4 917 14.3 20.6  770 14.7 20.9
Upper secondary education 9 563 31.3 38.2 1 720 35.5 45.8
Tertiary education, short1 5 993 32.3 17.5  883 32.3 18.8
Tertiary education, long2 2 513 11.3 8.5  324 10.0 7.5
Other3 3 651 10.7 15.2  284 7.4 7.1
1  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
2  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.
3  Other include persons with no completed education and those who haven't registred any information about education.
4  Other personal owned enterprises refers to the organizational structures general partnership and general partnership with shared liability.

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