Statistics Norway

New established enterprises, survival and growth

15   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002 with activity in 2003, by growth in employment, gender, age, national background, level of education, broad field of education
Gender Owners total Growth in employment
Number of owners Per cent Growth from 2002 to 2003 Per cent
Total 15 693  100.0 6 207  100.0
Women 3 985 25.4 1 811 29.2
Men 11 708 74.6 4 396 70.8
         
Age groups        
Total 15 693  100.0 6 207  100.0
16-24 years 1 437 9.2  602 9.7
25-34 years 5 736 36.6 2 399 38.6
35-44 years 4 501 28.7 1 894 30.5
45-54 years 2 601 16.6  924 14.9
55-66 years 1 227 7.8  341 5.5
67 years and older  191 1.2 47 0.8
         
National background        
Total 15 693  100.0 6 207  100.0
Norwegian national background 13 992 89.2 5 350 86.2
Western countries outside Norway  606 3.9  276 4.4
Non-western countries  989 6.3  543 8.7
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  106 0.7 38 0.6
         
Immigrant category        
Total 15 693  100.0 6 207  100.0
Norwegian 13 992 89.2 5 350 86.2
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 1 525 9.7  747 12.0
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents 70 0.4 72 1.2
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  106 0.7 38 0.6
         
Level of education        
Total 15 693  100.0 6 207  100.0
Lower secondary education 1 200 7.6  466 7.5
Upper secondary education 8 592 54.8 3 331 53.7
Tertiary education, short 3 439 21.9 1 411 22.7
Tertiary education, long 1 743 11.1  666 10.7
Other  719 4.6  333 5.4
         
Broad field of education        
Total 15 693  100.0 6 207  100.0
General Subjects 2 888 18.4 1 077 17.4
Humanities and Arts 1 126 7.2  443 7.1
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  565 3.6  230 3.7
Social sciences and Law  668 4.3  367 5.9
Business and Administration 2 020 12.9  795 12.8
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 5 242 33.4 1 889 30.4
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 349 8.6  644 10.4
Primary Industries  291 1.9 91 1.5
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services  709 4.5  295 4.8
Unspecified broad field of education  835 5.3  376 6.1
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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