Statistics Norway

10   Employed persons 15-74 years by sex, field of study and level of education. 4th quarter 2005 and 2006
Field of study] Utdanningsnivå[Level og Education 2005 2006
Total Male Female Change last year Change last year] Prosent[Per cent
Total 2 308 000 2 389 000 1 263 091 1 125 909 81 000 3.5
             
0 General programmes            
Total  773 266  789 827  400 968  388 859 16 561 2.1
Compulsory Education1  511 635  529 263  287 945  241 318 17 628 3.4
Intermediate Education 2  261 631  260 564  113 023  147 541 -1 067 -0.4
             
1 Humanities and arts            
Total  108 007  111 923 41 202 70 721 3 916 3.6
Intermediate Education 2 33 692 34 940 7 885 27 055 1 248 3.7
Tertiary Education, short 3 55 641 57 277 23 359 33 918 1 636 2.9
Tertiary Education, long 4 18 674 19 706 9 958 9 748 1 032 5.5
             
2 Education            
Total  137 207  141 991 41 017  100 974 4 784 3.5
Intermediate Education 2 1 399 1 382  652  730 -17 -1.2
Tertiary Education, short 3  131 101  135 555 38 657 96 898 4 454 3.4
Tertiary Education, long 4 4 707 5 054 1 708 3 346  347 7.4
             
3 Social sciences and law            
Total 57 751 62 337 31 041 31 296 4 586 7.9
Intermediate Education 2 1 043 1 697  726  971  654 62.7
Tertiary Education, short 3 26 936 29 081 13 205 15 876 2 145 8.0
Tertiary Education, long 4 29 772 31 559 17 110 14 449 1 787 6.0
             
4 Business and administration            
Total  283 400  289 427  123 404  166 023 6 027 2.1
Intermediate Education 2  184 273  183 137 64 513  118 624 -1 136 -0.6
Tertiary Education, short 3 89 999 95 591 52 139 43 452 5 592 6.2
Tertiary Education, long 4 9 128 10 699 6 752 3 947 1 571 17.2
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects            
Total  480 410  493 304  432 777 60 527 12 894 2.7
Intermediate Education 2  342 942  350 384  317 989 32 395 7 442 2.2
Tertiary Education, short 3 78 338 81 751 67 452 14 299 3 413 4.4
Tertiary Education, long 4 59 130 61 169 47 336 13 833 2 039 3.4
             
6 Health, welfare and sport            
Total  262 462  274 966 45 587  229 379 12 504 4.8
Intermediate Education 2  120 333  123 915 12 478  111 437 3 582 3.0
Tertiary Education, short 3  116 104  123 573 17 745  105 828 7 469 6.4
Tertiary Education, long 4 26 025 27 478 15 364 12 114 1 453 5.6
             
7 Primary industries            
Total 43 480 43 856 34 881 8 975  376 0.9
Intermediate Education 2 36 402 36 498 29 804 6 694 96 0.3
Tertiary Education, short 3 1 820 1 956 1 306  650  136 7.5
Tertiary Education, long 4 5 258 5 402 3 771 1 631  144 2.7
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services            
Total 78 110 79 332 55 310 24 022 1 222 1.6
Intermediate Education 2 56 901 57 711 37 134 20 577  810 1.4
Tertiary Education, short 3 16 755 17 139 13 951 3 188  384 2.3
Tertiary Education, long 4 4 454 4 482 4 225  257 28 0.6
             
9 Unspecified field of study            
Total 83 907  102 037 56 904 45 133 18 130 21.6
1  Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
2  Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
3  Tertiary education, short; comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
4  Tertiary education, short; comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
Source: Register based Employment statistics, Statistics Norway.

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