Statistics Norway

Education statistics. Adult education organized by popular education organizations

5 Number of partocipant by age, sex and subject. 2008
Subject
Sex
Total Age
14-29 years 30-49 years 50 years or above Not reported
2008, total  483 421  108 760  157 404  170 036 47 221
Language studies 16 766 4 646 6 314 5 096  710
Aesthetic subjects and handicraft  210 553 47 204 59 003 97 615 6 731
Humanities, philosophy and ethics 28 304 15 465 4 229 8 519 91
Social sciences 22 102 2 578 3 387 4 461 11 676
Organization and management 83 538 18 768 26 716 19 875 18 179
Business and ICT 12 170  698 3 364 5 464 2 644
Health, social and sports 60 425 6 140 35 861 16 506 1 918
Transport and communication 8 970 1 583 2 505 4 387  495
Science, industry and technical subjects 11 597 1 528 3 817 2 355 3 897
Natural resource management, ecology, environmental protection and outdoor recreation 27 186 9 752 11 418 5 161  855
Goods and services 1 810  398  790  597 25
           
Males  208 132 50 483 65 403 73 045 19 201
Language studies 5 935 1 463 2 531 1 683  258
Aesthetic subjects and handicraft 82 036 18 149 19 051 42 447 2 389
Humanities, philosophy and ethics 12 677 7 940 1 956 2 755 26
Social sciences 8 381  972  757 1 307 5 345
Organization and management 39 816 10 210 14 656 9 666 5 284
Business and ICT 4 738  339 1 075 1 999 1 325
Health, social and sports 21 924 2 399 14 080 4 984  461
Transport and communication 6 206 1 198 1 948 2 742  318
Science, industry and technical subjects 9 532 1 054 2 911 2 130 3 437
Natural resource management, ecology, environmental protection and outdoor recreation 16 321 6 571 6 194 3 206  350
Goods and services  566  188  244  126 8
           
Females  275 289 58 277 92 001 96 991 28 020
Language studies 10 831 3 183 3 783 3 413  452
Aesthetic subjects and handicraft  128 517 29 055 39 952 55 168 4 342
Humanities, philosophy and ethics 15 627 7 525 2 273 5 764 65
Social sciences 13 721 1 606 2 630 3 154 6 331
Organization and management 43 722 8 558 12 060 10 209 12 895
Business and ICT 7 432  359 2 289 3 465 1 319
Health, social and sports 38 501 3 741 21 781 11 522 1 457
Transport and communication 2 764  385  557 1 645  177
Science, industry and technical subjects 2 065  474  906  225  460
Natural resource management, ecology, environmental protection and outdoor recreation 10 865 3 181 5 224 1 955  505
Goods and services 1 244  210  546  471 17

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