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Appendix table 1. Employment of students aged at least 18 years in 2009 and the share of employed students of all students in 2003-2009
Sector of education | Students total 2009 | Employed students 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Upper secondary general education | 46 562 | 12 849 | 27,6 | 32,3 | 31,6 | 29,8 | 30,0 | 31,0 | 30,0 |
Vocational education | 225 611 | 127 751 | 56,6 | 62,0 | 62,1 | 58,6 | 56,2 | 54,4 | 45,6 |
Polytechnic education | 134 993 | 76 733 | 56,8 | 59,5 | 58,5 | 55,8 | 53,6 | 52,7 | 50,8 |
University education | 168 470 | 100 408 | 59,6 | 61,4 | 60,9 | 59,1 | 57,5 | 56,9 | 55,7 |
Total | 575 636 | 317 741 | 55,2 | 58,7 | 58,3 | 55,6 | 53,6 | 52,5 | 48,8 |
Source: Education 2011. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Ritva Kaukonen (09) 1734 3311, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 15.3.2011
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2009,
Appendix table 1. Employment of students aged at least 18 years in 2009 and the share of employed students of all students in 2003-2009
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 23.11.2024].
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