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Appendix table 1. Employment of students aged at least 18 years in 2010 and the share of employed students of all students in 2003-2010
Sector of education | Students total 2010 | Employed students 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Upper secondary general education | 46 995 | 13 669 | 29,1 | 27,6 | 32,3 | 31,6 | 29,8 | 30,0 | 31,0 | 30,0 |
Vocational education | 225 516 | 126 874 | 56,3 | 56,6 | 62,0 | 62,1 | 58,6 | 56,2 | 54,4 | 45,6 |
Polytechnic education | 138 797 | 81 741 | 58,9 | 56,8 | 59,5 | 58,5 | 55,8 | 53,6 | 52,7 | 50,8 |
University education | 169 391 | 103 626 | 61,2 | 59,6 | 61,4 | 60,9 | 59,1 | 57,5 | 56,9 | 55,7 |
Total | 580 699 | 325 910 | 56,1 | 55,2 | 58,7 | 58,3 | 55,6 | 53,6 | 52,5 | 48,8 |
Source: Education 2012. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Ritva Kaukonen 09 1734 3311, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 20.3.2012
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Employment of students [e-publication].
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Appendix table 1. Employment of students aged at least 18 years in 2010 and the share of employed students of all students in 2003-2010
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
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