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Appendix table 1. Employment of students aged at least 18 years in 2012 and the share of employed students of all students in 2005-2012
Sector of education | Students total 2012 | Employed students 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Upper secondary general education | 45 630 | 12 943 | 28,4 | 30,1 | 29,1 | 27,6 | 32,3 | 31,6 | 29,8 | 30,0 |
Vocational education | 224 463 | 119 419 | 53,2 | 57,4 | 56,3 | 56,6 | 62,0 | 62,1 | 58,6 | 56,2 |
Polytechnic education | 139 781 | 79 746 | 57,1 | 59,4 | 58,9 | 56,8 | 59,5 | 58,5 | 55,8 | 53,6 |
University education | 169 040 | 98 727 | 58,4 | 61,2 | 61,2 | 59,6 | 61,4 | 60,9 | 59,1 | 57,5 |
Total | 578 914 | 310 835 | 53,7 | 56,9 | 56,1 | 55,2 | 58,7 | 58,3 | 55,6 | 53,6 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Anna Loukkola 09 1734 3678, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 20.3.2014
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2012,
Appendix table 1. Employment of students aged at least 18 years in 2012 and the share of employed students of all students in 2005-2012
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
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