Over 60 per cent of upper-level salaried employees in training

Upper-level salaried employees took relatively most part in in-service training, as good 60 per cent of them were in training¹⁾. One half of lower-level salaried employees and one quarter of wage earners took part in in-service training.

Among both lower-level salaried employees and wage earners, men took more part in in-service training than women did. While 53 per cent of male lower-level salaried employees participated in training, this was the case for five percentage points fewer women. Of wage earners every fourth man and every fifth woman took part in in-service training.

Upper-level salaried employees had the highest number of training days, i.e. five days, on average. Lower-level salaried employees received an average of four days of training and wage earners one day less.

Except for upper-level salaried employees men took more part in in-service training and had more training days than women did. Male lower-level salaried employees were five days in training, which is two days more than women were. Of wage earners men also had one more day of training than women of the corresponding group did.

3. Employees having participated in in-service training by socio-economic status
   and gender in 1999

1) When defining the socio-economic status, the person's occupation, for example, is taken into consideration. For the majority of employees in top professions the socio-economic status is upper-level salaried employees, which also explains the high rate of participation in in-service training among these groups.

.. Data too uncertain for presentation.

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Updated 1.1.2001