Table 4.

Reference data for the calculation of quotas, data for 2018 (http://microdata.no, statistics Norway, data accessed: 12 March 2019)

Region	Sex	Highest attained educational level	Age group
			18–24	25–34	35–44	45–54	55–64	65–74	75+
South-Eastern region	Male	Primary or secondary	117 220	130 448	133 470	143 252	119 278	94 473	62 167
		Tertiary	13 603	72 661	77 273	66 785	51 553	40 368	19 650
	Female	Primary or secondary	100 571	94 904	99 033	120 226	114 228	107 739	103 859
		Tertiary	24 196	104 395	101 833	79 908	55 565	34 126	17 126
Western region	Male	Primary or secondary	48 863	54 616	52 141	54 172	44 925	34 032	23 977
		Tertiary	5129	26 041	27 176	21 446	17 552	12 302	5291
	Female	Primary or secondary	40 743	35 932	34 778	42 701	40 672	36 866	38 127
		Tertiary	9928	39 550	36 796	27 107	18 494	9777	4750
Central region	Male	Primary or secondary	32 425	33 771	32 095	36 110	32 525	26 289	18 441
		Tertiary	3674	15 730	15 703	13 497	11 291	8664	3521
	Female	Primary or secondary	26 707	21 526	21 130	28 292	29 998	28 218	28 275
		Tertiary	6456	23 177	22 577	18 320	12 267	6980	3024
Northern region	Male	Primary or secondary	22 976	23 320	21 793	25 812	23 582	20 282	13 464
		Tertiary	1736	7895	8724	9427	7450	5273	1845
	Female	Primary or secondary	18 357	15 382	14 562	19 478	20 589	20 492	19 767
		Tertiary	3470	13 212	14 402	13 721	8872	4300	1707