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Appendix table 2. Students in vocational education by type of education 2016
Educational institution -based education | Women | Apprenticeship training | Women | Total | Women | |
Types of vocational education total | 276 946 | 136 847 | 50 788 | 28 451 | 327 734 | 165 298 |
Curriculum-based basic vocational education | 161 148 | 72 335 | 647 | 254 | 161 795 | 72 589 |
Preparatory initial vocational education for a skills examination | 67 815 | 39 217 | 17 303 | 9 562 | 85 118 | 48 779 |
Preparatory education for further vocational qualifications | 39 111 | 20 636 | 16 427 | 9 023 | 55 538 | 29 659 |
Preparatory education for a specialist vocational qualification | 8 872 | 4 659 | 16 411 | 9 612 | 25 283 | 14 271 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Soile Lampinen 029 551 3446, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 27.9.2017
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Vocational education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1986. 2016,
Appendix table 2. Students in vocational education by type of education 2016
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 13.8.2022].
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