Being and becoming a female student and worker in gendered processes of vocational education and training

Figures & data

Table 1. Numbers of students, and share of girls, attending the first year of each of the Swedish national vocational programmes in 2015/16.

Programme	Number of students	Percentage of girls
Vocational programmes
Handicrafts	2200	95
Health and social care	3100	81
Hotel and tourism	1200	75
Natural resource use	2800	68
Child and recreation	2800	57
Business and administration	2500	52
Restaurant management	1800	56
Vehicle and transport	3500	17
Industrial technology	1400	14
Building and construction	3900	7.6
Electricity and energy	4800	4
HVAC and property maintenance	1100	1

Source: Swedish official statistics, SIRIS.

Table 2. Numbers of girls in each class sorted by programme. The class numbers (1 and 2 in each category) are arbitrary designations.

	Health & Social Care	Restaurant Management & Food	Vehicle & Transport
National share of girls	81%	58%	14%
Nos. of students	Class 1: 23 Class 2: 12 Total: 35	Class 1: 15 Class 2: 14 Total: 29	Class 1: 15 Class 2: 16 Total: 31
Nos. of girls	Class 1: 15 Class 2: 6 Total: 21	Class 1: 8 Class 2: 10 Total: 18	Class 1: 6 Class 2: 6 Total:12