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2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateChapter 9. Economic ActivityUnemployment rates, labor force participation rates and subsistence are compared among the regions later in thischapter.Table 9.1: Distribution of Working-Age Population for Aged 15 Years and Over by Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Labor Force Status Total N. Namon. S. Namon. Faichuk Mortlocks Oksoritod Total N. Namon. S. Namon. Faichuk Mortlocks OksoritodPersons 15+ years 29,068 9,904 6,326 6,470 3,593 2,775 31,587 9,276 6,771 7,730 4,170 3,640In labor force 11,140 4,031 2,165 2,034 1,574 1,336 18,192 5,016 4,182 4,725 2,540 1,729Employed 8,922 3,483 1,684 1,291 1,325 1,139 11,979 3,145 3,215 2,846 1,693 1,080Formal work 5,373 3,067 860 613 576 257 4,546 2,204 739 607 681 315Agriculture/Fishing 3,549 416 824 678 749 882 7,433 941 2,476 2,239 1,012 765Subsistence 3,119 297 707 540 737 838 5,134 654 1,465 1,452 938 625Market Oriented 430 119 117 138 12 44 2,299 287 1,011 787 74 140Unemployed 2,218 548 481 743 249 197 6,213 1,871 967 1,879 847 649Not in labor force 17,928 5,873 4,161 4,436 2,019 1,439 13,395 4,260 2,589 3,005 1,630 1,911Could have taken job 3,335 545 851 1,184 231 524 795 244 180 219 118 34Not available for work 14,593 5,328 3,310 3,252 1,788 915 12,600 4,016 2,409 2,786 1,512 1,877Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0In labor force 38.3 40.7 34.2 31.4 43.8 48.1 57.6 54.1 61.8 61.1 60.9 47.5Employed 30.7 35.2 26.6 20.0 36.9 41.0 37.9 33.9 47.5 36.8 40.6 29.7Formal work 18.5 31.0 13.6 9.5 16.0 9.3 14.4 23.8 10.9 7.9 16.3 8.7Agriculture/Fishing 12.2 4.2 13.0 10.5 20.8 31.8 23.5 10.1 36.6 29.0 24.3 21.0Subsistence 10.7 3.0 11.2 8.3 20.5 30.2 16.3 7.1 21.6 18.8 22.5 17.2Market Oriented 1.5 1.2 1.8 2.1 0.3 1.6 7.3 3.1 14.9 10.2 1.8 3.8Unemployed 7.6 5.5 7.6 11.5 6.9 7.1 19.7 20.2 14.3 24.3 20.3 17.8Not in labor force 61.7 59.3 65.8 68.6 56.2 51.9 42.4 45.9 38.2 38.9 39.1 52.5Could have taken job 11.5 5.5 13.5 18.3 6.4 18.9 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 0.9Not available for work 50.2 53.8 52.3 50.3 49.8 33.0 39.9 43.3 35.6 36.0 36.3 51.6Source: 1994 FSM Census, Table P26; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-14.Table 9.2 illustrates the distribution of working age population by gender in the labor force. In 1994, although almosthalf (49.5 percent) of the working-age population were females, they accounted for only about a third (32.2 percent) ofthe labor force and slightly over a quarter (26.4 percent) in the employed population but more than half (55.4 percent)in the unemployed population. The preceding information showed how underrepresented the female working-agepopulation was in the State of Chuuk during the 1994 Census. By the year 2000, the female representation in the workforce had substantially improved, showing a participation rate of about 41.9 percent or two-fifths in the labor force,39.1 percent in the employed population, and slightly less than half (47.4 percent) in the unemployed population. Thissuggested that representation of female to male in the work force is gradually becoming more equal. The proportion offemales ‘not in the labor force’ is still higher than the proportion of males.Table 9.2: Distribution of Working Age Population for Aged 15 Years and Over by Sex, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Number Percent Proportion Number Percent ProportionLabor force Total Males Females Males Females females Total Males Females Males Females femalesTotal 29,068 14,687 14,381 14,687 14,381 49.5 31,587 15,782 15,805 15,782 15,805 50.0… … … 100.0 100.0 … … … … 100.0 100.0 …Labor force 11,140 7,557 3,583 51.5 24.9 32.2 18,192 10,568 7,624 67.0 48.2 41.9Employed 8,922 6,568 2,354 44.7 16.4 26.4 11,979 7,300 4,679 46.3 29.6 39.1Formal work 5,373 3,828 1,545 26.1 10.7 28.8 4,546 3,261 1,285 20.7 8.1 28.3Agriculture/fishing 3,549 2,740 809 18.7 5.6 22.8 7,433 4,039 3,394 25.6 21.5 45.7Subsistence 3,119 2,375 744 16.2 5.2 23.9 5,134 2,710 2,424 17.2 15.3 47.2Market oriented 430 365 65 2.5 0.5 15.1 2,299 1,329 970 8.4 6.1 42.2Unemployed 2,218 989 1,229 6.7 8.5 55.4 6,213 3,268 2,945 20.7 18.6 47.4Not in labor force 17,928 7,130 10,798 48.5 75.1 60.2 13,395 5,214 8,181 33.0 51.8 61.1Could have taken a job 3,335 1,156 2,179 7.9 15.2 65.3 795 317 478 2.0 3.0 60.1Not available for work 14,593 5,974 8,619 40.7 59.9 59.1 12,600 4,897 7,703 31.0 48.7 61.1Source: 1994 FSM Census, Table P26; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-14.Table 9.3 portrays the distribution of the labor force by sex across the regions in 1994 and 2000. In 1994 the Lagoonregion made up over 73 percent of Chuuk State's total labor force, and the Outer Islands made up 26 percent. In 2000,the Lagoon region increased to about 78 percent of Chuuk State’s total labor force, while the Outer Islands decreased toless than a quarter (22 percent). In 1994, 68 percent of the total labor forces were males and 32 percent were femaleswhile in 2000, 58 percent of the labor force were males and 42 percent were females. This showed a decreasingproportion of males and an increasing proportion of females in the labor force between 1994 and 2000. Interestingly,women's largest and smallest contributions to Chuuk’s labor force occurred in the Outer Islands particularly, in theOksoritod area. In 1994 women’s largest contribution to state labor force was in Pattiw (43 percent), and in 2000, wasin Namonuito (48 percent). Women's smallest contribution for both censuses occurred in Halls, at 26 and 40 percent ofChuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs 77