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Chapter 9. Economic Activity2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateFigure 9.4. Subsistence Workers by Region: 2000353025Northern NamoneasMalesFem ales2015105Age group% of Population35302520151050Southern NamoneasMalesFem ales% of Population35302520151050FaichukMalesFem alesAge groupAge group% of Population35302520151050MortlocksMalesFemales% of Population35302520151050OksoritodMalesFemalesAge groupAge groupTable 9.16 shows subsistence activities for the working age population and their level of educational attainment. In1994 and 2000, from over 50 percent to almost 60 percent of the subsistence workers had an educational attainmentat or below the elementary level. In 1994, the highest proportion of subsistence workers were those with anelementary educational attainment accounting for 30 percent, while in 2000 those with high school educationalattainment were at 57.4 percent. Those who were the least involved in subsistence activities were those withbachelor’s degrees, 0.4 percent in 1994 and 0.2 percent in 2000, and those with professional degrees.A comparison between males and females showed that in 1994, females with educational attainment of elementary,high school graduates, and some college accounted for a higher proportion in subsistence activities than their malecounterparts. By 2000, the proportion of females with no educational attainment, some elementary and high schoolbackground had tripled the proportion of males with the same levels of educational attainment in subsistenceactivities. This result could well mean that there was a higher proportion of females than males not completing astandard level of schooling hence their involvement in subsistence activities was greater than before.86 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs