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2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateChapter 9. Economic ActivityTable 9.16: Subsistence Activities for Aged 15 Years and Over by Educational Attainment, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Number Percent Number PercentEducational attainment Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males FemalesTotal 3,119 2,375 744 100.0 100.0 100.0 5,134 2,710 2,424 100.0 100.0 100.0No school 630 500 130 20.2 21.1 17.5 1,000 488 512 19.5 18.0 21.1Elementary 937 682 255 30.0 28.7 34.3 2,002 987 1,015 39.0 36.4 41.9High school 765 608 157 24.5 25.6 21.1 2,946 852 2,094 57.4 31.4 86.4High school graduates 516 371 145 16.5 15.6 19.5 414 228 186 8.1 8.4 7.7Some college 204 153 51 6.5 6.4 6.9 193 116 77 3.8 4.3 3.2A. A. occupational 40 35 5 1.3 1.5 0.7 27 19 8 0.5 0.7 0.3A.S. academic 15 15 - 0.5 0.6 - 16 12 4 0.3 0.4 0.2Bachelor degree 11 10 1 0.4 0.4 0.1 8 7 1 0.2 0.3 -Professional degree 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - -Source: 1994 FSM Census, Table P26 & unpublished data; 2000 FSMCensus, Table P2-14 &unpublished data.Table 9.17 shows persons in subsistence in 1994 and 2000 that were searching for alternative or additional work duringthe 4 weeks prior to the date of census. The proportion of persons searching for alternative or additional work duringthe 4 weeks prior to the date of census accounted for 27 percent in 1994 and 48 percent in 2000. The 48 percent figurein 2000 most likely shows that almost half of the subsistence workers would have liked cash employment instead of orin addition to their subsistence work and could therefore be considered under-employed for this particular year. About53 percent in 1994 and 65 percent in 2000 of the subsistence workers said they could have taken a job if it was offered,suggesting that these people are working at lower capacities than they would prefer. The state of the job market was astrong factor in determining whether an individual was looking for a job or not. If no jobs were available people wouldnot be likely to respond that they were looking, especially in small communities where the job market is limited. Tothis extent, true under-employment might be considered higher.Table 9.17: Subsistence Activities by Search for Cash Employment, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Employment status Number Percent of total subsistence Number Percent of total subsistenceTotal 3,119 100.0 5,134 100.0Looking for work 847 27.2 2,471 48.1Not looking 2,272 72.8 2,663 51.9Could have taken a job 1,638 52.5 3,315 64.6Could not have taken a job 1,481 47.5 2,352 45.8Already has job 180 5.8 27 0.5Temporarily ill 259 8.3 333 6.5Other reason 1,042 33.4 1,992 38.8Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, unpublished dataMarket-Oriented ActivitiesMarket-oriented workers were persons engaged in home-production activities and who occasionally or regularlysold their produce for cash. Table 9.18 provides a more focused look at this group of persons in Chuuk. In 2000,more than 7 percent of the potential labor forces were market-oriented subsistence workers, an increase of almost 6percentage points since 1994. All the other regions, except for Namonuito experienced increases in market-orientedparticipation. These increases suggest the growing importance of such activities for Chuuk households.Table 9.18: Percent of Population in Market-Oriented Activity by Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Market-orientedMarket-orientedRegion Persons 15+ years Number Percent Persons 15+ years Number PercentTotal 29,068 430 1.5 31,587 2,299 7.3Lagoon 22,700 374 1.6 23,777 2,085 8.8N. Namoneas 9,904 119 1.2 9,276 287 3.1S. Namoneas 6,326 117 1.8 6,771 1,011 14.9Faichuk 6,470 138 2.1 7,730 787 10.2Outer Islands 6,368 56 0.9 7,810 214 2.7Mortlocks 3,593 12 0.3 4,170 74 1.8Pattiw 1,172 11 0.9 1,618 50 3.1Namonuito 481 1 0.2 715 - -Halls 1,122 32 2.9 1,307 90 6.9Source: 1994 FSM Census, Table P26; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-14Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs 87