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2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateChapter 11. IncomeTable 11.12: Proportion of Persons Earning Income in each Region, by Source, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000Source of income Total Percent N. Namoneas S. Namoneas Faichuk Mortlocks Oksoritod1994Persons earning income 9,283 100.0 38.7 22.6 22.3 9.8 6.6Wages and salary 5,457 100.0 52.5 16.3 11.6 11.8 7.9Profit from business or farm 642 100.0 42.5 21.2 15.9 10 10.4Interest, dividends, trusts, royalty 297 100.0 33.7 31.6 13.5 10.1 11.1Social security, pension, retirement 745 100.0 40.5 21.5 18.9 12.6 6.4Remittances from within FSM 2,800 100.0 16.5 31.8 41.1 5.4 5.3Remittances from outside FSM 1,546 100.0 8.9 30.5 51.3 7.1 2.2Others 261 100.0 45.6 20.3 17.6 4.6 11.92000Persons earning income 19,090 100.0 31.7 24.7 22.6 14.2 6.7Wages and salary 4,872 100.0 47.1 17.4 12.8 14.7 7.9Profit from business or farm 3,412 100.0 20.0 24.6 42.8 8.6 4.0Interest, dividends, trusts, royalty 252 100.0 56.0 13.5 17.9 8.7 4.0Social security, pension, retirement 935 100.0 40.3 25.1 18.9 12.8 2.8Remittances from within FSM 11,647 100.0 29.8 26.6 22.3 14.4 6.9Remittances from outside FSM 5,122 100.0 26.0 36.0 28.5 8.3 1.2Others 1,248 100.0 29.0 60.6 9.3 1.0 0.1Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Census, Previous Table 11.11Table 11.13 compares gender differences for sources of income. As expected, most 1999 incomes were from wagesand salaries. The median wage or salary was $3,330 for males and $3,669 for females. The next largest medianincome component was social security, pension and retirement: $1,562 was the average income for those 935 personswho claimed this source of income. In general, males had higher average incomes for four sources of income, exceptin wages and salary interest, dividends, trusts, and royalty, and remittances from outside FSM.Table 11.13: Income Source in 1993 and 1999 by Sex, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Number of recipients Median income ($) Number of recipients Median income ($)Source of income Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males FemalesTotal with income15+ years 9,283 5,714 3,569 987 1,378 852 19,090 10,536 8,554 785 888 687Wages and salary 5,457 3,817 1,640 2,495 2,557 2,370 4,872 3,537 1,335 3,447 3,330 3,669Profit from business or farm 642 495 147 730 755 657 3,412 2,308 1,104 678 723 600Interest, dividends, trusts, royalty 297 198 99 604 604 604 252 166 86 653 615 742Social security, pension, retirement 745 448 297 828 852 794 935 516 419 1,562 1,765 1,396Remittances from within FSM 2,800 1,393 1,407 537 542 532 11,647 5,693 5,954 527 530 524Remittances from outside FSM 1,546 801 745 553 554 551 5,122 2,509 2,613 554 552 556Other income 261 157 104 580 595 560 1,248 655 593 740 829 662Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, unpublished dataNote: The sum of recipients does not equal the total because some individuals had more than one source of income.ConclusionsThe median income for individuals in Chuuk was $987 in 1993, and median household income was $2,445. In 1999,the median income for individuals in Chuuk was $785, and median household income was $2778. Northern Namoneashad the largest individual median income in 1993, more than three times greater than that of Faichuk Region, thelowest. In 1999, Northern Namoneas still had the highest individual median income while the Mortlocks had thelowest. Weno, the capital of Chuuk State, is located in Northern Namoneas, and so it is understood for NorthernNamoneas to have the highest individual median income.Income levels in Chuuk showed definite patterns. Higher educated persons had higher incomes. Two-parent familieshad higher incomes than female headed families, and in general, males had higher incomes than females. A majority ofthis income came from wages and salaries and remittances from within and outside FSM. It is evident that as Chuukmoves away from a subsistence way of living to more of a cash economy, income levels will increasingly become ameasuring stick for the quality of life and the distribution of resources.Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs 109