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2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateChapter 12. Housingpercent in 1980 to over 21 percent in 1994 and 2000. The median number of rooms per unit also increased from 2.4 in1980 to about 3.6 in 1994 and 2000. This was due to, among other things, the increase in the living standard and alsodue to the recently available housing loan packages, provided by federal and local housing program that enabled morepeople to build bigger and roomy houses.Table 12.6: Rooms per Occupied Housing Units, Chuuk State: 1980, 1994 and 2000Number Percent change PercentRooms 1980 1994 2000 1980-1994 1994-2000 1980 1994 2000Occupied HUs 4,979 7,043 6,976 41.5 (1.0) 100.0 100.0 100.01 room 1,420 1,319 1,334 (7.1) 1.1 28.5 18.7 19.12 rooms 1,311 1,345 1,311 2.6 (2.5) 26.3 19.1 18.83 rooms 1,080 1,543 1,590 42.9 3.0 21.7 21.9 22.84 rooms 714 1,329 1,306 86.1 (1.7) 14.3 18.9 18.75 rooms 303 944 921 211.6 (2.4) 6.1 13.4 13.26 rooms 112 390 348 248.2 (10.8) 2.2 5.5 5.07 rooms 17 109 101 541.2 (7.3) 0.3 1.5 1.48+ rooms 22 64 65 190.9 1.6 0.4 0.9 0.9Median 2.4 3.6 3.5 ... ... ... ... ...Source: 1980 TTPI Census; 1994 & 2000 FSM Census, H02 and Unpublished data.Table 12.7 presents number of rooms in occupied housing units for the regions in Chuuk State in 2000 as well as in1994. Housing units in the Lagoon relatively have more rooms that those in the Outer Islands.Table 12.7: Number of Rooms per Occupied Housing Unit by Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Number of rooms per occupied unitsNumber of rooms per occupied unitsRegion Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+ Median Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+ MedianTotal 7,043 1,319 1,345 1,543 1,329 944 390 109 64 3.6 6,976 2,358 2,418 1,455 595 106 32 6 6 2.5Lagoon 5,423 810 1,035 1,230 1,107 793 318 81 49 3.7 5,268 1,590 1,909 1,191 466 82 22 4 4 2.5N. Namoneas 2,170 226 408 478 465 360 155 43 35 3.9 1,940 481 654 550 206 34 10 3 2 2.7S. Namoneas 1,544 254 354 353 305 169 77 21 11 3.5 1,613 550 595 314 118 25 10 1 - 2.4Faichuk 1,709 330 273 399 337 264 86 17 3 3.6 1,715 559 660 327 142 23 2 - 2 2.5Outer Islands 1,620 509 310 313 222 151 72 28 15 3.0 1,708 768 509 264 129 24 10 2 2 2.2Mortlocks 927 219 172 186 151 113 52 22 12 3.4 970 360 291 187 104 19 7 1 1 2.4Pattiw 277 196 21 27 13 8 6 3 3 1.7 310 226 54 17 7 1 3 1 1 1.7Namonuito 133 39 51 24 9 6 2 2 - 2.5 193 121 52 10 7 3 - - - 1.8Halls 283 55 66 76 49 24 12 1 - 3.3 235 61 112 50 11 1 - - - 2.5Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, H02 and unpublished data.The number of bedrooms was used in combination with number of occupants to provide a measure of crowding.Builders and planners use this information to find out how much additional housing is needed to relieve crowdedhousing conditions.Table 12.8 compares the number of bedrooms in occupied housing units enumerated during the 1980, 1994 and 2000censuses. The change in number of bedrooms was similar to that observed for number of rooms in the previous tables.In 1980, nearly 3 in every 5 were one bedroom housing units compared to 1 in 3 units in 1994 and 2000. Moreover, theproportion for two bedroom-housing units increased from about 24 percent in 1980 to over 34 percent in 1994 and2000. The median number of bedrooms increased from 1.9 in 1980 to 2.4 in 1994 and 2.5 in 2000.Table 12.8: Number of Bedrooms per Housing Unit of All Units, Chuuk State: 1980, 1994 and 2000Number Percent change PercentBedrooms 1980 1994 2000 1980-1994 1994-2000 1980 1994 2000Total HUs 5,428 7,581 7,417 28.4 (2.2) 100.0 100.0 100.01 bedroom 3,132 2,624 2,533 (19.4) (3.6) 57.7 34.6 34.22 bedrooms 1296 2,598 2,554 50.1 (1.7) 23.9 34.3 34.43 bedrooms 729 1611 1,543 54.7 (4.4) 13.4 21.3 20.84 bedrooms 207 584 631 64.6 7.4 3.8 7.7 8.55+ bedrooms 64 164 156 61.0 (5.1) 1.2 2.2 2.1Median 1.9 2.4 2.5 ... ... ... ... ...Source: 1980 TTPI Census; 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, H02.Table 12.9 further presents the distribution of bedrooms in housing units by major regions of Chuuk State in 1994 and2000. The number of bedrooms in housing units in 2000 shows significant variation between regions in the Lagoonand the Outer Islands. About 45 percent of the housing units in the Outer Islands were one bedroom housing unitscompared to about 30 percent in the Lagoon. Housing units with two or more bedrooms were common in NorthernNamoneas but rare in Pattiw.Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs 117