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Chapter 12. Housing2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateTable 12.27: Bathtub or Shower Facilities of All Housing Units, Chuuk State: 1980, 1994 and 2000Number Percent change PercentBathtub or shower 1980 1994 2000 1980-1994 1994-2000 1980 1994 2000Total housing units 5,428 7,581 7,417 39.7 (2.2) 100.0 100.0 100.0Bathtub or shower 210 2,402 2,637 1,043.8 9.8 3.9 31.7 35.6No bathtub or shower 5,218 5,179 4,780 (0.7) (7.7) 96.1 68.3 64.4Source: 1980 TTPI Census; 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, H03.Table 12.28 further presents housing units with bathtub or shower by region in 1994 and 2000. Most housing units inChuuk had bathtub or shower facilities located outside the housing unit, similar to the pattern seen with the location offlush toilet. The proportion of housing units with bathtubs or shower increased both in the Lagoon and Outer Islands.However, the highest proportion of housing units with shower or bathtub was found in Northern Namoneas at about 45percent, and the lowest in Faichuk, at 27 percent.Table 12.28. Bathtub or Shower Facilities of All Housing Units by Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 Census 2000 CensusTotal HUs with bathtub/shower HUs with no Total HUs with bathtub/shower HUs with nohousing Inside Outside bathtub/shower housing Inside Outside bathtub/showerRegion units Number % Number % Number % units Number % Number % Number %Total 7,581 272 3.6 2,130 28.1 5,179 68.3 7,417 409 5.5 2,228 30.0 4,780 64.4Lagoon 5,823 270 4.6 1,661 28.5 3,892 66.8 5,585 379 6.8 1,533 27.4 3,673 65.8N. Namoneas 2,411 243 10.1 983 40.8 1,185 49.1 2,065 295 14.3 625 30.3 1,145 55.4S. Namoneas 1,645 13 0.8 502 30.5 1,130 68.7 1,745 52 3.0 456 26.1 1,237 70.9Faichuk 1,767 14 0.8 176 10.0 1,577 89.2 1,775 32 1.8 452 25.5 1,291 72.7Outer Islands 1,758 2 0.1 469 26.7 1,287 73.2 1,832 30 1.6 695 37.9 1,107 60.4Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses.The type of cooking facilities presented here measures the standard of living and determines the adequacy of householdfacilities. Table 12.29 presents data on the availability of appliances and type of cooking facilities inside the housingunits. In 1994 about 32 percent of the housing units had inside cooking facilities. In 2000, cooking facilities insidedropped to about 20 percent of the housing units. In both years, the main cooking facilities in all the regions werekerosene stove followed by electric range. Few housing units reported that wood stove and the open fire were theirmain cooking facilities.Table 12.29: Cooking Facilities Inside of Occupied Housing Units by Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000Total Percent Main cooking facilities inside unitOccupied Hus w/ HUs w/ Port.housing Cooking Cooking Elec. Kero. Gas Micro. elec. Wood OpenRegion units facility inside facility Inside Percent range stove stove oven stove stove fire Others1994Total 7,043 2,223 31.6 100.0 15.2 77.6 0.6 0.3 3.1 1.2 1.3 0.8Lagoon 5,423 2,179 40.2 100.0 15.5 77.5 0.6 0.3 3.2 0.9 1.3 0.8N. Namoneas 2,170 1,581 72.9 100.0 21.3 71.9 0.2 0.3 4.4 0.1 0.9 0.9S. Namoneas 1,544 383 24.8 100.0 0.3 94.3 - - 0.3 2.3 2.3 0.5Faichuk 1,709 215 12.6 100.0 - 88.8 4.7 0.5 - 4.2 1.9 -Outer Islands 1,620 44 2.7 100.0 - 86.4 - - - 13.6 - -Mortlocks 927 11 1.2 100.0 - 81.8 - - - 18.2 - -Oksoritod 693 33 4.8 100.0 - 87.9 - - - 12.1 - -2000Total 6,976 1,414 20.3 100.0 16.2 73.5 2.6 0.7 1.1 0.4 4.0 1.4Lagoon 5,268 1,349 25.6 100.0 17.0 72.8 2.7 0.7 1.2 0.4 3.7 1.5N. Namoneas 1,940 1,065 54.9 100.0 21.5 71.2 2.3 0.9 1.4 0.2 1.7 0.8S. Namoneas 1,613 179 11.1 100.0 - 78.2 3.9 - 0.6 0.6 10.6 6.1Faichuk 1,715 105 6.1 100.0 - 80.0 5.7 - 1.9 12.4 -Outer Islands 1,708 65 3.8 100.0 - 87.7 - - - 1.5 10.8 -Mortlocks 970 27 2.8 100.0 - 88.9 - - - - 11.1 -Oksoritod 738 38 5.1 100.0 - 86.8 - - - 2.6 10.5 -Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, H04.Table 12.30 further examines data showing the availability of appliances and type of cooking facilities outside thehousing units in 1994 and 2000. In both years, majority of the housing units with cooking facilities outside mainlycooked on wood-stove and open fire. In 2000, about 89 percent of the households with cooking facilities outside usedwood stove and open fire. More households had cooking facilities outside than inside. In 2000 about 74 percent of thehousing units in the lagoon and 95 percent of the housing units in the Outer Islands reported to have their main cookingfacilities outside.124 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs