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Chapter 12. Housing2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateTable 12.32: Monthly Cost of Electricity by Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000TotalHousing units with paying electricityoccupied Num- Per- Distribution of Percent by Electricity cost in US dollarsRegion units ber cent Percent 1-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+1994Total 7,043 972 13.8 100.0 22.7 26.4 14.8 14.9 3.9 17.5Lagoon 5,423 960 17.7 100.0 21.9 26.6 15.0 15.0 4.0 17.6N. Namoneas 2,170 949 4.3.7 100.0 22.0 26.7 14.9 14.9 3.9 17.7S. Namoneas 1,544 5 .3 100.0 - - 20.0 60.0 20.0 -Faichuk 1,709 6 .4 100.0 16.7 33.3 33.3 - - 16.7Outer Islands 1,620 12 .7 100.0 66.7 16.7 - 8.3 - 8.32000Total 6,976 1,282 18.4 100.0 1.2 12.0 25.4 13.8 12.2 35.4Lagoon 5,268 1,280 24.3 100.0 1.3 12.0 25.3 13.8 12.2 35.4N. Namoneas 1,940 1,255 64.7 100.0 1.3 12.0 25.7 13.7 11.9 35.5S. Namoneas 1,613 25 1.5 100.0 - 12.0 8.0 20.0 28.0 32.0Faichuk 1,715 - - - - - - - - -Outer Islands 1,708 2 0.1 100.0 - - 50.0 - - 50.0Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, H05.Table 12.33 presents data on the monthly cost of kerosene by region in 1994 and 2000. Out of 6,976 occupied housingunits in 2000, 6,075 (87 percent) reported expenditure on kerosene. Among these housing units, about 14 percent spentless than $10 on kerosene per month. About 46 percent reported a monthly cost of $10 to $19. In all the regions, thehighest proportion of households spent $10 to $19 on kerosene monthly.Table 12.33: Monthly Cost of Kerosene by Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000TotalHousing units paying keroseneOccupied Num- Per- Distribution of Percent by Kerosene cost in US dollarsRegion units ber cent Percent 1-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+1994Total 7,043 6,059 86.0 100.0 19.6 38.1 25.5 7.0 3.7 6.0Lagoon 5,423 4,681 86.3 100.0 21.7 36.8 25.2 6.5 3.6 6.2N. Namoneas 2,170 1,784 82.2 100.0 16.3 32.3 27.5 9.9 4.5 9.4S. Namoneas 1,544 1,361 88.1 100.0 22.7 33.7 28.0 5.8 4.9 4.9Faichuk 1,709 1,536 89.9 100.0 27.2 44.9 19.9 3.3 1.2 3.5Outer Islands 1,620 1,378 85.1 100.0 12.3 42.5 26.8 8.8 4.3 5.3Mortlocks 927 773 83.4 100.0 20.1 34.9 25.0 8.7 5.4 6.0Pattiw 277 227 81.9 100.0 2.6 52.0 34.8 6.2 2.6 1.8Namonuito 133 116 87.2 100.0 2.6 48.3 22.4 9.5 6.9 10.3Halls 283 262 92.6 100.0 2.3 54.2 27.1 11.1 1.1 4.22000Total 6,976 6,075 87.1 100.0 14.2 45.5 25.8 6.5 3.2 4.7Lagoon 5,268 4,606 87.4 100.0 15.6 46.9 24.9 5.3 2.8 4.5N. Namoneas 1,940 1,393 71.8 100.0 9.0 41.6 28.6 8.0 4.7 8.0S. Namoneas 1,613 1,580 98.0 100.0 14.1 46.3 28.2 4.4 3.2 3.8Faichuk 1,715 1,633 95.2 100.0 22.6 52.1 18.6 3.7 1.0 2.1Outer Islands 1,708 1,469 86.0 100.0 10.0 41.0 28.7 10.6 4.4 5.3Mortlocks 970 920 94.8 100.0 14.2 42.8 24.3 9.7 6.1 2.8Pattiw 310 200 64.5 100.0 0.5 14.5 40.5 25.0 3.5 16.0Namonuito 193 125 64.8 100.0 8.8 57.6 16.0 8.0 1.6 8.0Halls 235 224 95.3 100.0 1.8 47.8 43.3 2.7 - 4.5Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, H05 and Unpublished data.Table 12.34 presents data on the monthly cost of water by region. In 1994, only 6 percent of the housing units reportedexpenditure on water. This proportion further decreased to less 1 percent in 2000. The low proportion of housing unitswith water expenditures was mainly because the government subsidized the cost of piped water. In Chuuk, the publicmay request additional water from the Public Works Office but for fee. In 1994 more than half (58 percent) of thesehousing units paid less than $10 per month but in 2000 majority were paying $20 to $29 per month. NorthernNamoneas had the highest percentage of housing units paying water due to the availability of the public water systemin the area.126 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs