1997 Labor Force Survey

Final tabulations

May 1998

Department of Economic Affairs

Division of Statistics

FSM National Government

Palikir, Pohnpei

Federated States of Micronesia

Table 1. Age by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

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Age │ │ │ │ │ │

Marital Status │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

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AGE

All persons. . . . . . 110,098 11,600 55,799 35,199 7,500

Under 5 years . . . . . . . 12,927 1,688 6,157 4,088 994

5 to 9 years. . . . . . . . 13,280 1,329 7,281 3,867 803

10 to 14 years. . . . . . . 15,515 1,832 8,148 4,297 1,239

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . 13,770 754 7,736 4,436 844

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . 9,624 467 4,749 3,890 517

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . 7,162 539 3,455 2,555 613

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . 6,592 718 3,242 2,265 368

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . 6,510 754 3,200 2,230 327

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . 5,917 754 2,844 1,870 449

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . 5,725 970 2,830 1,545 381

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . 3,415 431 1,507 1,150 327

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . 2,517 180 1,266 813 259

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . 2,587 539 1,180 732 136

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . 1,626 215 882 488 41

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . 1,221 108 569 476 68

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . 1,080 251 455 279 95

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . 370 - 171 186 14

85 years and over . . . . . 262 72 128 35 27

Median. . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 22.1 19.1 21.2 19.2

Females. . . . . . . . 54,451 5,638 27,743 17,408 3,662

Under 5 years . . . . . . . 6,020 754 2,929 1,928 408

5 to 9 years. . . . . . . . 6,458 682 3,484 1,870 422

10 to 14 years. . . . . . . 7,185 682 3,854 2,009 640

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . 6,792 251 3,825 2,334 381

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . 4,827 287 2,332 1,963 245

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . 3,521 323 1,778 1,161 259

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . 3,662 503 1,792 1,150 218

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . 3,566 431 1,778 1,208 150

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . 2,954 359 1,436 941 218

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . 2,706 395 1,337 743 231

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . 1,688 180 739 592 177

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . 1,242 72 711 337 123

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . 1,340 323 626 337 54

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . 860 108 483 255 14

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . 649 72 242 267 68

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . 635 180 256 186 14

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . 218 - 100 105 14

85 years and over . . . . . 129 36 43 23 27

Median. . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 27.5 19.7 21.4 19.7

MARITAL STATUS

Males 15 + years . . . 33,588 3,232 16,737 11,346 2,273

Never married . . . . . . . 13,492 934 7,167 4,425 966

Now married . . . . . . . . 19,023 2,155 9,030 6,573 1,266

Consensually married. . . 188 - 128 46 14

Separated . . . . . . . . . 37 - 14 23 -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . 724 108 412 163 41

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . 312 36 114 163 -

Females 15 + years . . 34,789 3,519 17,476 11,601 2,192

Never married . . . . . . . 7,143 395 3,783 2,543 422

Now married . . . . . . . . 27,124 2,945 13,495 8,942 1,742

Consensually married. . . 257 - 199 58 -

Separated . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . 328 72 171 58 27

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . 194 108 28 58 -

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 2. Ethnicity by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

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Ethnicity │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

Persons 15 years and over . 68,377 6,752 34,213 22,947 4,465

Single ethnic group . . . . . . 63,538 6,716 33,730 18,627 4,465

Yapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,675 6,285 28 348 14

Chuukese. . . . . . . . . . . 28,129 - 27,885 244 -

Mortlockese/Outer Island. . . 6,652 - 5,688 964 -

Pohnpeian . . . . . . . . . . 12,864 36 28 12,786 14

Pingelapese . . . . . . . . . 1,695 - - 1,695 -

Mwoakilloan . . . . . . . . . 1,672 - - 1,672 -

Nukuoroan . . . . . . . . . . 197 - - 197 -

Kosraean. . . . . . . . . . . 4,597 - 14 186 4,397

Palauan . . . . . . . . . . . 335 323 - 12 -

Marshallese . . . . . . . . . 52 - - 12 41

Other Pacific Islander. . . . 49 - 14 35 -

White . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 - 14 151 -

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 72 57 290 -

Filipino. . . . . . . . . . 337 36 57 244 -

Chinese/Taiwanese . . . . . - - - - -

Other single. . . . . . . . . 35 - - 35 -

Multiple ethnic group . . . . . 4,839 36 483 4,320 -

Yapese and other. . . . . . . 86 72 14 - -

Chuukese and other. . . . . . 1,883 - 768 1,115 -

Pohnpeian and other . . . . . 6,513 - 114 6,399 -

Kosraean and other. . . . . . 163 - - 163 -

Other Multiple. . . . . . . . 1,035 - 71 964 -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 36,908 5,638 17,476 11,601 2,192

Single ethnic group . . . . . . 34,391 5,602 17,249 9,348 2,192

Yapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,460 3,304 28 128 -

Chuukese. . . . . . . . . . . 14,390 - 14,263 128 -

Mortlockese/Outer Island. . . 3,394 - 2,929 465 -

Pohnpeian . . . . . . . . . . 6,494 - - 6,480 14

Pingelapese . . . . . . . . . 836 - - 836 -

Mwoakilloan . . . . . . . . . 917 - - 917 -

Nukuoroan . . . . . . . . . . 128 - - 128 -

Kosraean. . . . . . . . . . . 2,244 - 14 93 2,137

Palauan . . . . . . . . . . . 144 144 - - -

Marshallese . . . . . . . . . 52 - - 12 41

Other Pacific Islander. . . . 37 - 14 23 -

White . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 - - 58 -

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 36 - 58 -

Filipino. . . . . . . . . . 46 - - 46 -

Chinese/Taiwanese . . . . . - - - - -

Other single. . . . . . . . . 23 - - 23 -

Multiple ethnic group . . . . . 2,516 36 228 2,253 -

Yapese and other. . . . . . . 72 72 - - -

Chuukese and other. . . . . . 936 - 356 581 -

Pohnpeian and other . . . . . 3,407 - 85 3,321 -

Kosraean and other. . . . . . 93 - - 93 -

Other Multiple. . . . . . . . 525 - 14 511 -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 3. Place of Birth by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

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Place of Birth │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

Persons 15 years and over . 68,377 6,752 34,213 22,947 4,465

Federated States of Micronesia. 67,056 6,428 34,085 22,146 4,397

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,775 6,393 57 325 -

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 3,154 2,873 14 267 -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 3,620 3,519 43 58 -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,856 - 33,957 871 27

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 9,598 - 9,343 255 -

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 7,460 - 7,423 23 14

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 6,969 - 6,911 58 -

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 7,106 - 6,570 523 14

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 3,723 - 3,711 12 -

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 20,958 36 57 20,729 136

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 2,497 - - 2,497 -

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823 - - 1,823 -

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903 - - 2,903 -

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 2,955 - 28 2,926 -

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 3,487 - 14 3,472 -

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 3,482 36 14 3,310 123

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 3,811 - - 3,797 14

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,468 - 14 221 4,233

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - 14 - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . 46 - - 46 -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 287 - 35 -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . 150 - 14 81 54

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . 51 - 14 23 14

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 36 71 348 -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . 386 36 71 279 -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - - 46 -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . 23 - - 23 -

United States . . . . . . . . . 258 - 14 244 -

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - - 23 -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 34,789 3,519 17,476 11,601 2,192

Federated States of Micronesia. 34,267 3,376 17,434 11,334 2,123

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,532 3,376 28 128 -

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 1,412 1,293 14 105 -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 2,120 2,083 14 23 -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,813 - 17,348 465 -

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 4,912 - 4,749 163 -

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 3,766 - 3,754 12 -

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 3,419 - 3,384 35 -

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 3,671 - 3,427 244 -

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 2,045 - 2,033 12 -

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 10,700 - 43 10,603 54

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 1,219 - - 1,219 -

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010 - - 1,010 -

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,486 - - 1,486 -

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 1,654 - 28 1,626 -

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626 - - 1,626 -

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 1,716 - 14 1,661 41

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 1,988 - - 1,974 14

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,223 - 14 139 2,069

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . 35 - - 35 -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 144 - 12 -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . 92 - 14 23 54

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . 28 - 14 - 14

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 - 14 81 -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . 61 - 14 46 -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 - - 35 -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 105 - - 105 -

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 3A. Place Registered to Vote by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

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Place Registered to Vote │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

Persons 18 years and over . 41,402 - 24,146 17,257 -

Federated States of Micronesia. 40,618 - 24,046 16,572 -

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 - 43 128 -

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 130 - 14 116 -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 40 - 28 12 -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,623 - 23,961 662 -

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 6,901 - 6,669 232 -

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 5,199 - 5,176 23 -

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 4,810 - 4,764 46 -

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 5,013 - 4,664 348 -

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 2,699 - 2,688 12 -

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 15,639 - 43 15,596 -

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 1,905 - - 1,905 -

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312 - - 1,312 -

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,137 - - 2,137 -

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 2,270 - 28 2,241 -

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 2,581 - 14 2,566 -

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 2,520 - - 2,520 -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 2,915 - - 2,915 -

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 186 - - 186 -

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . - - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . - - - - -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . - - - - -

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 785 - 100 685 -

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 21,052 - 12,400 8,652 -

Federated States of Micronesia. 20,788 - 12,357 8,431 -

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 - 28 46 -

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 61 - 14 46 -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 14 - 14 - -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,660 - 12,300 360 -

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 3,538 - 3,399 139 -

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 2,657 - 2,645 12 -

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 2,381 - 2,346 35 -

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 2,594 - 2,432 163 -

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 1,490 - 1,479 12 -

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 7,949 - 28 7,920 -

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 917 - - 917 -

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 - - 743 -

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080 - - 1,080 -

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 1,259 - 28 1,231 -

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185 - - 1,185 -

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 1,277 - - 1,277 -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 1,486 - - 1,486 -

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 105 - - 105 -

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . - - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . - - - - -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . - - - - -

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 263 - 43 221 -

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Note: Item only asked in Chuuk and Pohnpei

Table 4. Citizenship and Year of Entry by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

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Citizenship │ │ │ │ │ │

Year of Entry │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

Persons 18 years and over. 59,429 6,213 29,023 20,300 3,893

Federated States of Micronesia. 58,154 5,890 28,895 19,545 3,825

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 1,274 323 128 755 68

United States Citizens . . . 224 36 14 174 -

U.S born citizen. . . . . 175 36 - 139 -

U.S citizen by natural. . 49 - 14 35 -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 1,050 287 114 581 68

Permanent residence . . . 259 72 71 116 -

Temporary residence . . . 791 215 43 465 68

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 1,274 323 128 755 68

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 375 - 71 290 14

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 297 72 14 197 14

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 144 72 - 58 14

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 109 - 14 81 14

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 160 72 28 46 14

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 58 - - 58 -

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 48 36 - 12 -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 72 - - -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 30,534 3,376 15,002 10,196 1,960

Federated States of Micronesia. 30,036 3,232 14,959 9,952 1,892

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 498 144 43 244 68

United States Citizens . . . 58 - - 58 -

U.S born citizen. . . . . 58 - - 58 -

U.S citizen by naturaliza - - - - -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 440 144 43 186 68

Permanent residence . . . 123 72 28 23 -

Temporary residence . . . 317 72 14 163 68

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 498 144 43 244 68

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 156 - 14 128 14

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 96 36 - 46 14

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 50 36 - - 14

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 48 - - 35 14

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 54 - 28 12 14

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 72 - - -

RELIGION

Person 15 years and over . 68,377 6,752 34,213 22,947 4,465

Protestant/Congregation . . . 34,405 180 18,770 11,276 4,179

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . 32,052 6,321 14,732 10,986 14

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . 403 - 85 209 109

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . 95 - - - 95

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . 474 - 284 163 27

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . 947 251 341 314 41

Female 15 years and over . 34,789 3,519 17,476 11,601 2,192

Protestant/Congregation . . . 17,360 72 9,556 5,690 2,042

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . 16,372 3,376 7,480 5,516 -

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . 191 - 57 93 41

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . 54 - - - 54

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . 359 - 228 105 27

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . 453 72 156 197 27

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 5. School Enrollment and Educational Attainment by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

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School Enrollment │ │ │ │ │ │

Educational Attainment │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL

Persons 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 17,344 1,221 10,139 4,936 1,048

High school or less . . . . . . 12,813 934 8,219 2,857 803

Public school . . . . . . . . 5,996 467 3,811 1,324 395

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,531 287 1,920 2,079 245

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,154 144 924 964 123

Females 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 8,712 431 5,304 2,474 504

High school or less . . . . . . 6,443 359 4,195 1,521 368

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,959 180 1,905 697 177

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,269 72 1,109 952 136

Public school . . . . . . . . 1,074 36 540 430 68

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over. 40,166 4,741 18,571 13,901 2,954

Less than high school graduate. 26,986 2,837 12,599 9,685 1,865

High school graduate. . . . . . 6,329 1,006 3,228 1,742 354

Some college, no degree . . . . 2,930 431 1,294 906 299

Associate degree, occupational. 1,051 36 455 465 95

Associate degree, academic. . . 1,601 395 512 395 299

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 900 36 384 453 27

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 228 - 43 186 -

Professional degree . . . . . . 117 - 57 46 14

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . 23 - - 23 -

Percent high school graduate. . 32.8 40.1 32.2 30.3 36.9

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 3.2 .8 2.6 5.1 1.4

Females 25 years and over. 20,122 2,370 9,428 6,840 1,484

Less than high school graduate. 15,358 1,867 7,053 5,307 1,130

High school graduate. . . . . . 2,750 359 1,522 720 150

Some college, no degree . . . . 1,134 144 512 383 95

Associate degree, occupational. 384 - 171 186 27

Associate degree, academic. . . 283 - 85 116 82

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 141 - 71 70 -

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 46 - - 46 -

Professional degree . . . . . . 26 - 14 12 -

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . - - - - -

Percent high school graduate. . 23.7 21.2 25.2 22.4 23.9

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 1.1 - .9 1.9 -

Persons 18 to 24 . . . . . 14,445 682 7,295 5,679 789

Percent high school graduate. . 13.9 42.1 12.1 13.3 10.4

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 6. Labor Force Characteristics by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

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Labor Force Status │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

Persons 15 years and over. 68,377 6,752 34,213 22,947 4,465

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 35,033 5,207 15,443 12,681 1,702

Percent. . . . . . . . . 51.2 77.1 45.1 55.3 38.1

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 32,254 4,992 14,561 11,067 1,633

Formal Workforce . . . . . 15,940 1,867 6,655 6,329 1,089

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 16,313 3,124 7,906 4,738 544

Subsistence. . . . . . . 10,166 2,729 4,920 2,067 449

Market Oriented. . . . . 6,148 395 2,986 2,671 95

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 2,779 215 882 1,614 68

Percent. . . . . . . . . 7.9 4.1 5.7 12.7 4.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 33,344 1,544 18,770 10,266 2,763

Could have taken a job . . . 879 - 57 128 694

Not available for work . . . 32,465 1,544 18,714 10,138 2,069

Males 15 years and over. . 33,588 3,232 16,737 11,346 2,273

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 20,867 2,622 9,670 7,514 1,062

Percent. . . . . . . . . 62.1 81.1 57.8 66.2 46.7

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 19,555 2,406 9,300 6,828 1,021

Formal Workforce . . . . . 10,718 1,221 4,678 4,111 708

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 8,837 1,185 4,622 2,717 313

Subsistence. . . . . . . 4,616 1,006 2,460 906 245

Market Oriented. . . . . 4,221 180 2,161 1,812 68

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,311 215 370 685 41

Percent. . . . . . . . . 6.3 8.2 3.8 9.1 3.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 12,722 611 7,067 3,832 1,211

Could have taken a job . . . 358 - - 58 299

Not available for work . . . 12,364 611 7,067 3,774 912

Females 15 years and over. 34,789 3,519 17,476 11,601 2,192

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 14,167 2,586 5,773 5,168 640

Percent. . . . . . . . . 40.7 73.5 33.0 44.5 29.2

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 12,698 2,586 5,261 4,239 613

Formal Workforce . . . . . 5,222 646 1,977 2,218 381

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 7,476 1,939 3,285 2,021 231

Subsistence. . . . . . . 5,549 1,724 2,460 1,161 204

Market Oriented. . . . . 1,927 215 825 859 27

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,468 - 512 929 27

Percent. . . . . . . . . 10.4 - 8.9 18.0 4.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 20,622 934 11,703 6,434 1,552

Could have taken a job . . . 521 - 57 70 395

Not available for work . . . 20,101 934 11,646 6,364 1,157

HOURS FOR PAID WORK

Formal Workforce 15+ years 15,940 1,867 6,655 6,329 1,089

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 14,374 1,688 6,257 6,062 368

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 - 28 - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 1,400 144 356 221 681

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 137 36 14 46 41

Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,718 1,221 4,678 4,111 708

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 9,720 1,149 4,408 3,972 191

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 - 28 - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 896 72 228 93 504

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 74 - 14 46 14

Females . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,222 646 1,977 2,218 381

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 4,655 539 1,849 2,090 177

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 505 72 128 128 177

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 63 36 - - 27

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 6A. Subsistence Activities by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │

Subsistence activities │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

HOME USE

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 15,531 3,089 7,679 4,274 490

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 12,287 2,083 5,930 4,111 163

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 5,657 1,832 2,816 1,010 -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,370 1,113 5,375 1,486 395

SOLD ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 5,995 395 2,915 2,590 95

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,590 395 1,891 2,276 27

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 842 - 540 302 -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,011 108 1,962 859 82

GAVE AWAY ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 6,336 2,837 2,289 1,196 14

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,020 1,832 1,166 1,022 -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 2,409 1,832 427 151 -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,187 1,006 1,692 476 14

RECEIVED ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 4,689 2,765 1,436 488 -

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 2,974 1,760 796 418 -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 3,010 1,832 1,109 70 -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,064 1,006 896 163 -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 7A. Occupation and Class of Worker by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐

│ │ │ │ │ │

Occupation │ │ │ │ │ │

Class of Worker │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘

OCCUPATION

Employed persons 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,164 4,992 14,547 11,032 1,593

Legislators, senior officials and managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,952 144 939 801 68

Legislators & senior officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004 36 583 372 14

Corporate managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 - 242 128 27

General managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 108 114 302 27

Professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,164 898 2,645 1,335 286

Physical, mathematical, and engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 36 28 128 14

Life Science and health professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 180 384 151 27

Teaching professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,695 682 1,920 848 245

Other professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 - 313 209 -

Technicians & associated professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,855 1,185 1,379 1,045 245

Physical science & engineering associate professionals . . . . . . 531 72 128 209 123

Life science and health associate professionals. . . . . . . . . . 683 251 242 163 27

Teaching associate professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,567 826 611 116 14

Other associate professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,073 36 398 557 82

Clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,048 323 1,849 1,672 204

Office clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,893 287 782 674 150

Customer services clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,116 36 1,052 987 41

Other clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 - 14 12 14

Service workers and shop and market sales workers. . . . . . . . . . 5,189 503 3,072 1,533 82

Personal and protective service workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,651 323 2,858 1,428 41

Salespersons, demonstrators, and models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 180 213 105 41

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068 - 683 372 14

Market-oriented skilled agricultural & fishery workers . . . . . . 943 - 583 360 -

Subsistence agricultural, fishery & related workers. . . . . . . . 125 - 100 12 14

Craft and Related Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,734 467 825 1,347 95

Extraction and building trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 108 199 569 -

Metal and machinery trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,242 251 469 453 68

Precision, handicraft, printing and related trades workers . . . . 154 - 14 139 -

Other craft and related trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 108 142 186 27

Plant & machine operators and assemblers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,417 72 654 650 41

Industrial plant operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 - 71 58 41

Stationary machine operators and assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . 110 - 28 81 -

Drivers & mobile machine operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126 72 555 499 -

Other plant & machine operators & assemblers . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Elementary Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,638 1,401 2,403 2,276 558

Sales & services elementary occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,664 1,221 1,635 1,359 449

Agricultural, fishery, and related labourers . . . . . . . . . . . 287 - 213 46 27

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing, and transport. . 1,687 180 555 871 82

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,164 4,992 14,547 11,032 1,593

Private for wage and salary workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,828 1,401 4,678 5,191 558

Government workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,097 3,484 9,271 5,307 1,035

Self-employed workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,173 108 555 511 -

Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 - 43 23 -

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 7B. Occupation and Class of Worker by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │

Occupation │ │ │ │ │ │

Class of Worker │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

OCCUPATION

Employed females 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,636 2,586 5,247 4,204 599

Legislators, senior officials and managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 72 156 337 14

Legislators & senior officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 - 100 139 -

Corporate managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 - 43 35 -

General managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 72 14 163 14

Professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117 467 995 546 109

Physical, mathematical, and engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 36 - 23 14

Life Science and health professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 144 199 105 14

Teaching professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,457 287 739 348 82

Other professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 - 57 70 -

Technicians & associated professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,370 575 455 314 27

Physical science & engineering associate professionals . . . . . . 147 72 28 46 -

Life science and health associate professionals. . . . . . . . . . 279 108 100 58 14

Teaching associate professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 395 228 46 14

Other associate professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 - 100 163 -

Clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431 144 1,081 1,057 150

Office clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015 108 441 372 95

Customer services clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,390 36 640 674 41

Other clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 - - 12 14

Service workers and shop and market sales workers. . . . . . . . . . 1,900 215 1,123 534 27

Personal and protective service workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640 144 995 488 14

Salespersons, demonstrators, and models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 72 128 46 14

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 - 242 93 -

Market-oriented skilled agricultural & fishery workers . . . . . . 320 - 228 93 -

Subsistence agricultural, fishery & related workers. . . . . . . . 14 - 14 - -

Craft and Related Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 144 128 395 -

Extraction and building trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 - 14 151 -

Metal and machinery trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 72 85 116 -

Precision, handicraft, printing and related trades workers . . . . 61 - 14 46 -

Other craft and related trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 72 14 81 -

Plant & machine operators and assemblers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 36 156 46 -

Industrial plant operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - 14 - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 36 142 46 -

Elementary Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,928 934 839 883 272

Sales & services elementary occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,172 790 626 511 245

Agricultural, fishery, and related labourers . . . . . . . . . . . 82 - 57 12 14

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing, and transport. . 674 144 156 360 14

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed females 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,636 2,586 5,247 4,204 599

Private for wage and salary workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,009 539 2,176 2,009 286

Government workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,008 1,975 2,816 1,905 313

Self-employed workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 72 228 290 -

Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 - 28 - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 7C. Industry by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │

Industry │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

Employed persons 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,164 4,992 14,547 11,032 1,593

Agriculture, hunting & forestry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 - 540 58 14

Agriculture, hunting & related service activities. . . . . . . . . 612 - 540 58 14

Fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 - 100 255 27

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms, etc. . . . . 382 - 100 255 27

Mining and quarrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 36 - 35 -

Extraction of crude petroleum & natural gas; service activities. . 12 - - 12 -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Other mining and quarrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 36 - 12 -

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 72 14 465 27

Manuf.of food products & beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 - - 174 -

Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing & dyeing of fur . . . . . 95 72 - 23 -

Manuf. of wood and of products of wood and cork. . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Publishing, printing & reproduction of recorded media. . . . . . . 93 - - 93 -

Manuf. of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel. . . . 14 - - - 14

Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus N.E.C. . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical instruments,watches & clock 23 - - 23 -

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. . . . . 39 - 14 12 14

Manuf.of other transport equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 - - 105 -

Electricity, gas & water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 144 284 302 27

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 144 185 290 27

Collection, purification and distribution of water . . . . . . . . 111 - 100 12 -

Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 108 341 883 68

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor vehicles, motorcycles. . . 4,064 575 1,905 1,475 109

Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles . . 627 215 270 128 14

Wholesale trade & commission trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 144 469 70 41

Retail trade, repair of personal and household goods . . . . . . . 2,713 215 1,166 1,277 54

Hotels and restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947 36 512 372 27

Transport, Storage & Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,558 359 412 732 54

Land transport; transport via pipelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 180 85 221 -

Water transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 - 142 139 14

Air transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 72 100 12 -

Supporting & auxiliary transport activities; travel agencies . . . 431 108 43 267 14

Post & Telecommunication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 - 43 93 27

Financial Intermediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 36 14 139 41

Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding . . 172 36 14 81 41

Insurance and pension funding except compulsory social security. . 12 - - 12 -

Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation . . . . . . . . . 46 - - 46 -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011 - 540 430 41

Computer and related activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 - 14 81 -

Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 - - 35 -

Other business activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 - 526 314 41

Public administration & defence; compulsory social security. . . . . 10,065 1,724 5,062 2,938 340

Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,991 970 2,574 1,161 286

Health and Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312 395 512 337 68

Other community, social and personal service activities. . . . . . . 1,650 359 697 267 327

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation & similar activities. . . . 975 359 256 46 313

Activities of membership organizations N.E.C . . . . . . . . . . . 544 - 370 174 -

Recreational, cultural & sporting act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 - 14 46 14

Other service activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 - 57 - -

Private households with employed persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,476 180 1,024 1,150 123

Extraterritorial organizations and bodies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - - 23 -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 7D. Industry by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │

Industry │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

Employed females 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,636 2,586 5,247 4,204 599

Agriculture, hunting & forestry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 - 213 23 -

Agriculture, hunting & related service activities. . . . . . . . . 237 - 213 23 -

Fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 - 28 105 14

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms, etc. . . . . 147 - 28 105 14

Mining and quarrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 72 - 163 -

Manuf.of food products & beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - - 46 -

Manufacture of textiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing & dyeing of fur . . . . . 95 72 - 23 -

Publishing, printing & reproduction of recorded media. . . . . . . 23 - - 23 -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical instruments,watches & clock 12 - - 12 -

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Manuf.of other transport equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 - - 35 -

Electricity, gas & water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 36 142 58 -

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 36 85 58 -

Collection, purification and distribution of water . . . . . . . . 57 - 57 - -

Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 72 100 383 -

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor vehicles, motorcycles. . . 1,767 323 683 720 41

Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles . . 219 144 28 46 -

Wholesale trade & commission trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 36 171 23 -

Retail trade, repair of personal and household goods . . . . . . . 1,318 144 483 650 41

Hotels and restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 36 313 221 -

Transport, Storage & Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 72 114 197 41

Land transport; transport via pipelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 36 43 23 -

Water transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 - 14 46 -

Air transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 - 43 - -

Supporting & auxiliary transport activities; travel agencies . . . 142 36 - 93 14

Post & Telecommunication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 - 14 35 27

Financial Intermediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 36 - 93 27

Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding . . 133 36 - 70 27

Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation . . . . . . . . . 23 - - 23 -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 - 213 128 27

Other business activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 - 213 116 27

Public administration & defence; compulsory social security. . . . . 3,213 790 1,493 848 82

Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020 431 981 499 109

Health and Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 251 228 151 27

Other community, social and personal service activities. . . . . . . 966 359 327 116 163

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation & similar activities. . . . 645 359 100 23 163

Activities of membership organizations N.E.C . . . . . . . . . . . 266 - 185 81 -

Recreational, cultural & sporting act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 -

Other service activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 - 43 - -

Private households with employed persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,076 108 412 488 68

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 8. Income in 1996 by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │

Income │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│ Kosrae│

INCOME IN 1996

Total households . . . . . 13,312 1,889 5,675 4,829 919

Less than $1,000 . . . . . . . 1,869 178 747 898 45

$1,000 to $1,999 . . . . . . . 1,212 214 646 329 23

$2,000 to $2,999 . . . . . . . 1,057 107 570 369 11

$3,000 to $3,999 . . . . . . . 1,426 178 823 299 125

$4,000 to $4,999 . . . . . . . 939 107 545 219 68

$5,000 to $7,499 . . . . . . . 1,962 356 861 529 215

$7,500 to $9,999 . . . . . . . 1,188 214 342 439 193

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . 995 250 279 399 68

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . 653 107 291 210 45

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . 866 143 215 429 79

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . 355 - 114 229 11

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . 494 - 152 319 23

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . 217 36 51 120 11

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . 78 - 38 40 -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . 5,194 6,131 4,094 6,418 7,169

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . 8,043 7,258 6,735 9,810 8,449

FAMILY INCOME

Total families . . . . . . 12,923 1,747 5,649 4,619 907

Less than $1,000. . . . . . . . 1,789 178 747 818 45

$1,000 to $1,999. . . . . . . . 1,212 214 646 329 23

$2,000 to $2,999. . . . . . . . 1,035 107 557 359 11

$3,000 to $3,999. . . . . . . . 1,401 143 823 299 136

$4,000 to $4,999. . . . . . . . 951 107 545 219 79

$5,000 to $7,499. . . . . . . . 1,850 285 861 499 204

$7,500 to $9,999. . . . . . . . 1,165 214 342 439 170

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . 985 250 279 389 68

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . 653 107 291 210 45

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . 791 107 215 389 79

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . 345 - 114 219 11

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . 461 - 139 299 23

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . 207 36 51 110 11

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . 78 - 38 40 -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . 5,099 6,096 4,094 6,428 6,942

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . 7,984 7,198 6,691 9,795 8,331

Person's Income

TOTAL w/income. . . . . . . . 30,231 5,387 11,675 11,427 1,742

Mean income($). . . . . . . 4,008 2,564 3,675 4,825 5,347

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 9. Ethnicity by Age, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

───────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────

│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 45 to│ 55 to│ 65

│ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 44│ 54│ 64│ years

Ethnicity │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

───────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────

Persons 15 years and over. 68,377 13,770 9,624 7,162 6,592 12,427 9,140 5,103 4,559

Single ethnic group . . . . . . 63,538 12,749 8,819 6,636 6,143 11,634 8,543 4,773 4,240

Yapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,675 814 526 540 741 1,506 1,172 753 622

Chuukese. . . . . . . . . . . 28,129 6,351 4,099 2,986 2,625 5,146 3,379 1,966 1,576

Mortlockese/Outer Island. . . 6,652 1,311 734 571 702 1,070 1,009 527 728

Pohnpeian . . . . . . . . . . 12,864 2,741 2,302 1,498 1,254 2,397 1,395 720 557

Pingelapese . . . . . . . . . 1,695 232 255 186 151 325 197 105 244

Mwoakilloan . . . . . . . . . 1,672 337 255 139 174 221 221 151 174

Nukuoroan . . . . . . . . . . 197 12 35 35 23 12 46 23 12

Kosraean. . . . . . . . . . . 4,597 893 550 622 391 772 719 381 268

Palauan . . . . . . . . . . . 335 36 36 36 - - 191 - 36

Marshallese . . . . . . . . . 52 12 14 - - 14 - 14 -

Other Pacific Islander. . . . 49 - - - - 23 26 - -

White . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 12 - - 23 37 58 12 23

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 - - 23 46 99 129 121 -

Filipino. . . . . . . . . . 337 - - 12 46 99 81 98 -

Other single. . . . . . . . . 35 - 12 - 12 12 - - -

Multiple ethnic group . . . . . 4,839 1,021 805 525 449 793 596 330 319

Yapese and other. . . . . . . 86 14 - - - 72 - - -

Chuukese and other. . . . . . 1,883 571 307 110 254 188 239 124 89

Pohnpeian and other . . . . . 6,513 1,201 1,187 801 551 1,141 792 444 395

Kosraean and other. . . . . . 163 23 12 23 23 35 23 - 23

Other Multiple. . . . . . . . 1,035 232 105 116 70 151 138 93 130

Females. . . . . . . . . . 36,908 6,971 5,007 3,736 3,985 6,951 4,754 2,870 2,634

Single ethnic group . . . . . . 34,391 6,407 4,581 3,515 3,797 6,494 4,470 2,679 2,449

Yapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,460 289 325 299 503 801 478 407 359

Chuukese. . . . . . . . . . . 14,390 3,083 2,042 1,536 1,476 2,805 1,590 1,061 796

Mortlockese/Outer Island. . . 3,394 707 302 265 383 534 501 317 385

Pohnpeian . . . . . . . . . . 6,494 1,405 1,208 720 650 1,221 674 279 337

Pingelapese . . . . . . . . . 836 116 116 116 81 151 116 12 128

Mwoakilloan . . . . . . . . . 917 174 116 46 105 151 139 93 93

Nukuoroan . . . . . . . . . . 128 - 23 12 23 - 35 23 12

Kosraean. . . . . . . . . . . 2,244 430 243 259 229 352 420 163 148

Palauan . . . . . . . . . . . 144 - - 36 - - 72 - 36

Marshallese . . . . . . . . . 52 12 14 - - 14 - 14 -

Other Pacific Islander. . . . 37 - - - - 23 14 - -

White . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 12 - - 12 - 12 12 12

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 - - 12 12 - 59 12 -

Filipino. . . . . . . . . . 46 - - 12 12 - 23 - -

Other single. . . . . . . . . 23 - 12 - - 12 - - -

Multiple ethnic group . . . . . 2,516 564 426 221 188 457 284 191 186

Chuukese and other. . . . . . 936 313 164 23 107 142 98 66 23

Pohnpeian and other . . . . . 3,407 676 630 337 235 595 409 258 267

Kosraean and other. . . . . . 93 12 12 12 23 23 12 - -

Other Multiple. . . . . . . . 525 128 46 70 12 81 49 58 81

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 10. Place of Birth by Age, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 45 to│ 55 to│ 65

│ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 44│ 54│ 64│ years

Birthplace │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

Person 15 years and over . 68,377 13,770 9,624 7,162 6,592 12,427 9,140 5,103 4,559

Federated States of Micronesia. 67,056 13,689 9,465 7,019 6,500 12,230 8,756 4,945 4,453

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,775 838 515 526 741 1,571 1,208 753 622

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 3,154 561 396 155 263 680 454 322 323

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 3,620 277 119 371 478 890 754 431 299

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,856 7,811 4,918 3,499 3,321 6,132 4,413 2,475 2,285

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 9,598 2,182 1,527 1,064 911 1,798 1,109 524 483

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 7,460 1,522 1,007 867 597 1,279 981 680 526

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 6,969 1,664 1,135 683 597 1,218 851 412 410

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 7,106 1,562 755 501 746 1,012 1,145 661 724

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 3,723 882 495 384 469 825 327 199 142

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 20,958 4,187 3,509 2,435 2,023 3,770 2,432 1,324 1,277

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 2,497 523 372 302 186 557 372 105 81

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823 279 314 151 186 383 255 174 81

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903 790 557 325 314 430 174 163 151

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 2,955 488 557 325 316 537 325 209 197

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 3,487 825 383 383 406 734 372 232 151

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 3,482 947 850 565 244 418 342 70 46

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 3,811 337 476 383 372 710 592 372 569

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,468 852 523 558 414 758 702 393 268

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - 14 - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . 46 - 12 23 12 - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 - 36 36 - - 191 - 59

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . 150 23 50 26 - 25 - 25 -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . 51 - - - - 12 28 - 12

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 23 12 46 46 99 107 121 -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . 386 23 12 12 46 99 96 98 -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - - 23 - - 12 12 -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . 23 - - 12 - - - 12 -

United States . . . . . . . . . 258 35 23 12 23 61 58 12 35

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - 12 - 12 - - - -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 34,789 6,792 4,827 3,521 3,662 6,520 4,395 2,582 2,491

Federated States of Micronesia. 34,267 6,757 4,788 3,401 3,627 6,471 4,246 2,545 2,432

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,532 275 325 299 503 851 514 407 359

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 1,412 83 205 83 180 370 155 119 215

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 2,120 191 119 215 323 481 359 287 144

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,813 3,843 2,446 1,787 1,836 3,290 2,094 1,360 1,158

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 4,912 1,144 764 512 518 1,021 469 270 213

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 3,766 754 455 427 327 654 498 381 270

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 3,419 768 566 384 313 649 356 213 171

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 3,671 737 322 251 436 510 615 381 419

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 2,045 441 339 213 242 455 156 114 85

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 10,700 2,223 1,788 1,070 1,036 1,979 1,233 604 766

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 1,219 255 174 151 81 255 221 46 35

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010 139 186 81 93 209 151 93 58

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,486 476 267 151 139 209 58 81 105

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 1,654 244 337 151 188 293 186 128 128

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626 418 209 128 186 395 139 93 58

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 1,716 492 418 211 163 255 130 12 35

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 1,988 197 197 197 186 362 348 151 348

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,223 417 229 245 253 352 404 175 148

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . 35 - - 23 12 - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 - - 36 - - 72 - 48

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . 92 12 27 14 - 25 - 14 -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . 28 - - - - - 28 - -

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 - - 35 12 - 37 12 -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . 61 - - 12 12 - 37 - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 - - 23 - - - 12 -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 105 23 - 12 12 23 12 12 12

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - 12 - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 10A. Place Registered to Vote by Age, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ 18 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 45 to│ 55 to│ 65

│ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 44│ 54│ 64│ years

Place Registered to Vote │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

Person 18 years and over . 41,402 4,538 4,553 3,742 3,646 2,286 1,832 1,513 3,058

Federated States of Micronesia. 40,618 4,457 4,467 3,719 3,571 2,182 1,762 1,464 3,000

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 - 26 26 - 12 - - -

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 130 - 12 12 - 12 - - -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 40 - 14 14 - - - - -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,623 2,724 2,615 2,285 2,305 1,346 1,135 988 1,955

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 6,901 783 723 763 626 270 225 213 427

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 5,199 427 483 483 512 313 228 353 441

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 4,810 483 481 452 396 270 256 114 370

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 5,013 632 516 345 587 379 327 237 589

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 2,699 398 412 242 185 114 100 71 128

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 15,639 1,686 1,826 1,385 1,243 813 615 476 1,022

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 1,905 151 244 209 174 151 58 35 70

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312 139 197 116 174 58 70 58 70

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,137 244 255 163 93 81 70 58 139

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 2,270 246 281 174 163 151 81 93 163

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 2,581 383 383 246 209 105 128 70 128

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 2,520 221 209 197 186 58 58 12 35

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 2,915 302 255 279 244 209 151 151 418

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 186 46 - 23 23 12 12 - 23

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . - - - - - - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 785 81 87 23 75 105 70 49 58

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 21,052 2,306 2,571 1,883 1,802 1,116 913 782 1,615

Federated States of Micronesia. 20,788 2,283 2,559 1,872 1,774 1,081 890 782 1,591

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 - - 26 - - - - -

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 61 - - 12 - - - - -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 14 - - 14 - - - - -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,660 1,409 1,523 1,184 1,123 663 611 549 964

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 3,538 419 412 424 284 128 128 100 171

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 2,657 213 270 242 299 128 142 196 228

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 2,381 213 282 239 142 142 128 71 156

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 2,594 365 274 165 299 222 171 140 339

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 1,490 199 284 114 100 43 43 43 71

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 7,949 839 1,036 650 639 406 267 232 615

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 917 58 139 70 105 93 35 12 35

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 70 93 58 93 35 23 46 58

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080 105 151 58 35 23 46 12 93

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 1,259 154 177 70 81 93 46 58 105

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185 163 232 116 58 58 46 35 46

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 1,277 151 116 128 93 12 12 - 23

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 1,486 139 128 151 174 93 58 70 255

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 105 35 - 12 12 12 12 - 12

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . - - - - - - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 263 23 12 12 28 35 23 - 23

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Note: Item only asked in Chuuk and Pohnpei

Table 11. Citizenship and Year of Entry by Age, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

───────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────

│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 40 to│ 45 to│ 50 to│ 55 to│ 60 to│ 65

Citizenship │ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 39│ 44│ 49│ 54│ 59│ 64│ years

Year of Entry │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

───────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────

Persons 18 years and over . 59,429 4,822 9,624 7,162 6,592 6,510 5,917 5,725 3,415 2,517 2,587 4,559

Federated States of Micronesia. 58,154 4,787 9,465 7,019 6,500 6,348 5,882 5,481 3,274 2,422 2,523 4,453

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 1,274 35 159 143 93 162 35 244 140 95 63 106

United States Citizens . . . 224 - 23 - - 49 12 36 35 12 12 46

U.S born citizen. . . . . 175 - 23 - - 23 12 36 12 12 12 46

U.S citizen by natural. . 49 - - - - 26 - - 23 - - -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 1,050 35 135 143 93 113 23 208 106 83 52 59

Permanent residence . . . 259 12 12 36 35 28 - 88 - 12 37 -

Temporary residence . . . 791 23 124 107 58 84 23 120 106 72 14 59

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 1,274 35 159 143 93 162 35 244 140 95 63 106

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 375 - 74 84 46 52 35 - 35 - 14 35

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 297 35 48 36 46 61 - 25 23 - 12 12

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 144 - 14 - - 36 - 48 23 23 - -

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 109 - - 23 - - - 23 12 14 26 12

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 160 - 23 - - 14 - 112 12 - - -

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 58 - - - - - - - - 46 12 -

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 48 - - - - - - 36 - 12 - -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 - - - - - - - 36 - - 36

Females. . . . . . . . . . 30,534 2,537 4,827 3,521 3,662 3,566 2,954 2,706 1,688 1,242 1,340 2,491

Federated States of Micronesia. 30,036 2,526 4,788 3,401 3,627 3,529 2,942 2,628 1,617 1,205 1,340 2,432

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 498 12 39 120 35 37 12 78 71 37 - 59

United States Citizens . . . 58 - - - - 23 - - 12 12 - 12

U.S born citizen. . . . . 58 - - - - 23 - - 12 12 - 12

U.S citizen by naturaliza - - - - - - - - - - - -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 440 12 39 120 35 14 12 78 59 25 - 48

Permanent residence . . . 123 - - 36 12 - - 64 - 12 - -

Temporary residence . . . 317 12 39 84 23 14 12 14 59 14 - 48

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 498 12 39 120 35 37 12 78 71 37 - 59

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 156 - 14 72 23 12 12 - 12 - - 12

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 96 12 - 36 12 12 - 14 12 - - -

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 50 - 14 - - - - 36 - - - -

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 48 - - 12 - - - - 12 14 - 12

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 54 - 12 - - 14 - 28 - - - -

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 12 - - - - - - - - 12 - -

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 12 - - - - - - - - 12 - -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 - - - - - - - 36 - - 36

RELIGION

Person 15 years and over . 68,377 13,770 9,624 7,162 6,592 6,510 5,917 5,725 3,415 2,517 2,587 4,559

Protestant/Congregation . . . 34,405 7,271 4,914 3,648 3,132 2,895 2,908 2,724 1,954 1,365 1,171 2,425

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . 32,052 6,016 4,476 3,332 3,311 3,473 2,808 2,790 1,390 1,044 1,378 2,032

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . 403 75 89 83 14 14 14 39 23 25 - 27

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . 95 54 - - 14 - - 27 - - - -

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . 474 162 37 26 23 12 52 52 - 70 26 14

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . 947 191 108 72 99 117 135 93 48 12 12 61

Female 15 years and over . 34,789 6,792 4,827 3,521 3,662 3,566 2,954 2,706 1,688 1,242 1,340 2,491

Protestant/Congregation . . . 17,360 3,629 2,409 1,707 1,701 1,565 1,390 1,346 1,031 639 662 1,283

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . 16,372 2,845 2,306 1,756 1,837 1,950 1,442 1,228 634 536 653 1,185

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . 191 63 26 23 14 - 14 25 12 14 - -

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . 54 27 - - 14 - - 14 - - - -

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . 359 151 37 - 23 - 52 28 - 42 26 -

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . 453 77 49 35 73 51 57 64 12 12 - 23

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 Labor Force Survey

Table 12. School Enrollment and Educational Attainment by Age, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────

│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 40 to│ 45 to│ 50 to│ 55 to│ 60 to│ 65

School Enrollment │ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 39│ 44│ 49│ 54│ 59│ 64│ years

Educational Attainment │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL

Persons 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 17,344 12,980 2,726 439 155 354 169 209 85 109 - 119

High school or less . . . . . . 12,813 11,315 652 161 57 197 - 180 57 85 - 107

Public school . . . . . . . . 5,996 5,291 306 75 28 93 - 90 28 43 - 42

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,531 1,665 2,074 277 98 156 169 28 28 23 - 12

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,154 772 1,025 133 49 71 64 14 14 12 - -

Females 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 8,712 6,352 1,346 223 103 254 54 180 28 80 - 91

High school or less . . . . . . 6,443 5,466 320 87 57 169 - 180 28 57 - 79

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,959 2,508 146 37 28 79 - 90 14 28 - 28

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,269 886 1,025 137 46 85 54 - - 23 - 12

Public school . . . . . . . . 1,074 407 507 68 23 43 14 - - 12 - -

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over. 40,166 - - 6,913 6,187 6,012 5,537 5,422 3,116 2,053 1,911 3,016

Less than high school graduate. 26,986 - - 4,204 4,237 4,030 3,490 3,316 2,084 1,313 1,531 2,782

High school graduate. . . . . . 6,329 - - 1,367 1,195 1,018 838 998 335 294 187 97

Some college, no degree . . . . 2,930 - - 868 433 439 454 327 260 95 28 25

Associate degree, occupational. 1,051 - - 115 147 158 242 144 120 61 49 14

Associate degree, academic. . . 1,601 - - 290 79 193 347 335 105 102 88 63

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 900 - - 70 61 139 129 221 115 114 28 23

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 228 - - - 35 12 23 40 70 37 - 12

Professional degree . . . . . . 117 - - - - 23 14 28 26 26 - -

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . 23 - - - - - - 12 - 12 - -

Percent high school graduate. . 32.8 - - 39.2 31.5 33.0 37.0 38.8 33.1 36.1 19.9 7.8

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 3.2 - - 1.0 1.6 2.9 3.0 5.6 6.7 9.2 1.5 1.2

Females 25 years and over. 20,122 - - 3,364 3,396 3,337 2,788 2,559 1,454 931 879 1,413

Less than high school graduate. 15,358 - - 2,182 2,563 2,435 2,107 1,954 1,190 767 796 1,364

High school graduate. . . . . . 2,750 - - 653 544 539 392 377 99 90 57 -

Some college, no degree . . . . 1,134 - - 379 173 239 148 79 76 28 - 12

Associate degree, occupational. 384 - - 63 50 87 66 28 52 12 12 14

Associate degree, academic. . . 283 - - 76 40 26 62 39 14 - 14 12

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 141 - - 12 14 - 14 66 - 35 - -

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 46 - - - 12 - - - 23 - - 12

Professional degree . . . . . . 26 - - - - 12 - 14 - - - -

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - -

Percent high school graduate. . 23.7 - - 35.2 24.5 27.0 24.5 23.6 18.2 17.6 9.4 3.5

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 1.1 - - .4 .8 .4 .5 3.1 1.6 3.8 - .8

Persons 18 to 24 . . . . . 14,445 4,822 9,624 - - - - - - - - -

Percent high school graduate. . 13.9 13.0 14.3 - - - - - - - - -

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 13. Labor Force Characteristics by Age, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text

│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 40 to│ 45 to│ 50 to│ 55 to│ 60 to│ 65

│ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 39│ 44│ 49│ 54│ 59│ 64│ years

Labor Force Status │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

Persons 15 years and over. 68,377 13,770 9,624 7,162 6,592 6,510 5,917 5,725 3,415 2,517 2,587 4,559

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 35,033 3,110 4,347 3,991 4,102 4,349 4,460 4,122 2,392 1,535 1,514 1,112

Percent. . . . . . . . . 51.2 22.6 45.2 55.7 62.2 66.8 75.4 72.0 70.0 61.0 58.5 24.4

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 32,254 2,475 3,701 3,569 3,783 4,137 4,253 3,928 2,330 1,535 1,456 1,088

Formal Workforce . . . . . 15,940 317 1,553 1,769 1,850 2,077 2,746 2,333 1,602 1,065 508 120

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 16,313 2,158 2,148 1,800 1,933 2,060 1,507 1,595 728 470 947 968

Subsistence. . . . . . . 10,166 1,232 1,246 1,164 1,264 1,182 836 1,086 504 362 666 624

Market Oriented. . . . . 6,148 926 901 635 669 878 671 508 224 109 281 344

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 2,779 635 646 422 319 212 207 194 63 - 58 23

Percent. . . . . . . . . 7.9 20.4 14.9 10.6 7.8 4.9 4.6 4.7 2.6 - 3.8 2.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 33,344 10,660 5,277 3,170 2,491 2,161 1,457 1,603 1,022 982 1,073 3,447

Could have taken a job . . . 879 332 102 121 67 80 14 55 14 14 27 54

Not available for work . . . 32,465 10,328 5,175 3,050 2,424 2,081 1,443 1,548 1,009 968 1,046 3,393

Males 15 years and over. . 33,588 6,978 4,797 3,641 2,930 2,944 2,963 3,019 1,726 1,275 1,247 2,068

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 20,867 1,805 2,401 2,569 2,309 2,373 2,685 2,647 1,647 1,023 820 587

Percent. . . . . . . . . 62.1 25.9 50.1 70.6 78.8 80.6 90.6 87.7 95.4 80.2 65.8 28.4

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 19,555 1,484 2,090 2,353 2,188 2,288 2,623 2,502 1,633 1,023 785 587

Formal Workforce . . . . . 10,718 121 852 1,225 1,164 1,340 1,854 1,649 1,208 843 353 109

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 8,837 1,362 1,238 1,128 1,024 949 768 852 425 180 432 479

Subsistence. . . . . . . 4,616 651 516 607 507 433 431 470 303 112 276 310

Market Oriented. . . . . 4,221 711 722 520 517 516 337 382 121 68 156 169

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,311 321 312 216 121 85 63 145 14 - 35 -

Percent. . . . . . . . . 6.3 17.8 13.0 8.4 5.2 3.6 2.3 5.5 .9 - 4.3 -

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 12,722 5,173 2,396 1,072 622 571 278 372 79 251 427 1,481

Could have taken a job . . . 358 187 37 54 27 25 - - - - 14 14

Not available for work . . . 12,364 4,987 2,359 1,018 595 546 278 372 79 251 413 1,467

Females 15 years and over. 34,789 6,792 4,827 3,521 3,662 3,566 2,954 2,706 1,688 1,242 1,340 2,491

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 14,167 1,305 1,946 1,422 1,793 1,975 1,775 1,475 745 512 694 524

Percent. . . . . . . . . 40.7 19.2 40.3 40.4 49.0 55.4 60.1 54.5 44.1 41.2 51.8 21.0

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 12,698 992 1,611 1,216 1,595 1,849 1,630 1,426 697 512 670 501

Formal Workforce . . . . . 5,222 196 702 544 685 738 891 684 394 222 155 12

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 7,476 795 910 672 909 1,111 739 742 303 290 515 490

Subsistence. . . . . . . 5,549 580 731 557 757 749 405 616 200 250 390 314

Market Oriented. . . . . 1,927 215 179 115 152 362 334 127 103 40 125 175

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,468 314 334 207 198 127 145 49 48 - 23 23

Percent. . . . . . . . . 10.4 24.1 17.2 14.6 11.0 6.4 8.2 3.3 6.4 - 3.3 4.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 20,622 5,487 2,881 2,098 1,869 1,591 1,179 1,231 943 730 646 1,966

Could have taken a job . . . 521 146 65 66 39 55 14 55 14 14 14 41

Not available for work . . . 20,101 5,341 2,817 2,032 1,830 1,535 1,166 1,176 929 717 633 1,925

HOURS FOR PAID WORK

Formal Workforce 15+ years 15,940 317 1,553 1,769 1,850 2,077 2,746 2,333 1,602 1,065 508 120

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 14,374 292 1,490 1,651 1,730 1,884 2,347 2,080 1,387 970 423 120

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 - - - - - - - 14 14 - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 1,400 12 63 107 106 182 362 238 201 80 50 -

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 137 14 - 12 14 12 37 14 - - 36 -

Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,718 121 852 1,225 1,164 1,340 1,854 1,649 1,208 843 353 109

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 9,720 96 825 1,173 1,127 1,209 1,568 1,462 1,033 801 317 109

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 - - - - - - - 14 14 - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 896 12 27 41 37 119 263 173 161 27 36 -

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 74 14 - 12 - 12 23 14 - - - -

Females . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,222 196 702 544 685 738 891 684 394 222 155 12

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 4,655 196 666 478 602 675 779 618 354 169 106 12

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 505 - 36 66 69 63 99 65 40 53 14 -

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 63 - - - 14 - 14 - - - 36 -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 13A. Subsistence Activities by Age, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

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│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 40 to│ 45 to│ 50 to│ 55 to│ 60 to│ 65

│ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 39│ 44│ 49│ 54│ 59│ 64│ years

Subsistence activities │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

──────────────────────────────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────

HOME USE

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 15,531 1,963 2,002 1,763 1,896 1,976 1,444 1,491 693 456 893 954

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 12,287 1,575 1,500 1,348 1,529 1,590 1,237 1,072 494 385 732 825

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 5,657 700 703 586 702 675 433 636 238 144 495 343

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,370 1,177 1,231 1,041 1,038 1,036 781 864 411 210 334 246

SOLD ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 5,995 926 852 612 669 852 657 480 212 109 281 344

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,590 738 547 443 415 663 589 361 185 109 224 316

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 842 97 158 121 77 111 43 106 52 - 28 49

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,011 497 529 390 398 415 224 304 51 28 133 43

GAVE AWAY ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 6,336 693 762 628 745 837 549 878 316 130 382 416

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,020 396 509 344 506 592 330 502 144 102 317 278

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 2,409 226 252 271 339 275 108 327 86 50 316 159

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,187 454 439 320 357 450 273 448 195 28 93 129

RECEIVED ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 4,689 540 477 468 602 571 347 666 241 64 413 300

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 2,974 315 352 337 425 378 168 331 98 64 291 214

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 3,010 382 369 314 373 365 165 358 98 64 358 165

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,064 271 194 242 240 202 150 360 169 28 93 114

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 14A. Occupation and Class of Worker by Age, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

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│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 40 to│ 45 to│ 50 to│ 55 to│ 60 to│ 65

Occupation │ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 39│ 44│ 49│ 54│ 59│ 64│ years

Class of worker │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

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OCCUPATION

Employed persons 15 years and over . 32,164 2,475 3,701 3,557 3,771 4,137 4,239 3,913 2,316 1,523 1,442 1,088

Legislators, senior officials and mngrs . 1,952 - - 52 118 233 388 406 247 289 50 169

Legislators & senior officials. . . . . 1,004 - - 26 26 84 97 242 151 174 50 155

Corporate managers. . . . . . . . . . . 397 - - 14 54 37 51 118 68 54 - -

General managers. . . . . . . . . . . . 551 - - 12 37 112 240 46 28 61 - 14

Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,164 205 315 461 706 549 631 659 450 386 200 601

Physical, mathematical, and engineer. . 206 - 23 46 12 12 14 50 37 12 - -

Life Science and health professionals . 742 - 23 56 409 14 37 88 23 77 14 -

Teaching professionals. . . . . . . . . 3,695 205 269 278 275 457 556 444 338 226 61 587

Other professionals . . . . . . . . . . 522 - - 80 12 66 23 77 52 72 125 14

Technicians & associated professionals. . 3,855 23 182 446 356 760 628 698 342 148 259 12

Physical science & engineering assoc. . 531 - 23 243 23 37 40 28 79 35 23 -

Life science and health associate prof. 683 - - 12 176 143 103 158 68 12 - 12

Teaching associate professionals. . . . 1,567 23 97 155 42 379 254 300 26 90 201 -

Other associate professionals . . . . . 1,073 - 62 37 115 201 231 212 169 12 35 -

Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,048 320 1,177 670 399 515 444 232 196 23 71 -

Office clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,893 155 230 453 205 331 183 118 161 - 57 -

Customer services clerks. . . . . . . . 2,116 165 934 206 194 183 261 115 35 23 - -

Other clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 - 14 12 - - - - - - 14 -

Service workers,shop and market sales . . 5,189 990 328 670 675 639 383 727 328 125 213 111

Personal and protective serv. wrkrs . . 4,651 734 293 647 651 639 369 715 328 125 37 111

Salespersons, demonstrators, & models . 538 256 35 23 23 - 14 12 - - 176 -

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers. 1,068 - 260 205 63 118 211 125 58 14 14 -

Market-oriented skilled agricultural. . 943 - 260 191 23 118 196 97 58 - - -

Subsistence agricultural, fish. & rel . 125 - - 14 40 - 14 28 - 14 14 -

Craft and Related Workers . . . . . . . . 2,734 58 275 296 215 593 501 296 169 146 160 26

Extraction and building trades workers. 876 - 70 115 139 77 169 58 111 59 77 -

Metal and machinery trades workers. . . 1,242 58 136 134 61 265 209 224 58 37 59 -

Precision, handicraft, print. rel.trade 154 - 58 - - 81 - 14 - - - -

Other craft and related trades workers. 463 - 12 46 14 169 123 - - 49 23 26

Plant & machine operators and assemblers. 1,417 81 132 253 211 57 314 243 115 12 - -

Industrial plant operators. . . . . . . 170 - - 43 60 - 27 12 28 - - -

Stationary machine operators and assem. 110 - - 23 23 - 40 12 12 - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators. . . 1,126 81 132 187 128 57 247 208 75 12 - -

Other plant & mach.oper. & assemblers . 12 - - - - - - 12 - - - -

Elementary Occupations. . . . . . . . . . 6,638 797 1,033 504 1,028 675 739 527 412 280 475 169

Sales & services elementary occupation. 4,664 716 724 315 611 305 496 478 412 176 393 40

Agricultural, fishery and related lbr . 287 - 71 12 54 124 14 12 - - - -

Labourers in mining, const. munfact.. . 1,687 81 238 178 363 246 228 37 - 104 82 129

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over . . 32,164 2,475 3,701 3,557 3,771 4,137 4,239 3,913 2,316 1,523 1,442 1,088

Private for wage and salary workers. . . 11,828 2,096 2,370 1,608 1,372 1,203 1,248 658 576 343 330 26

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . 19,097 379 1,112 1,886 2,170 2,711 2,728 3,172 1,717 1,108 1,051 1,063

Self-employed workers . . . . . . . . . . 1,173 - 208 63 217 195 250 84 23 72 61 -

Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . 66 - 12 - 12 28 14 - - - - -

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 14B. Occupation and Class of Worker by Age, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 40 to│ 45 to│ 50 to│ 55 to│ 60 to│ 65

Occupation │ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 39│ 44│ 49│ 54│ 59│ 64│ years

Class of worker │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

OCCUPATION

Employed females 15 years and over . 12,636 992 1,611 1,204 1,583 1,849 1,630 1,412 697 500 657 501

Legislators, senior officials and mngrs . 579 - - 23 49 84 169 84 26 80 - 63

Legislators & senior officials. . . . . 239 - - 12 12 35 14 49 12 43 - 63

Corporate managers. . . . . . . . . . . 77 - - - 14 12 12 12 14 14 - -

General managers. . . . . . . . . . . . 262 - - 12 23 37 144 23 - 23 - -

Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117 37 196 180 412 168 208 245 192 87 63 329

Physical, mathematical, and engineer. . 73 - 12 - - - - 36 25 - - -

Life Science and health professionals . 461 - 23 28 266 14 37 40 23 28 - -

Teaching professionals. . . . . . . . . 1,457 37 161 124 145 130 171 145 143 48 23 329

Other professionals . . . . . . . . . . 127 - - 28 - 23 - 23 - 12 40 -

Technicians & associated professionals. . 1,370 12 40 184 94 466 157 206 52 49 112 -

Physical science & engineering assoc. . 147 - 12 100 12 - - - 12 12 - -

Life science and health associate prof. 279 - - - 28 95 25 90 28 12 - -

Teaching associate professionals. . . . 683 12 28 72 42 284 40 79 - 26 100 -

Other associate professionals . . . . . 262 - - 12 12 87 92 37 12 - 12 -

Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431 136 733 353 296 295 289 207 111 12 - -

Office clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015 28 143 187 151 180 120 106 100 - - -

Customer services clerks. . . . . . . . 1,390 107 576 154 145 115 169 101 12 12 - -

Other clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 - 14 12 - - - - - - - -

Service workers,shop and market sales . . 1,900 311 107 191 200 275 154 270 130 43 161 57

Personal and protective serv. wrkrs . . 1,640 247 96 191 177 275 141 258 130 43 26 57

Salespersons, demonstrators, & models . 260 64 12 - 23 - 14 12 - - 135 -

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers. 335 - 100 58 - 12 114 28 23 - - -

Market-oriented skilled agricultural. . 320 - 100 58 - 12 114 14 23 - - -

Subsistence agricultural, fish. & rel . 14 - - - - - - 14 - - - -

Craft and Related Workers . . . . . . . . 666 23 46 40 35 176 192 73 23 12 46 -

Extraction and building trades workers. 165 - 12 26 35 12 35 12 12 - 23 -

Metal and machinery trades workers. . . 273 23 23 14 - 92 62 48 12 - - -

Precision, handicraft, print. rel.trade 61 - 12 - - 35 - 14 - - - -

Other craft and related trades workers. 167 - - - - 37 95 - - 12 23 -

Plant & machine operators and assemblers. 239 23 14 50 - 28 40 57 26 - - -

Industrial plant operators. . . . . . . 14 - - - - - - - 14 - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators. . . 225 23 14 50 - 28 40 57 12 - - -

Elementary Occupations. . . . . . . . . . 2,928 449 376 124 497 346 306 242 114 147 274 52

Sales & services elementary occupation. 2,172 380 300 63 336 152 234 230 114 100 251 12

Agricultural, fishery and related lbr . 82 - - 12 14 56 - - - - - -

Labourers in mining, const. munfact.. . 674 70 75 49 147 138 72 12 - 48 23 40

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over . . 12,636 992 1,611 1,204 1,583 1,849 1,630 1,412 697 500 657 501

Private for wage and salary workers. . . 5,009 647 1,321 494 535 522 621 275 183 220 165 26

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,008 345 267 710 870 1,198 842 1,126 502 231 442 475

Self-employed workers . . . . . . . . . . 590 - 23 - 177 101 167 12 12 49 49 -

Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . 28 - - - - 28 - - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 14C. Industry by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 40 to│ 45 to│ 50 to│ 55 to│ 60 to│ 65

│ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 39│ 44│ 49│ 54│ 59│ 64│ years

Industry │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

Employed persons 15 years and over . 32,164 2,475 3,701 3,557 3,771 4,137 4,239 3,913 2,316 1,523 1,442 1,088

Agriculture, hunting & forestry . . . . . 612 - 239 25 182 - 28 71 12 40 14 -

Agriculture, hunting & related services 612 - 239 25 182 - 28 71 12 40 14 -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 - 23 159 12 74 80 35 - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries . 382 - 23 159 12 74 80 35 - - - -

Mining and quarrying. . . . . . . . . . . 71 - - - - 12 - 12 48 - - -

Extraction of crude petroleum . . . . . 12 - - - - - - - 12 - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores. . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Other mining and quarrying. . . . . . . 48 - - - - - - 12 36 - - -

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 - 174 35 46 48 95 72 35 48 23 -

Manuf.of food products & beverages. . . 174 - 81 - - 12 - 23 - 35 23 -

Manufacture of wearing apparel. . . . . 95 - - - - - 95 - - - - -

Manuf. of wood and of products of wood. 12 - - - - - - - 12 - - -

Publishing, printing. . . . . . . . . . 93 - 58 - 35 - - - - - - -

Manuf. of coke, refined petroleum . . . 14 - - - - - - - - 14 - -

Manufacture of electrical machinery . . 12 - - - - - - - 12 - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical. 23 - - - 12 12 - - - - - -

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailer. 39 - - - - 25 - 14 - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment. . . 12 - - - - - - - 12 - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C. . . . 105 - 35 35 - - - 35 - - - -

Electricity, gas & water supply . . . . . 757 - - 209 158 37 83 46 14 23 - 186

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water . . 646 - - 98 158 37 83 46 14 23 - 186

Collection, purification and dist . . . 111 - - 111 - - - - - - - -

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 81 155 327 314 161 52 46 54 12 82 115

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor 4,064 604 855 352 392 414 661 294 58 58 120 256

Sale, maintenance and repair of mv. . . 627 194 58 57 - 28 - 35 - - - 256

Wholesale trade & commission trade. . . 723 268 23 54 28 100 182 68 - - - -

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,713 142 773 241 364 287 479 191 58 58 120 -

Hotels and restaurants. . . . . . . . . . 947 167 100 94 89 287 123 26 62 - - -

Transport, Storage & Communication. . . . 1,558 236 146 383 100 228 178 111 140 36 - -

Land transport; transport via pipeline. 486 155 35 132 23 35 58 - 12 36 - -

Water transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 - 12 108 26 70 37 43 - - - -

Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 - 76 - - - 36 57 14 - - -

Supporting & auxiliary transport act. . 431 81 23 131 14 89 46 12 35 - - -

Post & Telecommunication. . . . . . . . 163 - - 12 37 35 - - 79 - - -

Financial Intermediation. . . . . . . . . 230 - 23 63 37 46 50 - 12 - - -

Financial intermediation, except insur. 172 - 12 63 14 35 50 - - - - -

Insurance and pension . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - - - - - - -

Activities auxiliary to fin. intermed.. 46 - - - 23 12 - - 12 - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Act. . . . 1,011 - 267 77 96 161 158 117 37 49 23 26

Computer and related activities . . . . 96 - - 12 58 - - - - - - 26

Research and Development. . . . . . . . 35 - - - 12 - 12 - - 12 - -

Other business activities . . . . . . . 881 - 267 65 26 161 146 117 37 37 23 -

Public administration & defence . . . . . 10,065 58 742 1,310 1,063 1,369 1,242 1,484 919 704 919 252

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,991 35 303 272 333 660 1,019 1,004 729 299 120 217

Health and Social Work. . . . . . . . . . 1,312 - 35 93 360 122 100 343 109 124 14 12

Other community, social and personal serv 1,650 12 395 65 509 165 77 165 41 80 114 26

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation. 975 - 312 - 360 28 - 153 41 80 - -

Activities of membership organizations. 544 - 84 52 134 85 49 - - - 114 26

Recreational, cultural & sporting act.. 74 12 - 14 - 23 14 12 - - - -

Other service activities. . . . . . . . 57 - - - 14 28 14 - - - - -

Private households with employed persons. 2,476 1,283 243 81 81 337 281 72 48 37 12 -

Extraterritorial organizations. . . . . . 23 - - 12 - - 12 - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 14C. Industry by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ 15 to│ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 40 to│ 45 to│ 50 to│ 55 to│ 60 to│ 65

│ │ 19│ 24│ 29│ 34│ 39│ 44│ 49│ 54│ 59│ 64│ years

Industry │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

Employed females 15 years and over . 12,636 992 1,611 1,204 1,583 1,849 1,630 1,412 697 500 657 501

Agriculture, hunting & forestry . . . . . 237 - 114 - 97 - 14 - - 12 - -

Agriculture, hunting & related services 237 - 114 - 97 - 14 - - 12 - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 - - 49 - 25 37 35 - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries . 147 - - 49 - 25 37 35 - - - -

Mining and quarrying. . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores. . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 - 35 - 12 23 95 23 12 23 12 -

Manuf.of food products & beverages. . . 46 - 12 - - - - - - 23 12 -

Manufacture of wearing apparel. . . . . 95 - - - - - 95 - - - - -

Publishing, printing. . . . . . . . . . 23 - 12 - 12 - - - - - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical. 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailer. 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment. . . 12 - - - - - - - 12 - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C. . . . 35 - 12 - - - - 23 - - - -

Electricity, gas & water supply . . . . . 236 - - 85 14 - 36 12 - 12 - 77

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water . . 179 - - 28 14 - 36 12 - 12 - 77

Collection, purification and dist . . . 57 - - 57 - - - - - - - -

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 70 12 161 151 61 - 12 14 12 23 40

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor 1,767 197 373 100 167 143 400 143 12 23 50 158

Sale, maintenance and repair of mv. . . 219 26 23 - - - - 12 - - - 158

Wholesale trade & commission trade. . . 230 76 - - 14 14 114 12 - - - -

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318 96 350 100 152 129 286 120 12 23 50 -

Hotels and restaurants. . . . . . . . . . 569 89 49 54 77 160 66 12 62 - - -

Transport, Storage & Communication. . . . 424 52 12 98 50 93 23 57 39 - - -

Land transport; transport via pipeline. 102 28 - 50 12 12 - - - - - -

Water transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 - - 12 - 35 - 14 - - - -

Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 - - - - - - 43 - - - -

Supporting & auxiliary transport act. . 142 23 12 36 14 23 23 - 12 - - -

Post & Telecommunication. . . . . . . . 76 - - - 25 23 - - 28 - - -

Financial Intermediation. . . . . . . . . 156 - 12 35 37 23 50 - - - - -

Financial intermediation, except insur. 133 - 12 35 14 23 50 - - - - -

Activities auxiliary to fin. intermed.. 23 - - - 23 - - - - - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Act. . . . 368 - 167 - 37 89 26 14 - 12 23 -

Research and Development. . . . . . . . 12 - - - 12 - - - - - - -

Other business activities . . . . . . . 357 - 167 - 26 89 26 14 - 12 23 -

Public administration & defence . . . . . 3,213 23 290 368 243 549 329 475 235 214 423 63

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020 23 170 114 173 310 358 336 257 88 40 151

Health and Social Work. . . . . . . . . . 657 - 35 54 184 73 48 159 54 50 - -

Other community, social and personal serv 966 - 263 40 317 68 26 113 - 41 85 12

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation. 645 - 202 - 289 - - 113 - 41 - -

Activities of membership organizations. 266 - 61 40 14 28 26 - - - 85 12

Recreational, cultural & sporting act.. 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Other service activities. . . . . . . . 43 - - - 14 28 - - - - - -

Private households with employed persons. 1,076 537 81 46 23 218 121 23 12 14 - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 15. Income in 1996 of Households and Families, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

───────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────

Household Income │ │ 20 to│ 25 to│ 30 to│ 35 to│ 40 to│ 45 to│ 50 to│ 55 to│ 60 to│ 65

Family Income │ │ 24│ 29│ 34│ 39│ 44│ 49│ 54│ 59│ 64│ years

Person's Income │ Total│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│ years│& over

───────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Total households . . . . . . . . . 13,286 188 573 1,227 1,486 2,048 2,149 1,493 1,150 1,251 1,708

Less than $1,000 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,869 10 111 282 295 314 234 142 71 126 286

$1,000 to $1,999 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212 13 25 167 136 161 124 45 45 153 342

$2,000 to $2,999 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,057 20 43 126 135 121 142 71 111 58 232

$3,000 to $3,999 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,426 23 110 109 190 203 126 198 59 246 163

$4,000 to $4,999 . . . . . . . . . . . 914 23 58 55 99 177 243 116 38 58 47

$5,000 to $7,499 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,962 35 113 207 207 348 364 133 129 149 276

$7,500 to $9,999 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,188 20 20 121 87 224 151 89 168 163 145

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . . . . . 995 23 43 60 101 163 205 159 64 98 80

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . . . . . 666 23 21 10 71 95 143 68 132 23 68

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . . . . . 866 - 20 70 53 104 174 188 122 87 50

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . . . . . 355 - - - 23 31 83 126 50 33 10

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . . . . . 494 - - 20 68 65 53 159 107 23 -

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . . . . . 205 - 10 - 23 20 76 - 41 35 -

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 - - - - 23 33 - 13 - 10

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . . . . . 5,211 5,429 3,982 3,353 3,937 5,348 6,418 8,680 9,315 4,741 2,976

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,159 7,360 6,522 5,724 7,864 8,676 11,170 12,818 14,108 8,468 5,592

FAMILY INCOME

Total families . . . . . . . . . . 12,910 188 544 1,197 1,390 2,028 2,104 1,418 1,114 1,228 1,687

Less than $1,000. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,789 10 101 282 285 294 224 132 71 116 276

$1,000 to $1,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212 13 25 167 136 173 136 45 45 141 331

$2,000 to $2,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035 20 43 126 135 121 129 61 111 58 232

$3,000 to $3,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,401 23 110 109 190 192 126 163 82 246 163

$4,000 to $4,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 925 23 58 55 99 177 243 128 38 58 47

$5,000 to $7,499. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,850 35 103 207 152 348 328 133 118 149 276

$7,500 to $9,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,165 20 20 121 87 224 151 78 157 163 145

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . . . . . 985 23 33 60 101 163 205 159 64 98 80

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . . . . . 666 23 21 10 71 95 143 68 132 23 68

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . . . . . 791 - 20 50 43 104 174 178 87 87 50

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . . . . . 345 - - - 13 31 83 126 50 33 10

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . . . . . 474 - - 10 68 65 53 149 107 23 -

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . . . . . 195 - 10 - 13 20 76 - 41 35 -

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 - - - - 23 33 - 13 - 10

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . . . . . 5,126 5,429 3,936 3,216 3,739 5,417 6,479 9,038 8,981 4,931 3,031

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,057 6,433 5,681 4,596 6,684 7,742 10,051 11,432 12,101 7,678 5,007

INCOME BY TYPE 15+ Years

TOTAL w/income. . . . . . . . . . . . 30,231 3,142 3,180 3,636 3,785 4,072 3,670 2,240 1,392 1,676 1,829

Mean income($). . . . . . . . . . . 4,008 2,457 3,082 3,145 3,747 4,939 5,502 6,575 7,071 4,057 2,535

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 16. Age and Marital Status by Place of Birth, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

───────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┬───────

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

Age │ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Marital Status │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

───────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┴───────

AGE

Persons 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . 68,377 67,056 6,775 34,856 20,958 4,468 14 46 455 258 546

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,770 13,689 838 7,811 4,187 852 - - 23 35 23

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,624 9,465 515 4,918 3,509 523 14 12 12 23 98

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,162 7,019 526 3,499 2,435 558 - 23 46 12 62

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,592 6,500 741 3,321 2,023 414 - 12 46 23 12

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,510 6,348 744 3,235 2,070 299 - - 88 37 37

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,917 5,882 826 2,897 1,700 459 - - 12 23 -

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,725 5,481 802 2,859 1,443 377 - - 61 - 183

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,415 3,274 407 1,554 989 325 - - 46 58 36

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,517 2,422 180 1,277 708 257 - - 70 12 14

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,587 2,523 574 1,198 615 136 - - 52 - 12

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626 1,591 227 905 418 41 - - - 35 -

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221 1,221 108 604 418 91 - - - - -

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080 1,033 215 478 244 95 - - - - 48

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 347 - 171 163 14 - - - - 23

85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 262 72 128 35 27 - - - - -

Median. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 32.6 40.1 31.8 30.9 33.6 22.5 27.5 45.1 39.9 46.1

Females 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . 34,789 34,267 3,532 17,813 10,700 2,223 - 35 96 105 287

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,792 6,757 275 3,843 2,223 417 - - - 23 12

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,827 4,788 325 2,446 1,788 229 - - - - 39

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,521 3,401 299 1,787 1,070 245 - 23 35 12 50

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,662 3,627 503 1,836 1,036 253 - 12 12 12 -

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,566 3,529 431 1,821 1,141 136 - - - 12 25

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,954 2,942 420 1,468 838 216 - - - 12 -

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,706 2,628 371 1,308 734 216 - - 14 - 64

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688 1,617 144 786 499 189 - - 23 12 36

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,242 1,205 72 711 302 121 - - 12 12 14

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340 1,340 335 649 302 54 - - - - -

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 849 108 483 244 14 - - - 12 -

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 649 72 265 232 80 - - - - -

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 587 144 268 163 14 - - - - 48

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 218 - 100 105 14 - - - - -

85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 129 36 43 23 27 - - - - -

Median. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 33.0 39.2 32.3 31.3 34.4 - 28.8 45.4 37.7 46.4

MARITAL STATUS

Males 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . 33,588 32,789 3,243 17,043 10,258 2,246 14 12 360 154 260

Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,492 13,326 1,052 7,268 4,071 935 14 12 35 46 58

Now married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,023 18,424 2,046 9,234 5,874 1,270 - - 325 84 190

Consensually married. . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 188 - 128 46 14 - - - - -

Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 37 - 14 23 - - - - - -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724 700 108 412 139 41 - - - 12 12

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 301 36 114 151 - - - - 12 -

Females 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . 34,789 34,267 3,532 17,813 10,700 2,223 - 35 96 105 287

Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,143 7,085 418 3,908 2,311 448 - - 12 35 12

Now married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,124 26,672 2,934 13,706 8,284 1,748 - 23 84 70 275

Consensually married. . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 257 - 222 35 - - - - - -

Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 328 72 171 58 27 - - - - -

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 183 108 28 46 - - 12 - - -

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 17. Ethnicity by Place of Birth, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┬───────

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

│ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Ethnicity │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┴───────

Persons 15 years and over . . . 68,377 67,056 6,775 34,856 20,958 4,468 14 46 455 258 546

Single ethnic group. . . . . . . . . 63,538 62,417 6,724 34,243 17,028 4,422 14 23 383 212 488

Yapese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,675 6,675 6,624 14 23 14 - - - - -

Chuukese . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,129 28,103 28 28,026 49 - - 12 - - 14

Mortlockese/Outer Island . . . . . 6,652 6,626 - 6,080 546 - 14 - - 12 -

Pohnpeian. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,864 12,817 - 96 12,710 12 - 12 - 12 23

Pingelapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695 1,684 - - 1,684 - - - - - 12

Mwoakilloan. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,672 1,661 - - 1,649 12 - - - - 12

Nukuoroan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 197 - - 197 - - - - - -

Kosraean . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,597 4,558 - 27 146 4,385 - - - - 39

Palauan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 36 36 - - - - - - - 299

Marshallese. . . . . . . . . . . . 52 - - - - - - - - - 52

Other Pacific Islander . . . . . . 49 23 - - 23 - - - - 12 14

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 - - - - - - - - 165 -

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 36 36 - - - - - 383 - -

Filipino . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 - - - - - - - 337 - -

Other single . . . . . . . . . . . 35 - - - - - - - - 12 23

Multiple ethnic group. . . . . . . . 4,839 4,639 50 612 3,930 46 - 23 72 46 58

Yapese and other . . . . . . . . . 86 86 86 - - - - - - - -

Chuukese and other . . . . . . . . 1,883 1,869 14 990 865 - - - 14 - -

Pohnpeian and other. . . . . . . . 6,513 6,292 - 132 6,125 35 - 46 58 46 70

Kosraean and other . . . . . . . . 163 163 - 12 105 46 - - - - -

Other Multiple . . . . . . . . . . 1,035 870 - 92 766 12 - - 72 46 46

Females . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,908 36,386 5,651 17,813 10,700 2,223 - 35 96 105 287

Single ethnic group. . . . . . . . . 34,391 33,965 5,615 17,512 8,651 2,188 - 12 58 81 275

Yapese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,460 3,460 3,446 14 - - - - - - -

Chuukese . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,390 14,365 14 14,313 37 - - 12 - - 14

Mortlockese/Outer Island . . . . . 3,394 3,394 - 3,150 244 - - - - - -

Pohnpeian. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,494 6,482 - 35 6,436 12 - - - - 12

Pingelapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 836 836 - - 836 - - - - - -

Mwoakilloan. . . . . . . . . . . . 917 917 - - 906 12 - - - - -

Nukuoroan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 128 - - 128 - - - - - -

Kosraean . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,244 2,217 - - 52 2,165 - - - - 27

Palauan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 - - - - - - - - - 144

Marshallese. . . . . . . . . . . . 52 - - - - - - - - - 52

Other Pacific Islander . . . . . . 37 12 - - 12 - - - - 12 14

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 - - - - - - - - 58 -

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 36 36 - - - - - 58 - -

Filipino . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - - - - - - - 46 - -

Other single . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - - - - - - - - 12 12

Multiple ethnic group. . . . . . . . 2,516 2,421 36 301 2,049 35 - 23 37 23 12

Chuukese and other . . . . . . . . 936 922 - 464 458 - - - 14 - -

Pohnpeian and other. . . . . . . . 3,407 3,291 - 92 3,176 23 - 46 23 35 12

Kosraean and other . . . . . . . . 93 93 - 12 46 35 - - - - -

Other Multiple . . . . . . . . . . 525 465 - 35 418 12 - - 37 12 12

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 18. Citizenship and Year of Entry by Place of Birth, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

Citizenship │ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Year of Entry │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

Persons 18 years and over. . . . . . . . . 59,429 58,154 6,187 29,661 18,431 3,875 14 46 444 246 523

Federated States of Micronesia. . . . . . . . . 58,154 58,154 6,187 29,661 18,431 3,875 - - - - -

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 - - - - - 14 46 444 246 523

United States Citizens . . . . . . . . . . . 224 - - - - - - - - 142 82

U.S born citizen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 - - - - - - - - 93 82

U.S citizen by natural. . . . . . . . . . 49 - - - - - - - - 49 -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,050 - - - - - 14 46 444 105 441

Permanent residence . . . . . . . . . . . 259 - - - - - - - 161 12 86

Temporary residence . . . . . . . . . . . 791 - - - - - 14 46 282 93 355

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 - - - - - 14 46 444 246 523

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 - - - - - 14 23 112 163 63

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 - - - - - - 12 81 61 144

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 - - - - - - - 82 12 50

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 - - - - - - 12 72 - 25

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 - - - - - - - 37 - 123

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 - - - - - - - 58 - -

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 - - - - - - - - 12 36

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 - - - - - - - - - 72

Females. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,534 30,036 3,377 15,332 9,371 1,956 - 35 96 93 275

Federated States of Micronesia. . . . . . . . . 30,036 30,036 3,377 15,332 9,371 1,956 - - - - -

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 - - - - - - 35 96 93 275

United States Citizens . . . . . . . . . . . 58 - - - - - - - - 46 12

U.S born citizen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 - - - - - - - - 46 12

U.S citizen by naturaliza . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 - - - - - - 35 96 46 263

Permanent residence . . . . . . . . . . . 123 - - - - - - - 37 - 86

Temporary residence . . . . . . . . . . . 317 - - - - - - 35 58 46 177

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . . . . . . . . . 498 - - - - - - 35 96 93 275

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 - - - - - - 12 46 70 28

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 - - - - - - 12 12 12 61

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 - - - - - - - - - 50

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 - - - - - - 12 12 - 25

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 - - - - - - - 14 - 39

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - - - - - - 12 - -

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - - - - - - - 12 -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 - - - - - - - - - 72

RELIGION

Person 15 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 68,377 67,056 6,775 34,856 20,958 4,468 14 46 455 258 546

Protestant/Congregation . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,405 34,090 86 19,188 10,606 4,210 - 23 37 58 196

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,052 31,207 6,497 14,950 9,746 14 14 12 395 174 251

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 392 - 85 197 109 - - 12 - -

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 95 - - 14 82 - - - - -

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 449 12 308 116 14 - 12 - - 14

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947 824 180 324 279 41 - - 12 26 86

Female 15 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 34,789 34,267 3,532 17,813 10,700 2,223 - 35 96 105 287

Protestant/Congregation . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,360 17,197 50 9,740 5,307 2,100 - 12 14 23 114

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,372 16,088 3,446 7,623 5,019 - - 12 81 81 109

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 191 - 57 93 41 - - - - -

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 54 - - 14 41 - - - - -

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 334 - 239 81 14 - 12 - - 14

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 403 36 154 186 27 - - - - 50

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 19. School Enrollment and Educational Attainment by Birthplace, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

School Enrollment │ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Educational Attainment │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL

Persons 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 17,344 17,158 1,487 10,218 4,411 1,043 - 23 23 81 58

High school or less . . . . . . 12,813 12,755 1,037 8,154 2,738 825 - - 12 35 12

Public school . . . . . . . . 5,996 5,985 519 3,780 1,294 393 - - - 12 -

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,531 4,403 450 2,063 1,672 218 - 23 12 46 46

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,154 2,096 225 996 766 109 - 12 - 23 23

Females 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 8,712 8,654 506 5,326 2,270 553 - - - 58 -

High school or less . . . . . . 6,443 6,408 388 4,124 1,480 417 - - - 35 -

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,959 2,947 194 1,877 688 189 - - - 12 -

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,269 2,246 118 1,202 790 136 - - - 23 -

Public school . . . . . . . . 1,074 1,062 59 587 348 68 - - - 12 -

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over. 40,166 39,122 4,667 18,923 12,588 2,943 - 35 421 200 389

Less than high school graduate. 26,986 26,772 2,873 12,823 9,248 1,828 - 23 81 - 110

High school graduate. . . . . . 6,329 6,009 922 3,267 1,444 377 - - 152 12 157

Some college, no degree . . . . 2,930 2,848 407 1,354 829 259 - 12 12 12 48

Associate degree, occupational. 1,051 1,028 36 490 383 119 - - 23 - -

Associate degree, academic. . . 1,601 1,526 359 533 337 297 - - 12 14 50

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 900 736 59 371 267 39 - - 118 46 -

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 228 112 - 43 58 12 - - 12 93 12

Professional degree . . . . . . 117 79 12 43 12 14 - - - 23 14

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . 23 12 - - 12 - - - 12 - -

Percent high school graduate. . 32.8 31.6 38.4 32.2 26.5 37.9 - 34.3 80.5 100.0 72.0

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 3.2 2.4 1.5 2.4 2.8 2.2 - - 33.5 81.5 6.7

Females 25 years and over. 20,122 19,710 2,358 9,598 6,259 1,495 - 35 96 81 200

Less than high school graduate. 15,358 15,236 1,881 7,150 5,098 1,108 - 23 12 - 86

High school graduate. . . . . . 2,750 2,630 322 1,565 581 161 - - 23 12 86

Some college, no degree . . . . 1,134 1,111 155 535 325 95 - 12 - 12 -

Associate degree, occupational. 384 372 - 194 139 39 - - 12 - -

Associate degree, academic. . . 283 258 - 97 81 80 - - 12 - 14

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 141 103 - 57 35 12 - - 26 12 -

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 46 - - - - - - - 12 35 -

Professional degree . . . . . . 26 - - - - - - - - 12 14

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Percent high school graduate. . 23.7 22.7 20.2 25.5 18.5 25.9 - 34.3 87.5 100.0 57.0

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 1.1 .5 - .6 .6 .8 - - 38.5 71.6 7.0

Persons 18 to 24 . . . . . 14,445 14,252 765 7,536 5,170 782 14 12 23 46 98

Percent high school graduate. . 13.9 13.4 39.0 12.3 11.7 10.2 100.0 - 52.2 26.1 60.2

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 20. Labor Force Characteristics by Place of Birth, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

│ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Labor Force Status │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

Persons 15 years and over. 68,377 67,056 6,775 34,856 20,958 4,468 14 46 455 258 546

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 35,033 34,199 5,179 15,891 11,365 1,763 - 12 359 188 276

Percent. . . . . . . . . 51.2 51.0 76.4 45.6 54.2 39.5 - 26.1 78.9 72.9 50.5

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 32,254 31,490 4,988 15,010 9,821 1,672 - 12 347 165 240

Formal Workforce . . . . . 15,940 15,248 1,841 6,917 5,361 1,127 - 12 324 165 192

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 16,313 16,243 3,147 8,092 4,459 544 - - 23 - 48

Subsistence. . . . . . . 10,166 10,107 2,693 4,967 1,997 449 - - 12 - 48

Market Oriented. . . . . 6,148 6,136 453 3,126 2,462 95 - - 12 - -

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 2,779 2,709 191 882 1,545 91 - - 12 23 36

Percent. . . . . . . . . 7.9 7.9 3.7 5.6 13.6 5.2 - - 3.3 12.2 13.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 33,344 32,858 1,595 18,964 9,593 2,705 14 35 97 70 271

Could have taken a job . . . 879 879 - 57 155 667 - - - - -

Not available for work . . . 32,465 31,979 1,595 18,907 9,438 2,038 14 35 97 70 271

Males 15 years and over. . 33,588 32,789 3,243 17,043 10,258 2,246 14 12 360 154 260

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 20,867 20,257 2,596 9,874 6,732 1,056 - 12 301 107 190

Percent. . . . . . . . . 62.1 61.8 80.0 57.9 65.6 47.0 - 100.0 83.6 69.5 73.1

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 19,555 18,982 2,404 9,504 6,058 1,015 - 12 301 107 154

Formal Workforce . . . . . 10,718 10,215 1,220 4,767 3,526 702 - 12 278 107 107

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 8,837 8,766 1,184 4,738 2,532 313 - - 23 - 48

Subsistence. . . . . . . 4,616 4,557 970 2,483 859 245 - - 12 - 48

Market Oriented. . . . . 4,221 4,209 214 2,254 1,672 68 - - 12 - -

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,311 1,275 191 370 674 41 - - - - 36

Percent. . . . . . . . . 6.3 6.3 7.4 3.7 10.0 3.9 - - - - 18.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 12,722 12,532 647 7,169 3,527 1,190 14 - 59 46 70

Could have taken a job . . . 358 358 - - 58 299 - - - - -

Not available for work . . . 12,364 12,175 647 7,169 3,469 890 14 - 59 46 70

Females 15 years and over. 34,789 34,267 3,532 17,813 10,700 2,223 - 35 96 105 287

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 14,167 13,942 2,584 6,017 4,634 707 - - 58 81 85

Percent. . . . . . . . . 40.7 40.7 73.2 33.8 43.3 31.8 - - 60.4 77.1 29.6

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 12,698 12,508 2,584 5,505 3,763 657 - - 46 58 85

Formal Workforce . . . . . 5,222 5,032 621 2,151 1,835 426 - - 46 58 85

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 7,476 7,476 1,963 3,354 1,928 231 - - - - -

Subsistence. . . . . . . 5,549 5,549 1,724 2,483 1,138 204 - - - - -

Market Oriented. . . . . 1,927 1,927 239 871 790 27 - - - - -

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,468 1,433 - 512 871 50 - - 12 23 -

Percent. . . . . . . . . 10.4 10.3 - 8.5 18.8 7.1 - - 20.7 28.4 -

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 20,622 20,325 948 11,796 6,066 1,515 - 35 37 23 201

Could have taken a job . . . 521 521 - 57 97 368 - - - - -

Not available for work . . . 20,101 19,804 948 11,739 5,969 1,148 - 35 37 23 201

HOURS FOR PAID WORK

Formal Workforce 15+ years 15,940 15,248 1,841 6,917 5,361 1,127 - 12 324 165 192

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 14,374 13,693 1,662 6,496 5,102 433 - 12 324 154 192

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 28 - 28 - - - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 1,400 1,400 144 379 225 653 - - - - -

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 137 126 36 14 35 41 - - - 12 -

Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,718 10,215 1,220 4,767 3,526 702 - 12 278 107 107

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 9,720 9,228 1,149 4,485 3,383 212 - 12 278 96 107

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 28 - 28 - - - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 896 896 72 239 109 476 - - - - -

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 74 63 - 14 35 14 - - - 12 -

Females . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,222 5,032 621 2,151 1,835 426 - - 46 58 85

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 4,655 4,465 513 2,011 1,719 221 - - 46 58 85

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 505 505 72 140 116 177 - - - - -

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 63 63 36 - - 27 - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 20A. Subsistence Activities by Place of Birth, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

──────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┬───────

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

│ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Subsistence activities │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

──────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┴───────

HOME USE

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 15,531 15,472 3,099 7,853 4,030 490 - - 12 - 48

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 12,287 12,264 2,129 6,092 3,879 163 - - 12 - 12

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 5,657 5,657 1,832 2,827 999 - - - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,370 8,322 1,089 5,375 1,463 395 - - - - 48

SOLD ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 5,995 5,984 453 3,054 2,381 95 - - 12 - -

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,590 4,590 453 2,031 2,079 27 - - - - -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 842 831 - 540 290 - - - 12 - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,011 3,011 119 1,962 848 82 - - - - -

GAVE AWAY ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 6,336 6,300 2,801 2,313 1,173 14 - - - - 36

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,020 4,020 1,832 1,189 999 - - - - - -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 2,409 2,409 1,832 427 151 - - - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,187 3,152 970 1,692 476 14 - - - - 36

RECEIVED ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 4,689 4,653 2,729 1,436 488 - - - - - 36

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 2,974 2,974 1,760 796 418 - - - - - -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 3,010 3,010 1,832 1,109 70 - - - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,064 2,028 970 896 163 - - - - - 36

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 21A. Occupation and Class of Worker by Birthplace, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

─────────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┬───────

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

Occupation │ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Class of worker │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

─────────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┴───────

OCCUPATION

Employed persons 15 years and over . 32,164 31,400 4,988 14,995 9,772 1,645 - 12 347 165 240

Legislators, senior officials and mngrs . 1,952 1,882 190 973 639 80 - - 35 35 -

Legislators & senior officials. . . . . 1,004 993 36 595 348 14 - - 12 - -

Corporate managers. . . . . . . . . . . 397 362 12 253 70 27 - - 12 23 -

General managers. . . . . . . . . . . . 551 527 143 125 221 39 - - 12 12 -

Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,164 4,887 813 2,675 1,103 295 - - 63 70 145

Physical, mathematical, and engineer. . 206 170 12 28 116 14 - - - - 36

Life Science and health professionals . 742 730 180 384 139 27 - - 12 - -

Teaching professionals. . . . . . . . . 3,695 3,528 611 1,978 697 243 - - 12 46 109

Other professionals . . . . . . . . . . 522 459 12 284 151 12 - - 40 23 -

Technicians & associated professionals. . 3,855 3,761 1,172 1,486 859 243 - - 23 23 48

Physical science & engineering assoc. . 531 508 72 142 186 109 - - 12 - 12

Life science and health associate prof. 683 683 263 253 128 39 - - - - -

Teaching associate professionals. . . . 1,567 1,556 826 611 105 14 - - - 12 -

Other associate professionals . . . . . 1,073 1,014 12 479 441 82 - - 12 12 36

Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,048 4,002 358 1,965 1,454 225 - 12 23 12 -

Office clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,893 1,858 311 805 583 159 - 12 23 - -

Customer services clerks. . . . . . . . 2,116 2,116 48 1,145 871 52 - - - - -

Other clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 28 - 14 - 14 - - - 12 -

Service workers,shop and market sales . . 5,189 5,118 467 3,130 1,428 93 - - 23 12 36

Personal and protective serv. wrkrs . . 4,651 4,592 287 2,916 1,335 52 - - 12 12 36

Salespersons, demonstrators, & models . 538 527 180 213 93 41 - - 12 - -

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers. 1,068 1,068 - 683 372 14 - - - - -

Market-oriented skilled agricultural. . 943 943 - 583 360 - - - - - -

Subsistence agricultural, fish. & rel . 125 125 - 100 12 14 - - - - -

Craft and Related Workers . . . . . . . . 2,734 2,529 492 788 1,153 95 - - 179 14 12

Extraction and building trades workers. 876 778 108 182 488 - - - 98 - -

Metal and machinery trades workers. . . 1,242 1,146 276 450 352 68 - - 70 14 12

Precision, handicraft, print. rel.trade 154 154 - 14 139 - - - - - -

Other craft and related trades workers. 463 451 108 142 174 27 - - 12 - -

Plant & machine operators and assemblers. 1,417 1,417 72 654 650 41 - - - - -

Industrial plant operators. . . . . . . 170 170 - 71 58 41 - - - - -

Stationary machine operators and assem. 110 110 - 28 81 - - - - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators. . . 1,126 1,126 72 555 499 - - - - - -

Other plant & mach.oper. & assemblers . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Elementary Occupations. . . . . . . . . . 6,638 6,638 1,424 2,543 2,114 558 - - - - -

Sales & services elementary occupation. 4,664 4,664 1,221 1,693 1,301 449 - - - - -

Agricultural, fishery and related lbr . 287 287 - 237 23 27 - - - - -

Labourers in mining, const. munfact.. . 1,687 1,687 203 613 790 82 - - - - -

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over . . 32,164 31,400 4,988 14,995 9,772 1,645 - 12 347 165 240

Private for wage and salary workers. . . 11,828 11,513 1,422 4,959 4,579 554 - - 209 58 48

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . 19,097 18,694 3,424 9,427 4,764 1,079 - 12 92 107 192

Self-employed workers . . . . . . . . . . 1,173 1,138 143 566 418 12 - - 35 - -

Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . 66 54 - 43 12 - - - 12 - -

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 21B. Occupation and Class of Worker by Birthplace, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

Occupation │ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Class of worker │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

OCCUPATION

Employed females 15 years and over . 12,636 12,446 2,584 5,491 3,728 643 - - 46 58 85

Legislators, senior officials and mngrs . 579 544 95 168 255 25 - - 23 12 -

Legislators & senior officials. . . . . 239 227 - 100 128 - - - 12 - -

Corporate managers. . . . . . . . . . . 77 77 - 54 23 - - - - - -

General managers. . . . . . . . . . . . 262 239 95 14 105 25 - - 12 12 -

Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117 2,021 431 1,042 441 107 - - 12 35 50

Physical, mathematical, and engineer. . 73 37 - - 23 14 - - - - 36

Life Science and health professionals . 461 461 144 199 105 14 - - - - -

Teaching professionals. . . . . . . . . 1,457 1,408 287 786 255 80 - - 12 23 14

Other professionals . . . . . . . . . . 127 115 - 57 58 - - - - 12 -

Technicians & associated professionals. . 1,370 1,370 586 478 279 27 - - - - -

Physical science & engineering assoc. . 147 147 72 28 46 - - - - - -

Life science and health associate prof. 279 279 119 100 46 14 - - - - -

Teaching associate professionals. . . . 683 683 395 228 46 14 - - - - -

Other associate professionals . . . . . 262 262 - 123 139 - - - - - -

Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431 2,419 167 1,174 894 185 - - - 12 -

Office clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015 1,015 119 452 325 119 - - - - -

Customer services clerks. . . . . . . . 1,390 1,390 48 721 569 52 - - - - -

Other clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 14 - - - 14 - - - 12 -

Service workers,shop and market sales . . 1,900 1,853 180 1,135 511 27 - - 12 - 36

Personal and protective serv. wrkrs . . 1,640 1,593 108 1,007 465 14 - - 12 - 36

Salespersons, demonstrators, & models . 260 260 72 128 46 14 - - - - -

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers. 335 335 - 242 93 - - - - - -

Market-oriented skilled agricultural. . 320 320 - 228 93 - - - - - -

Subsistence agricultural, fish. & rel . 14 14 - 14 - - - - - - -

Craft and Related Workers . . . . . . . . 666 666 144 128 395 - - - - - -

Extraction and building trades workers. 165 165 - 14 151 - - - - - -

Metal and machinery trades workers. . . 273 273 72 85 116 - - - - - -

Precision, handicraft, print. rel.trade 61 61 - 14 46 - - - - - -

Other craft and related trades workers. 167 167 72 14 81 - - - - - -

Plant & machine operators and assemblers. 239 239 36 156 46 - - - - - -

Industrial plant operators. . . . . . . 14 14 - 14 - - - - - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators. . . 225 225 36 142 46 - - - - - -

Elementary Occupations. . . . . . . . . . 2,928 2,928 945 897 813 272 - - - - -

Sales & services elementary occupation. 2,172 2,172 790 649 488 245 - - - - -

Agricultural, fishery and related lbr . 82 82 - 68 - 14 - - - - -

Labourers in mining, const. munfact.. . 674 674 155 180 325 14 - - - - -

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over . . 12,636 12,446 2,584 5,491 3,728 643 - - 46 58 85

Private for wage and salary workers. . . 5,009 4,939 526 2,338 1,765 309 - - 23 12 36

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,008 6,889 1,963 2,897 1,707 323 - - 23 46 50

Self-employed workers . . . . . . . . . . 590 590 95 228 255 12 - - - - -

Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . 28 28 - 28 - - - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 21C. Industry by Birthplace, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

│ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Industry │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

Employed persons 15 years and over . 32,164 31,400 4,988 14,995 9,772 1,645 - 12 347 165 240

Agriculture, hunting & forestry . . . . . 612 600 - 540 46 14 - - - 12 -

Agriculture, hunting & related services 612 600 - 540 46 14 - - - 12 -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 382 12 100 244 27 - - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries . 382 382 12 100 244 27 - - - - -

Mining and quarrying. . . . . . . . . . . 71 71 36 - 35 - - - - - -

Extraction of crude petroleum . . . . . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores. . . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Other mining and quarrying. . . . . . . 48 48 36 - 12 - - - - - -

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 566 72 26 441 27 - - 12 - -

Manuf.of food products & beverages. . . 174 174 - 12 163 - - - - - -

Manufacture of wearing apparel. . . . . 95 95 72 - 23 - - - - - -

Manuf. of wood and of products of wood. 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Publishing, printing. . . . . . . . . . 93 93 - - 93 - - - - - -

Manuf. of coke, refined petroleum . . . 14 14 - - - 14 - - - - -

Manufacture of electrical machinery . . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical. 23 23 - - 23 - - - - - -

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailer. 39 39 - 14 12 14 - - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment. . . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C. . . . 105 93 - - 93 - - - 12 - -

Electricity, gas & water supply . . . . . 757 757 144 284 302 27 - - - - -

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water . . 646 646 144 185 290 27 - - - - -

Collection, purification and dist . . . 111 111 - 100 12 - - - - - -

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 1,353 119 365 801 68 - - 46 - -

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor 4,064 3,936 633 2,022 1,138 144 - - 105 12 12

Sale, maintenance and repair of mv. . . 627 604 215 270 105 14 - - 12 - 12

Wholesale trade & commission trade. . . 723 723 144 469 70 41 - - - - -

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,713 2,609 274 1,282 964 89 - - 93 12 -

Hotels and restaurants. . . . . . . . . . 947 899 - 524 348 27 - - 12 - 36

Transport, Storage & Communication. . . . 1,558 1,534 371 470 639 54 - - - 23 -

Land transport; transport via pipeline. 486 474 191 120 163 - - - - 12 -

Water transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 295 - 154 128 14 - - - - -

Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 183 72 100 12 - - - - - -

Supporting & auxiliary transport act. . 431 431 108 54 255 14 - - - - -

Post & Telecommunication. . . . . . . . 163 151 - 43 81 27 - - - 12 -

Financial Intermediation. . . . . . . . . 230 219 48 14 116 41 - - - 12 -

Financial intermediation, except insur. 172 161 36 14 70 41 - - - 12 -

Insurance and pension . . . . . . . . . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Activities auxiliary to fin. intermed.. 46 46 12 - 35 - - - - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Act. . . . 1,011 941 - 552 350 39 - - 46 12 12

Computer and related activities . . . . 96 84 - 14 70 - - - - - 12

Research and Development. . . . . . . . 35 35 - - 35 - - - - - -

Other business activities . . . . . . . 881 822 - 538 246 39 - - 46 12 -

Public administration & defence . . . . . 10,065 9,901 1,688 5,105 2,744 364 - - 80 12 72

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,991 4,812 909 2,643 975 284 - 12 12 58 97

Health and Social Work. . . . . . . . . . 1,312 1,289 418 524 267 80 - - 12 - 12

Other community, social and personal serv 1,650 1,624 359 729 209 327 - - - 26 -

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation. 975 975 359 268 35 313 - - - - -

Activities of membership organizations. 544 518 - 379 139 - - - - 26 -

Recreational, cultural & sporting act.. 74 74 - 26 35 14 - - - - -

Other service activities. . . . . . . . 57 57 - 57 - - - - - - -

Private households with employed persons. 2,476 2,452 180 1,070 1,080 123 - - 23 - -

Extraterritorial organizations. . . . . . 23 23 - - 23 - - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 21D. Industry by Birthplace, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

│ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Industry │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

Employed females 15 years and over . 12,636 12,446 2,584 5,491 3,728 643 - - 46 58 85

Agriculture, hunting & forestry . . . . . 237 237 - 213 23 - - - - - -

Agriculture, hunting & related services 237 237 - 213 23 - - - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 147 12 28 93 14 - - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries . 147 147 12 28 93 14 - - - - -

Mining and quarrying. . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores. . . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 234 72 12 151 - - - - - -

Manuf.of food products & beverages. . . 46 46 - 12 35 - - - - - -

Manufacture of wearing apparel. . . . . 95 95 72 - 23 - - - - - -

Publishing, printing. . . . . . . . . . 23 23 - - 23 - - - - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical. 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailer. 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment. . . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C. . . . 35 35 - - 35 - - - - - -

Electricity, gas & water supply . . . . . 236 236 36 142 58 - - - - - -

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water . . 179 179 36 85 58 - - - - - -

Collection, purification and dist . . . 57 57 - 57 - - - - - - -

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 555 72 100 383 - - - - - -

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor 1,767 1,743 358 741 569 76 - - 12 12 -

Sale, maintenance and repair of mv. . . 219 219 144 28 46 - - - - - -

Wholesale trade & commission trade. . . 230 230 36 171 23 - - - - - -

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318 1,295 178 542 499 76 - - 12 12 -

Hotels and restaurants. . . . . . . . . . 569 522 - 324 197 - - - 12 - 36

Transport, Storage & Communication. . . . 424 412 72 125 174 41 - - - 12 -

Land transport; transport via pipeline. 102 90 36 54 - - - - - 12 -

Water transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 61 - 14 46 - - - - - -

Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 43 - 43 - - - - - - -

Supporting & auxiliary transport act. . 142 142 36 - 93 14 - - - - -

Post & Telecommunication. . . . . . . . 76 76 - 14 35 27 - - - - -

Financial Intermediation. . . . . . . . . 156 156 36 - 93 27 - - - - -

Financial intermediation, except insur. 133 133 36 - 70 27 - - - - -

Activities auxiliary to fin. intermed.. 23 23 - - 23 - - - - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Act. . . . 368 368 - 213 128 27 - - - - -

Research and Development. . . . . . . . 12 12 - - 12 - - - - - -

Other business activities . . . . . . . 357 357 - 213 116 27 - - - - -

Public administration & defence . . . . . 3,213 3,165 766 1,516 790 93 - - 12 - 36

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020 1,972 431 1,039 395 107 - - 12 23 14

Health and Social Work. . . . . . . . . . 657 657 263 228 139 27 - - - - -

Other community, social and personal serv 966 954 359 374 58 163 - - - 12 -

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation. 645 645 359 111 12 163 - - - - -

Activities of membership organizations. 266 255 - 208 46 - - - - 12 -

Recreational, cultural & sporting act.. 12 12 - 12 - - - - - - -

Other service activities. . . . . . . . 43 43 - 43 - - - - - - -

Private households with employed persons. 1,076 1,076 108 436 465 68 - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 22. Income in 1996 of Households and Families by Birthplace of Householder, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

Household Income │ │ FSM │ │ │ │ │

Family Income │ ├───────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┤ │ │ │United│ Else-

Person's Income │ Total│ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│ Guam│ CNMI│ Asia│States│ where

INCOME IN 1996

Total households . . . . . 13,286 12,835 1,849 5,848 4,201 936 - - 221 100 131

Less than $1,000 . . . . . . . 1,869 1,869 191 785 848 45 - - - - -

$1,000 to $1,999 . . . . . . . 1,212 1,212 214 656 319 23 - - - - -

$2,000 to $2,999 . . . . . . . 1,057 1,028 107 580 329 11 - - 10 - 20

$3,000 to $3,999 . . . . . . . 1,426 1,426 178 821 325 102 - - - - -

$4,000 to $4,999 . . . . . . . 914 878 71 519 219 68 - - - - 36

$5,000 to $7,499 . . . . . . . 1,962 1,916 331 891 469 225 - - 36 - 10

$7,500 to $9,999 . . . . . . . 1,188 1,158 234 362 369 193 - - 30 - -

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . 995 985 269 299 349 68 - - 10 - -

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . 666 610 81 344 140 45 - - 20 - 36

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . 866 806 143 235 349 79 - - 20 20 20

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . 355 315 - 134 160 21 - - 40 - -

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . 494 399 30 127 200 43 - - 35 60 -

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . 205 175 - 58 105 11 - - 10 10 10

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . 78 58 - 38 20 - - - 10 10 -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . 5,211 5,006 6,235 4,159 5,322 7,422 - - 16,125 30,000 10,000

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . 9,159 8,711 7,265 7,822 10,078 10,993 - - 21,001 36,581 12,225

FAMILY INCOME

Total families . . . . . . 12,910 12,564 1,732 5,826 4,082 925 - - 165 60 121

Less than $1,000. . . . . . . . 1,789 1,789 191 785 768 45 - - - - -

$1,000 to $1,999. . . . . . . . 1,212 1,212 214 656 319 23 - - - - -

$2,000 to $2,999. . . . . . . . 1,035 1,015 107 567 329 11 - - - - 20

$3,000 to $3,999. . . . . . . . 1,401 1,401 143 821 325 113 - - - - -

$4,000 to $4,999. . . . . . . . 925 890 71 519 219 79 - - - - 36

$5,000 to $7,499. . . . . . . . 1,850 1,840 295 881 449 214 - - - - 10

$7,500 to $9,999. . . . . . . . 1,165 1,135 234 362 369 170 - - 30 - -

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . 985 965 260 299 339 68 - - 20 - -

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . 666 610 81 344 140 45 - - 20 - 36

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . 791 761 107 235 339 79 - - 10 10 10

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . 345 315 - 134 160 21 - - 30 - -

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . 474 399 30 127 200 43 - - 35 40 -

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . 195 175 - 58 105 11 - - 10 - 10

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . 78 58 - 38 20 - - - 10 10 -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . 5,126 4,972 6,191 4,162 5,448 7,220 - - 20,417 30,000 6,250

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . 8,057 7,731 6,950 6,962 8,853 9,082 - - 21,648 33,833 10,676

Person's Income

TOTAL w/income. . . . . . . . 30,231 29,362 5,370 12,158 10,006 1,827 - 23 383 200 263

Mean income($). . . . . . . 4,008 3,778 2,521 3,657 4,282 5,512 - 2,557 10,438 22,162 6,746

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 23. Age and Marital Status by Ethnicity, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

─────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

│ │ Ethnicity

│ ├──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────

Age │ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Marital Status │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

─────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────

AGE

Persons 15 years and over. . . . . . . . 68,377 6,725 28,498 7,259 13,981 5,830 4,690 552 397 187 200 58

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,770 828 6,408 1,529 2,985 952 905 82 35 12 23 12

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,624 526 4,196 792 2,465 987 562 73 12 - - 12

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,162 540 2,986 620 1,672 604 645 36 12 35 12 -

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,592 741 2,677 806 1,350 523 402 - 46 - 35 12

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,510 730 2,677 665 1,475 476 325 25 88 - 26 23

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,917 812 2,481 488 1,143 488 447 23 12 12 12 -

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,725 802 2,258 659 953 395 404 169 49 35 - -

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,415 371 1,203 397 534 383 338 48 46 36 58 -

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,517 180 979 322 453 221 245 25 58 23 12 -

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,587 574 1,028 240 337 197 136 12 40 23 - -

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626 227 680 225 197 197 52 12 - 12 23 -

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221 108 370 257 186 209 91 - - - - -

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080 215 356 146 116 116 95 36 - - - -

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 - 128 54 105 58 14 12 - - - -

85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 72 71 57 12 23 27 - - - - -

Median. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 40.0 31.2 34.3 29.6 33.6 32.9 46.1 42.5 50.0 41.9 32.3

Females. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,789 3,496 14,565 3,686 7,123 3,077 2,291 268 84 94 58 46

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,792 289 3,126 810 1,533 523 430 23 23 12 12 12

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,827 325 2,097 326 1,301 499 255 14 - - - 12

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,521 299 1,536 277 801 279 270 36 12 12 - -

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,662 503 1,488 441 699 267 241 - 12 - 12 -

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,566 431 1,531 351 801 267 148 14 - - - 23

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,954 406 1,286 243 536 244 204 23 - 12 - -

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,706 371 1,038 282 441 267 243 50 14 - - -

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688 108 578 231 290 186 189 36 23 36 12 -

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,242 72 566 180 186 81 109 14 - 23 12 -

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340 335 524 149 139 128 54 12 - - - -

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 108 370 114 105 128 14 12 - - 12 -

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 72 156 120 128 93 80 - - - - -

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 144 199 80 93 70 14 36 - - - -

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 - 71 40 58 35 14 - - - - -

85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 36 - 43 12 12 27 - - - - -

Median. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 38.9 31.8 34.9 29.5 34.5 34.0 47.5 32.9 51.6 52.5 24.8

MARITAL STATUS

Males 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . 33,588 3,229 13,933 3,573 6,858 2,752 2,399 284 313 93 142 12

Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,492 1,028 5,976 1,487 2,778 1,068 1,013 82 23 - 23 12

Now married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,023 2,057 7,544 1,934 3,848 1,637 1,345 202 290 81 84 -

Consensually married. . . . . . . . . . . . 188 - 128 - 35 12 14 - - - - -

Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 - - 26 12 - - - - - - -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724 108 327 85 105 46 41 - - - 12 -

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 36 85 40 116 - - - - 12 23 -

Females 15 years and over. . . . . . . . 34,789 3,496 14,565 3,686 7,123 3,077 2,291 268 84 94 58 46

Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,143 432 3,194 734 1,742 546 448 - 12 - 23 12

Now married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,124 2,884 11,200 2,923 5,289 2,508 1,816 268 72 94 35 35

Consensually married. . . . . . . . . . . . 257 - 222 - - 35 - - - - - -

Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 72 142 28 58 - 27 - - - - -

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 108 28 - 35 23 - - - - - -

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 24A. Hourly Wages for Occupation and Class of Worker by Ethnicity, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

─────────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

│ │ Ethnicity

Occupation │ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Class of worker │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

OCCUPATION

Employed persons 15 years and over . 32,164 4,963 12,299 3,197 6,809 2,288 1,707 272 324 129 154 23

Legislators, senior officials and mngrs . 1,952 190 808 177 395 244 68 12 12 12 35 -

Legislators & senior officials. . . . . 1,004 36 441 165 209 139 14 - - - - -

Corporate managers. . . . . . . . . . . 397 12 253 - 46 23 27 - 12 - 23 -

General managers. . . . . . . . . . . . 551 143 114 12 139 81 27 12 - 12 12 -

Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,164 827 2,170 609 674 325 284 119 63 12 58 23

Physical, mathematical, and engineer. . 206 12 28 12 81 23 14 36 - - - -

Life Science and health professionals . 742 180 356 40 70 58 27 - 12 - - -

Teaching professionals. . . . . . . . . 3,695 624 1,587 460 430 209 231 72 23 - 46 12

Other professionals . . . . . . . . . . 522 12 199 97 93 35 12 12 28 12 12 12

Technicians & associated professionals. . 3,855 1,172 1,085 434 499 302 280 36 12 23 12 -

Physical science & engineering assoc. . 531 72 100 40 105 81 123 - 12 - - -

Life science and health associate prof. 683 263 182 71 58 70 39 - - - - -

Teaching associate professionals. . . . 1,567 826 441 171 116 - 14 - - - - -

Other associate professionals . . . . . 1,073 12 362 152 221 151 105 36 - 23 12 -

Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,048 322 1,741 258 1,034 360 239 23 35 36 - -

Office clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,893 275 697 132 372 186 173 - 23 36 - -

Customer services clerks. . . . . . . . 2,116 48 1,030 127 650 174 52 23 12 - - -

Other clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 - 14 - 12 - 14 - - - - -

Service workers,shop and market sales . . 5,189 467 2,429 724 1,045 314 105 48 23 23 12 -

Personal and protective serv. wrkrs . . 4,651 287 2,230 686 1,010 279 64 48 12 23 12 -

Salespersons, demonstrators, & models . 538 180 199 37 35 35 41 - 12 - - -

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers. 1,068 - 597 109 314 35 14 - - - - -

Market-oriented skilled agricultural. . 943 - 512 94 302 35 - - - - - -

Subsistence agricultural, fish. & rel . 125 - 85 14 12 - 14 - - - - -

Craft and Related Workers . . . . . . . . 2,734 489 692 181 898 163 119 - 168 12 14 -

Extraction and building trades workers. 876 108 168 37 441 23 - - 98 - - -

Metal and machinery trades workers. . . 1,242 274 381 106 213 93 91 - 58 12 14 -

Precision, handicraft, print. rel.trade 154 - 14 12 105 23 - - - - - -

Other craft and related trades workers. 463 108 128 26 139 23 27 - 12 - - -

Plant & machine operators and assemblers. 1,417 72 569 143 499 58 41 - 12 - 23 -

Industrial plant operators. . . . . . . 170 - 71 - 58 - 41 - - - - -

Stationary machine operators and assem. 110 - 28 12 58 12 - - - - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators. . . 1,126 72 469 132 372 46 - - 12 - 23 -

Other plant & mach.oper. & assemblers . 12 - - - 12 - - - - - - -

Elementary Occupations. . . . . . . . . . 6,638 1,424 2,123 548 1,452 488 558 35 - 12 - -

Sales & services elementary occupation. 4,664 1,221 1,431 344 1,034 163 449 12 - 12 - -

Agricultural, fishery and related lbr . 287 - 185 40 23 12 27 - - - - -

Labourers in mining, const. munfact.. . 1,687 203 507 164 395 314 82 23 - - - -

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over . . 32,164 4,963 12,299 3,197 6,809 2,288 1,707 272 324 129 154 23

Private for wage and salary workers. . . 11,828 1,433 4,487 702 3,369 825 616 82 221 23 70 -

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . 19,097 3,387 7,286 2,388 3,080 1,405 1,091 190 68 94 84 23

Self-employed workers . . . . . . . . . . 1,173 143 483 106 348 58 - - 23 12 - -

Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . 66 - 43 - 12 - - - 12 - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 24B. Hourly Wages for Occupation and Class of Worker by Ethnicity, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ Ethnicity

Occupation │ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Class of worker │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

OCCUPATION

Employed females 15 years and over . 12,636 2,548 4,774 903 2,520 975 657 107 46 59 35 12

Legislators, senior officials and mngrs . 579 95 154 26 139 128 14 - - 12 12 -

Legislators & senior officials. . . . . 239 - 85 26 70 58 - - - - - -

Corporate managers. . . . . . . . . . . 77 - 54 - 12 12 - - - - - -

General managers. . . . . . . . . . . . 262 95 14 - 58 58 14 - - 12 12 -

Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117 431 879 209 302 93 109 36 23 - 23 12

Physical, mathematical, and engineer. . 73 - - 12 12 - 14 36 - - - -

Life Science and health professionals . 461 144 199 - 70 35 14 - - - - -

Teaching professionals. . . . . . . . . 1,457 287 637 172 186 46 82 - 23 - 23 -

Other professionals . . . . . . . . . . 127 - 43 26 35 12 - - - - - 12

Technicians & associated professionals. . 1,370 586 398 80 163 93 50 - - - - -

Physical science & engineering assoc. . 147 72 28 - 23 23 - - - - - -

Life science and health associate prof. 279 119 71 28 23 23 14 - - - - -

Teaching associate professionals. . . . 683 395 213 14 46 - 14 - - - - -

Other associate professionals . . . . . 262 - 85 37 70 46 23 - - - - -

Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431 131 1,087 121 627 232 185 - 12 36 - -

Office clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015 83 427 49 186 116 119 - - 36 - -

Customer services clerks. . . . . . . . 1,390 48 661 72 430 116 52 - 12 - - -

Other clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 - - - 12 - 14 - - - - -

Service workers,shop and market sales . . 1,900 180 967 180 372 116 27 48 12 - - -

Personal and protective serv. wrkrs . . 1,640 108 853 165 348 93 14 48 12 - - -

Salespersons, demonstrators, & models . 260 72 114 14 23 23 14 - - - - -

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers. 335 - 199 43 93 - - - - - - -

Market-oriented skilled agricultural. . 320 - 185 43 93 - - - - - - -

Subsistence agricultural, fish. & rel . 14 - 14 - - - - - - - - -

Craft and Related Workers . . . . . . . . 666 144 114 49 314 46 - - - - - -

Extraction and building trades workers. 165 - 14 12 139 - - - - - - -

Metal and machinery trades workers. . . 273 72 71 14 81 35 - - - - - -

Precision, handicraft, print. rel.trade 61 - 14 12 35 - - - - - - -

Other craft and related trades workers. 167 72 14 12 58 12 - - - - - -

Plant & machine operators and assemblers. 239 36 156 12 35 - - - - - - -

Industrial plant operators. . . . . . . 14 - 14 - - - - - - - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators. . . 225 36 142 12 35 - - - - - - -

Elementary Occupations. . . . . . . . . . 2,928 945 748 183 476 267 272 23 - 12 - -

Sales & services elementary occupation. 2,172 790 566 118 360 70 245 12 - 12 - -

Agricultural, fishery and related lbr . 82 - 43 14 12 - 14 - - - - -

Labourers in mining, const. munfact.. . 674 155 140 52 105 197 14 12 - - - -

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed females 15 years and over . . 12,636 2,548 4,774 903 2,520 975 657 107 46 59 35 12

Private for wage and salary workers. . . 5,009 526 2,120 288 1,219 430 321 48 35 12 12 -

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,008 1,927 2,455 547 1,080 511 336 59 12 48 23 12

Self-employed workers . . . . . . . . . . 590 95 171 68 221 35 - - - - - -

Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . 28 - 28 - - - - - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 24C. Hourly Wages by Industry by Class of Worker by Ethnicity, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ Ethnicity

│ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Industry │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

Employed persons 15 years and over . 32,164 4,963 12,299 3,197 6,809 2,288 1,707 272 324 129 154 23

Agriculture, hunting & forestry . . . . . 612 - 483 57 58 - 14 - - - - -

Agriculture, hunting & related services 612 - 483 57 58 - 14 - - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 12 100 12 186 46 27 - - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries . 382 12 100 12 186 46 27 - - - - -

Mining and quarrying. . . . . . . . . . . 71 36 - - 12 23 - - - - - -

Extraction of crude petroleum . . . . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores. . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Other mining and quarrying. . . . . . . 48 36 - - 12 - - - - - - -

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 72 14 23 360 70 27 - 12 - - -

Manuf.of food products & beverages. . . 174 - - 12 151 12 - - - - - -

Manufacture of wearing apparel. . . . . 95 72 - - 23 - - - - - - -

Manuf. of wood and of products of wood. 12 - - - 12 - - - - - - -

Publishing, printing. . . . . . . . . . 93 - - - 70 23 - - - - - -

Manuf. of coke, refined petroleum . . . 14 - - - - - 14 - - - - -

Manufacture of electrical machinery . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical. 23 - - - 12 12 - - - - - -

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailer. 39 - 14 - 12 - 14 - - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment. . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C. . . . 105 - - 12 81 - - - 12 - - -

Electricity, gas & water supply . . . . . 757 144 213 118 209 46 27 - - - - -

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water . . 646 144 142 89 197 46 27 - - - - -

Collection, purification and dist . . . 111 - 71 28 12 - - - - - - -

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 119 282 141 418 279 68 23 46 - 23 -

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor 4,064 644 1,807 296 848 186 144 12 93 23 12 -

Sale, maintenance and repair of mv. . . 627 227 228 43 93 12 14 - 12 - - -

Wholesale trade & commission trade. . . 723 144 427 54 35 23 41 - - - - -

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,713 274 1,153 199 720 151 89 12 81 23 12 -

Hotels and restaurants. . . . . . . . . . 947 - 483 40 279 70 27 36 12 - - -

Transport, Storage & Communication. . . . 1,558 371 421 96 395 174 66 - 12 - 12 12

Land transport; transport via pipeline. 486 191 109 23 93 46 12 - - - - 12

Water transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 - 128 14 139 - 14 - - - - -

Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 72 100 - - 12 - - - - - -

Supporting & auxiliary transport act. . 431 108 43 58 105 93 14 - 12 - - -

Post & Telecommunication. . . . . . . . 163 - 43 - 58 23 27 - - - 12 -

Financial Intermediation. . . . . . . . . 230 48 14 - 58 46 52 - - - 12 -

Financial intermediation, except insur. 172 36 14 - 23 46 41 - - - 12 -

Insurance and pension . . . . . . . . . 12 - - - 12 - - - - - - -

Activities auxiliary to fin. intermed.. 46 12 - - 23 - 12 - - - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Act. . . . 1,011 - 412 186 244 46 64 - 35 12 12 -

Computer and related activities . . . . 96 - - 26 46 12 12 - - - - -

Research and Development. . . . . . . . 35 - - - 23 12 - - - - - -

Other business activities . . . . . . . 881 - 412 160 174 23 52 - 35 12 12 -

Public administration & defence . . . . . 10,065 1,638 4,071 1,153 1,862 743 375 83 57 71 12 -

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,991 923 2,114 553 685 279 272 72 23 - 58 12

Health and Social Work. . . . . . . . . . 1,312 418 438 109 116 116 80 12 12 12 - -

Other community, social and personal serv 1,650 359 606 123 197 - 327 23 - - 14 -

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation. 975 359 185 71 46 - 313 - - - - -

Activities of membership organizations. 544 - 350 40 128 - - 12 - - 14 -

Recreational, cultural & sporting act.. 74 - 14 12 23 - 14 12 - - - -

Other service activities. . . . . . . . 57 - 57 - - - - - - - - -

Private households with employed persons. 2,476 180 825 292 871 139 123 12 23 12 - -

Extraterritorial organizations. . . . . . 23 - - - - 23 - - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 24D. Hourly Wages by Industry by Class of Worker by Ethnicity, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ Ethnicity

│ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Industry │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

Employed females 15 years and over . 12,636 2,548 4,774 903 2,520 975 657 107 46 59 35 12

Agriculture, hunting & forestry . . . . . 237 - 199 14 23 - - - - - - -

Agriculture, hunting & related services 237 - 199 14 23 - - - - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 12 28 - 81 12 14 - - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries . 147 12 28 - 81 12 14 - - - - -

Mining and quarrying. . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores. . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 72 - 12 128 23 - - - - - -

Manuf.of food products & beverages. . . 46 - - 12 35 - - - - - - -

Manufacture of wearing apparel. . . . . 95 72 - - 23 - - - - - - -

Publishing, printing. . . . . . . . . . 23 - - - 23 - - - - - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical. 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailer. 12 - - - 12 - - - - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment. . . 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C. . . . 35 - - - 35 - - - - - - -

Electricity, gas & water supply . . . . . 236 36 114 40 35 12 - - - - - -

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water . . 179 36 71 26 35 12 - - - - - -

Collection, purification and dist . . . 57 - 43 14 - - - - - - - -

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 72 85 37 151 197 - 12 - - - -

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor 1,767 358 661 103 430 105 76 - 12 12 12 -

Sale, maintenance and repair of mv. . . 219 144 28 - 46 - - - - - - -

Wholesale trade & commission trade. . . 230 36 142 28 12 12 - - - - - -

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318 178 490 75 372 93 76 - 12 12 12 -

Hotels and restaurants. . . . . . . . . . 569 - 284 40 151 46 - 36 12 - - -

Transport, Storage & Communication. . . . 424 72 114 35 93 58 41 - - - - 12

Land transport; transport via pipeline. 102 36 43 12 - - - - - - - 12

Water transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 - 14 - 46 - - - - - - -

Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 - 43 - - - - - - - - -

Supporting & auxiliary transport act. . 142 36 - 23 23 46 14 - - - - -

Post & Telecommunication. . . . . . . . 76 - 14 - 23 12 27 - - - - -

Financial Intermediation. . . . . . . . . 156 36 - - 35 46 39 - - - - -

Financial intermediation, except insur. 133 36 - - 23 46 27 - - - - -

Activities auxiliary to fin. intermed.. 23 - - - 12 - 12 - - - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Act. . . . 368 - 213 12 105 12 27 - - - - -

Research and Development. . . . . . . . 12 - - - 12 - - - - - - -

Other business activities . . . . . . . 357 - 213 12 93 12 27 - - - - -

Public administration & defence . . . . . 3,213 730 1,363 235 488 221 93 48 - 36 - -

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020 431 851 189 302 93 109 - 23 - 23 -

Health and Social Work. . . . . . . . . . 657 263 185 43 81 58 27 - - - - -

Other community, social and personal serv 966 359 336 26 70 - 163 12 - - - -

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation. 645 359 85 14 23 - 163 - - - - -

Activities of membership organizations. 266 - 208 - 46 - - 12 - - - -

Recreational, cultural & sporting act.. 12 - - 12 - - - - - - - -

Other service activities. . . . . . . . 43 - 43 - - - - - - - - -

Private households with employed persons. 1,076 108 341 118 348 81 68 - - 12 - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 25. Citizenship, Year of Entry by Ethnicity and Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ Ethnicity

Citizenship │ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Year of Entry │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

Persons 18 years and over. 59,429 6,148 24,291 6,167 12,216 5,296 4,057 470 362 175 200 46

Federated States of Micronesia. 58,154 6,148 24,265 6,141 12,088 5,261 4,018 93 - 106 23 12

Born in FSM. . . . . . . . . 58,154 6,148 24,265 6,141 12,088 5,261 4,018 93 - 106 23 12

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 1,274 - 26 26 128 35 39 377 362 70 177 35

United States Citizens . . . 224 - - 12 35 23 - 36 - - 107 12

U.S born citizen. . . . . 175 - - 12 35 23 - 36 - - 58 12

U.S citizen by natural. . 49 - - - - - - - - - 49 -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 1,050 - 26 14 93 12 39 341 362 70 70 23

Permanent residence . . . 259 - - - - - - 86 127 35 12 -

Temporary residence . . . 791 - 26 14 93 12 39 255 236 35 58 23

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 1,274 - 26 26 128 35 39 377 362 70 177 35

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 375 - 14 26 58 - 25 23 89 23 93 23

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 297 - 12 - 46 12 14 83 70 - 61 -

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 144 - - - - - - 50 82 - 12 -

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 109 - - - 23 - - 14 49 23 - -

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 160 - - - - 12 - 100 37 - - 12

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 58 - - - - - - - 35 23 - -

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 48 - - - - - - 36 - - 12 -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 - - - - - - 72 - - - -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 30,534 3,327 12,605 3,107 6,252 2,752 2,010 245 61 82 58 35

Federated States of Micronesia. 30,036 3,327 12,579 3,107 6,183 2,752 1,983 35 - 59 - 12

Born in FSM. . . . . . . . . 30,036 3,327 12,579 3,107 6,183 2,752 1,983 35 - 59 - 12

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 498 - 26 - 70 - 27 210 61 23 58 23

United States Citizens . . . 58 - - - 12 - - - - - 35 12

U.S born citizen. . . . . 58 - - - 12 - - - - - 35 12

U.S citizen by naturaliza - - - - - - - - - - - -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 440 - 26 - 58 - 27 210 61 23 23 12

Permanent residence . . . 123 - - - - - - 86 26 12 - -

Temporary residence . . . 317 - 26 - 58 - 27 124 35 12 23 12

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 498 - 26 - 70 - 27 210 61 23 58 23

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 156 - 14 - 35 - 14 12 23 12 35 12

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 96 - 12 - 12 - 14 36 12 - 12 -

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 50 - - - - - - 50 - - - -

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 48 - - - 23 - - 14 12 - - -

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 54 - - - - - - 28 14 - - 12

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 12 - - - - - - - - 12 - -

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 12 - - - - - - - - - 12 -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 - - - - - - 72 - - - -

RELIGION

Persons 15 years and over. . 68,377 6,725 28,498 7,259 13,981 5,830 4,690 552 397 187 200 58

Protestant/Congregation . . . . 34,405 50 13,682 5,761 5,167 5,005 4,394 205 37 46 46 12

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . . 32,052 6,485 14,155 1,360 8,501 627 37 248 360 117 116 46

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 - 85 - 139 58 109 - - 12 - -

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . . 95 - - - - - 95 - - - - -

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 12 319 35 58 12 14 14 - - 12 -

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . 947 180 256 103 116 128 41 86 - 12 26 -

Female 15 years and over . . 34,789 3,496 14,565 3,686 7,123 3,077 2,291 268 84 94 58 46

Protestant/Congregation . . . . 17,360 36 6,915 2,935 2,559 2,601 2,143 110 14 23 23 -

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . . 16,372 3,424 7,229 675 4,378 337 12 95 70 71 35 46

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 - 57 - 70 23 41 - - - - -

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . . 54 - - - - - 54 - - - - -

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 - 251 23 46 12 14 14 - - - -

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 36 114 52 70 105 27 50 - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 26. School Enrollment and Educational Attainment by Ethnicity, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ Ethnicity

School Enrollment │ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Educational Attainment │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL

Persons 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . . . . . . . . 17,344 1,453 8,129 2,262 3,043 1,115 1,120 118 23 - 46 35

High school or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,813 1,003 6,664 1,621 1,788 708 875 95 - - 23 35

Public school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,996 494 3,112 741 848 314 418 48 - - 12 12

College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,531 450 1,465 641 1,254 406 245 23 23 - 23 -

Public school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,154 225 697 320 581 174 123 12 12 - 12 -

Females 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . . . . . . . . 8,712 520 4,181 1,276 1,568 511 553 - 23 - 46 35

High school or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,443 402 3,327 880 1,010 348 417 - - - 23 35

Public school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,959 194 1,536 390 476 151 189 - - - 12 12

College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,269 118 853 395 557 163 136 - 23 - 23 -

Public school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,074 59 412 198 255 58 68 - 12 - 12 -

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over. . . . . . . . 40,166 4,617 15,163 4,360 8,161 3,705 3,074 350 351 175 177 35

Less than high school graduate. . . . . . . . 26,986 2,859 10,283 2,963 6,287 2,462 1,905 86 70 46 12 12

High school graduate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,329 871 2,540 801 898 488 400 131 129 59 12 -

Some college, no degree . . . . . . . . . . . 2,930 407 1,161 249 372 348 299 71 12 12 - -

Associate degree, occupational. . . . . . . . 1,051 36 424 89 221 139 119 - 12 12 - -

Associate degree, academic. . . . . . . . . . 1,601 373 430 114 174 128 297 48 12 12 14 -

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 59 253 118 186 93 27 - 94 35 35 -

Master's degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 - 28 26 12 35 12 - 12 - 93 12

Professional degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 12 43 - - 12 14 14 - - 12 12

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - - - 12 - - - 12 - - -

Percent high school graduate. . . . . . . . . 32.8 38.1 32.2 32.0 23.0 33.5 38.0 75.1 80.1 73.7 93.2 65.7

Percent bachelor's degree . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 1.5 2.1 3.3 2.6 3.8 1.7 4.0 33.6 20.0 78.5 65.7

Females 25 years and over. . . . . . . . 20,122 2,308 7,693 2,203 4,069 1,928 1,524 184 61 82 46 23

Less than high school graduate. . . . . . . . 15,358 1,866 5,684 1,692 3,407 1,452 1,147 75 12 12 - 12

High school graduate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,750 286 1,246 357 360 209 161 83 12 36 - -

Some college, no degree . . . . . . . . . . . 1,134 155 452 118 105 197 95 12 - - - -

Associate degree, occupational. . . . . . . . 384 - 156 37 105 35 39 - - 12 - -

Associate degree, academic. . . . . . . . . . 283 - 97 - 70 12 82 - 12 12 - -

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 - 57 - 23 23 - - 14 12 12 -

Master's degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - - - - - - - 12 - 35 -

Professional degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 - - - - - - 14 - - - 12

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - -

Percent high school graduate. . . . . . . . . 23.7 19.1 26.1 23.2 16.3 24.7 24.7 59.2 80.3 86.6 100.0 52.2

Percent bachelor's degree . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 - .7 - .6 1.2 - 7.6 42.6 14.6 100.0 52.2

Persons 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . 14,445 777 6,398 1,229 3,684 1,405 834 73 12 - 23 12

High school graduate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 39.8 11.5 16.7 12.9 9.9 11.2 49.3 - - - 100.0

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 27. Labor Force Characteristics by Ethnicity, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

──────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

│ │ Ethnicity

│ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Labor Force Status │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

──────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────

Persons 15 years and over. 68,377 6,725 28,498 7,259 13,981 5,830 4,690 552 397 187 200 58

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 35,033 5,154 13,180 3,269 7,076 3,554 1,827 308 336 129 177 23

Percent. . . . . . . . . 51.2 76.6 46.2 45.0 50.6 61.0 39.0 55.8 84.6 69.0 88.5 39.7

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 32,254 4,963 12,313 3,208 6,821 2,299 1,748 272 324 129 154 23

Formal Workforce . . . . . 15,940 1,817 5,628 1,568 3,395 1,545 1,203 202 301 106 154 23

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 16,313 3,147 6,685 1,640 3,426 755 544 71 23 23 - -

Subsistence. . . . . . . 10,166 2,693 3,874 1,232 1,324 488 449 71 23 12 - -

Market Oriented. . . . . 6,148 453 2,810 408 2,102 267 95 - - 12 - -

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 2,779 191 867 61 255 1,254 80 36 12 - 23 -

Percent. . . . . . . . . 7.9 3.7 6.6 1.9 3.6 35.3 4.4 11.7 3.6 - 13.0 -

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 33,344 1,571 15,317 3,990 6,905 2,276 2,862 244 62 58 23 35

Could have taken a job . . . 879 - 28 28 105 23 694 - - - - -

Not available for work . . . 32,465 1,571 15,289 3,961 6,801 2,253 2,168 244 62 58 23 35

Males 15 years and over. . 33,588 3,229 13,933 3,573 6,858 2,752 2,399 284 313 93 142 12

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 20,867 2,607 7,894 2,317 4,405 1,846 1,118 202 278 70 119 12

Percent. . . . . . . . . 62.1 80.7 56.7 64.8 64.2 67.1 46.6 71.1 88.8 75.3 83.8 100.0

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 19,555 2,415 7,525 2,294 4,289 1,312 1,077 166 278 70 119 12

Formal Workforce . . . . . 10,718 1,231 3,750 1,203 2,222 987 764 118 254 58 119 12

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 8,837 1,184 3,775 1,091 2,067 325 313 48 23 12 - -

Subsistence. . . . . . . 4,616 970 1,732 798 604 197 245 48 23 - - -

Market Oriented. . . . . 4,221 214 2,042 293 1,463 128 68 - - 12 - -

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,311 191 370 23 116 534 41 36 - - - -

Percent. . . . . . . . . 6.3 7.3 4.7 1.0 2.6 28.9 3.7 17.8 - - - -

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 12,722 623 6,038 1,256 2,453 906 1,281 82 36 23 23 -

Could have taken a job . . . 358 - - - 58 - 299 - - - - -

Not available for work . . . 12,364 623 6,038 1,256 2,395 906 982 82 36 23 23 -

Females 15 years and over. 34,789 3,496 14,565 3,686 7,123 3,077 2,291 268 84 94 58 46

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 14,167 2,548 5,286 952 2,671 1,707 709 107 58 59 58 12

Percent. . . . . . . . . 40.7 72.9 36.3 25.8 37.5 55.5 30.9 39.9 69.0 62.8 100.0 26.1

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 12,698 2,548 4,788 915 2,532 987 671 107 46 59 35 12

Formal Workforce . . . . . 5,222 585 1,878 365 1,173 557 439 83 46 48 35 12

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 7,476 1,963 2,910 549 1,359 430 231 23 - 12 - -

Subsistence. . . . . . . 5,549 1,724 2,142 434 720 290 204 23 - 12 - -

Market Oriented. . . . . 1,927 239 768 115 639 139 27 - - - - -

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,468 - 498 37 139 720 39 - 12 - 23 -

Percent. . . . . . . . . 10.4 - 9.4 3.9 5.2 42.2 5.5 - 20.7 - 39.7 -

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 20,622 948 9,279 2,734 4,452 1,370 1,581 162 26 35 - 35

Could have taken a job . . . 521 - 28 28 46 23 395 - - - - -

Not available for work . . . 20,101 948 9,251 2,705 4,406 1,347 1,186 162 26 35 - 35

HOURS FOR PAID WORK

Formal Workforce 15+ years 15,940 1,817 5,628 1,568 3,395 1,545 1,203 202 301 106 154 23

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 14,374 1,623 5,233 1,543 3,302 1,417 484 202 301 106 142 23

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 - 28 - - - - - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 1,400 157 367 - 93 116 667 - - - - -

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 137 36 - 26 - 12 52 - - - 12 -

Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,718 1,231 3,750 1,203 2,222 987 764 118 254 58 119 12

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 9,720 1,146 3,494 1,177 2,187 917 249 118 254 58 107 12

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 - 28 - - - - - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 896 85 228 - 35 58 490 - - - - -

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 74 - - 26 - 12 25 - - - 12 -

Females . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,222 585 1,878 365 1,173 557 439 83 46 48 35 12

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 4,655 477 1,739 365 1,115 499 235 83 46 48 35 12

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 505 72 140 - 58 58 177 - - - - -

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 63 36 - - - - 27 - - - - -

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 27A. Subsistence Activities by Ethnicity, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

──────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

│ │ Ethnicity

│ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Subsistence activities │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

HOME USE

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 15,531 370 6,457 1,628 3,043 720 490 59 23 12 - -

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 12,287 370 4,881 1,432 2,961 662 163 23 23 12 - -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 5,657 - 2,273 682 836 35 - - - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,370 119 4,349 1,119 987 383 395 48 - - - -

SOLD ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 5,995 417 2,739 397 2,056 244 95 - - 12 - -

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,590 417 1,758 342 1,893 116 27 - - - - -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 842 - 441 158 232 - - - - 12 - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,011 119 1,806 180 685 139 82 - - - - -

GAVE AWAY ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 6,336 72 1,761 552 1,161 12 14 36 - - - -

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,020 72 893 296 987 12 - - - - - -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 2,409 - 270 156 151 - - - - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,187 - 1,280 412 476 - 14 36 - - - -

RECEIVED ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 4,689 - 1,010 427 488 - - 36 - - - -

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 2,974 - 455 341 418 - - - - - - -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 3,010 - 683 427 70 - - - - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,064 - 540 356 163 - - 36 - - - -

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 28. Income in 1996 of Householders and Families by Ethnicity, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

│ │ Ethnicity

Household Income │ ├──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────

Family Income │ │ Yap-│Chuuk-│ Chuuk│ Pohn-│ Pohn.│ │ Other│ Fili-│ Other│ │

Person's Income │ Total│ ese│ ese│ O.Is.│ peian│ O.Is.│Kosrae│Pac Is│ pino│ Asian│ USA│ Other

────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────

INCOME IN 1996

Total households . . . . . 13,286 1,837 4,923 1,137 2,642 1,257 978 111 191 90 110 10

Less than $1,000 . . . . . . . 1,869 178 679 139 499 319 45 10 - - - -

$1,000 to $1,999 . . . . . . . 1,212 214 595 61 219 100 23 - - - - -

$2,000 to $2,999 . . . . . . . 1,057 107 428 172 180 140 11 - 10 - 10 -

$3,000 to $3,999 . . . . . . . 1,426 178 709 121 222 70 125 - - - - -

$4,000 to $4,999 . . . . . . . 914 71 443 86 130 60 78 46 - - - -

$5,000 to $7,499 . . . . . . . 1,962 331 694 227 299 130 225 - 36 10 10 -

$7,500 to $9,999 . . . . . . . 1,188 234 304 128 229 50 193 - 30 20 - -

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . 995 269 253 55 259 80 68 - - 10 - -

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . 666 81 283 81 50 60 45 46 20 - - -

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . 866 143 230 25 200 120 89 - 20 20 10 10

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . 355 - 114 10 110 50 21 - 40 10 - -

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . 494 30 127 - 140 60 43 - 35 - 60 -

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . 205 - 38 20 96 10 11 10 - 10 10 -

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . 78 - 25 13 10 10 - - - 10 10 -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . 5,211 6,284 4,113 4,884 5,598 4,008 7,294 8,750 14,938 16,250 29,167 17,500

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . 9,159 7,313 7,868 7,641 10,493 9,308 10,890 12,681 17,743 24,839 32,204 19,788

FAMILY INCOME

Total families . . . . . . 12,910 1,720 4,901 1,127 2,622 1,177 967 111 135 90 60 -

Less than $1,000. . . . . . . . 1,789 178 679 139 489 249 45 10 - - - -

$1,000 to $1,999. . . . . . . . 1,212 214 595 61 219 100 23 - - - - -

$2,000 to $2,999. . . . . . . . 1,035 107 415 172 180 140 11 - - - 10 -

$3,000 to $3,999. . . . . . . . 1,401 143 709 121 222 70 136 - - - - -

$4,000 to $4,999. . . . . . . . 925 71 443 86 130 60 89 46 - - - -

$5,000 to $7,499. . . . . . . . 1,850 295 684 217 299 130 214 - - 10 - -

$7,500 to $9,999. . . . . . . . 1,165 234 304 128 229 50 170 - 30 20 - -

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . 985 260 253 55 259 70 68 - 10 10 - -

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . 666 81 283 81 50 60 45 46 20 - - -

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . 791 107 230 25 190 120 89 - 10 20 - -

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . 345 - 114 10 110 50 21 - 30 10 - -

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . 474 30 127 - 140 60 43 - 35 - 40 -

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . 195 - 38 20 96 10 11 10 - 10 - -

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . 78 - 25 13 10 10 - - - 10 10 -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . 5,126 6,246 4,116 4,826 5,598 4,508 7,085 8,750 18,750 16,250 30,000 -

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . 8,057 6,999 7,014 6,712 9,086 8,431 9,006 11,666 18,496 21,340 31,267 -

INCOME BY TYPE 15+ Years

TOTAL w/income. . . . . . . . 30,231 5,346 10,327 2,226 6,426 3,054 1,903 261 348 140 177 23

Mean income($). . . . . . . 4,008 2,514 3,604 4,045 4,235 4,323 5,524 5,518 7,465 15,902 22,239 16,500

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 29. Age by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

──────────────────────────────┬────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

Age │ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Marital Status │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

──────────────────────────────┴────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘

AGE

Person 15 years and over 68,377 34,405 32,052 403 95 474 947

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . 13,770 7,271 6,016 75 54 162 191

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . 9,624 4,914 4,476 89 - 37 108

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . 7,162 3,648 3,332 83 - 26 72

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . 6,592 3,132 3,311 14 14 23 99

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . 6,510 2,895 3,473 14 - 12 117

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . 5,917 2,908 2,808 14 - 52 135

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . 5,725 2,724 2,790 39 27 52 93

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . 3,415 1,954 1,390 23 - - 48

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . 2,517 1,365 1,044 25 - 70 12

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . 2,587 1,171 1,378 - - 26 12

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . 1,626 830 744 - - 14 37

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . 1,221 772 437 - - - 12

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . 1,080 447 595 27 - - 12

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . 370 253 118 - - - -

85 years and over . . . . . 262 124 138 - - - -

Median. . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 32.2 33.3 27.3 19.4 32.6 35.2

Females 15 years and over 34,789 17,360 16,372 191 54 359 453

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . 6,792 3,629 2,845 63 27 151 77

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . 4,827 2,409 2,306 26 - 37 49

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . 3,521 1,707 1,756 23 - - 35

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . 3,662 1,701 1,837 14 14 23 73

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . 3,566 1,565 1,950 - - - 51

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . 2,954 1,390 1,442 14 - 52 57

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . 2,706 1,346 1,228 25 14 28 64

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . 1,688 1,031 634 12 - - 12

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . 1,242 639 536 14 - 42 12

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . 1,340 662 653 - - 26 -

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . 860 419 441 - - - -

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . 649 410 227 - - - 12

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . 635 258 366 - - - 12

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . 218 126 92 - - - -

85 years and over . . . . . 129 70 59 - - - -

Median. . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 32.8 33.5 26.4 30.2 23.9 34.5

MARITAL STATUS

Males 15 + years . . . 33,588 17,045 15,680 213 41 115 494

Never married . . . . . . . 13,492 7,353 5,885 88 - 12 155

Now married . . . . . . . . 19,023 9,142 9,311 98 41 92 340

Consensually married. . . 188 108 80 - - - -

Separated . . . . . . . . . 37 37 - - - - -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . 724 334 362 27 - - -

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . 312 178 122 - - 12 -

Females 15 + years . . 34,789 17,360 16,372 191 54 359 453

Never married . . . . . . . 7,143 3,827 3,015 112 - 94 96

Now married . . . . . . . . 27,124 13,353 13,029 65 54 265 357

Consensually married. . . 257 137 120 - - - -

Separated . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . 328 105 209 14 - - -

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . 194 75 119 - - - -

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 30. Ethnicity by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

│ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Ethnicity │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

Persons 15 years and over . 68,377 34,405 32,052 403 95 474 947

Single ethnic group . . . . . . 63,538 31,932 29,883 403 95 416 808

Yapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,675 50 6,435 - - 12 180

Chuukese. . . . . . . . . . . 28,129 13,576 13,893 85 - 319 256

Mortlockese/Outer Island. . . 6,652 5,606 966 - - - 80

Pohnpeian . . . . . . . . . . 12,864 4,770 7,816 139 - 58 81

Pingelapese . . . . . . . . . 1,695 1,661 35 - - - -

Mwoakilloan . . . . . . . . . 1,672 1,545 23 58 - - 46

Nukuoroan . . . . . . . . . . 197 174 23 - - - -

Kosraean. . . . . . . . . . . 4,597 4,324 14 109 95 14 41

Palauan . . . . . . . . . . . 335 108 155 - - - 72

Marshallese . . . . . . . . . 52 39 - - - 14 -

Other Pacific Islander. . . . 49 - 35 - - - 14

White . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 46 93 - - - 26

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 23 373 12 - - 12

Filipino. . . . . . . . . . 337 23 313 - - - -

Chinese/Taiwanese . . . . . - - - - - - -

Other single. . . . . . . . . 35 12 23 - - - -

Multiple ethnic group . . . . . 4,839 2,473 2,169 - - 58 139

Yapese and other. . . . . . . 86 - 86 - - - -

Chuukese and other. . . . . . 1,883 650 1,129 - - 70 35

Pohnpeian and other . . . . . 6,513 3,861 2,373 - - 35 244

Kosraean and other. . . . . . 163 139 23 - - - -

Other Multiple. . . . . . . . 1,035 296 728 - - 12 -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 36,908 17,360 18,491 191 54 359 453

Single ethnic group . . . . . . 34,391 16,085 17,389 191 54 324 348

Yapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,460 36 3,388 - - - 36

Chuukese. . . . . . . . . . . 14,390 6,875 7,094 57 - 251 114

Mortlockese/Outer Island. . . 3,394 2,867 487 - - - 40

Pohnpeian . . . . . . . . . . 6,494 2,336 3,995 70 - 46 46

Pingelapese . . . . . . . . . 836 825 12 - - - -

Mwoakilloan . . . . . . . . . 917 836 23 23 - - 35

Nukuoroan . . . . . . . . . . 128 105 23 - - - -

Kosraean. . . . . . . . . . . 2,244 2,108 - 41 54 14 27

Palauan . . . . . . . . . . . 144 36 72 - - - 36

Marshallese . . . . . . . . . 52 39 - - - 14 -

Other Pacific Islander. . . . 37 - 23 - - - 14

White . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 23 35 - - - -

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 - 94 - - - -

Filipino. . . . . . . . . . 46 - 46 - - - -

Chinese/Taiwanese . . . . . - - - - - - -

Other single. . . . . . . . . 23 - 23 - - - -

Multiple ethnic group . . . . . 2,516 1,275 1,102 - - 35 105

Yapese and other. . . . . . . 72 - 72 - - - -

Chuukese and other. . . . . . 936 324 542 - - 46 23

Pohnpeian and other . . . . . 3,407 1,979 1,218 - - 23 186

Kosraean and other. . . . . . 93 81 12 - - - -

Other Multiple. . . . . . . . 525 165 360 - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 31. Place of Birth by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

│ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Place of Birth │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

Persons 15 years and over . 68,377 34,405 32,052 403 95 474 947

Federated States of Micronesia. 67,056 34,090 31,207 392 95 449 824

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,775 86 6,497 - - 12 180

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 3,154 72 2,891 - - 12 180

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 3,620 14 3,606 - - - -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,856 19,188 14,950 85 - 308 324

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 9,598 4,718 4,539 85 - 71 185

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 7,460 4,192 3,143 - - 97 28

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 6,969 3,894 2,879 - - 128 68

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 7,106 6,075 977 - - 12 43

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 3,723 310 3,413 - - - -

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 20,958 10,606 9,746 197 14 116 279

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 2,497 1,707 592 139 - 12 46

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823 453 1,359 - - - 12

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903 197 2,648 35 - 23 -

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 2,955 2,014 871 - - 12 58

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 3,487 990 2,474 - - 23 -

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 3,482 1,643 1,686 - 14 35 105

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 3,811 3,602 116 23 - 12 58

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,468 4,210 14 109 82 14 41

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - 14 - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . 46 23 12 - - 12 -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 72 178 - - - 72

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . 150 87 49 - - 14 -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . 51 25 12 - - - 14

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 37 395 12 - - 12

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . 386 37 348 - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - 46 - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . 23 - - 12 - - 12

United States . . . . . . . . . 258 58 174 - - - 26

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . 23 12 12 - - - -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 34,789 17,360 16,372 191 54 359 453

Federated States of Micronesia. 34,267 17,197 16,088 191 54 334 403

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,532 50 3,446 - - - 36

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 1,412 36 1,340 - - - 36

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 2,120 14 2,106 - - - -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,813 9,740 7,623 57 - 239 154

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 4,912 2,439 2,288 57 - 57 71

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 3,766 2,133 1,550 - - 83 -

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 3,419 1,891 1,374 - - 100 54

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 3,671 3,109 534 - - - 28

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 2,045 168 1,877 - - - -

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 10,700 5,307 5,019 93 14 81 186

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 1,219 790 314 70 - 12 35

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010 279 732 - - - -

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,486 105 1,359 12 - 12 -

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 1,654 1,108 511 - - 12 23

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626 441 1,173 - - 12 -

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 1,716 747 850 - 14 23 81

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 1,988 1,837 81 12 - 12 46

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,223 2,100 - 41 41 14 27

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . 35 12 12 - - 12 -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 36 83 - - - 36

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . 92 64 14 - - 14 -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . 28 14 - - - - 14

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 14 81 - - - -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . 61 14 46 - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 - 35 - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 105 23 81 - - - -

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 31A. Place Registered to Vote by Religion: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

│ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Place Registered to Vote │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

Persons 18 years and over . 41,402 21,891 18,626 139 - 287 460

Federated States of Micronesia. 40,618 21,726 18,070 128 - 287 408

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 14 145 - - 12 -

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 130 - 119 - - 12 -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 40 14 26 - - - -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,623 13,632 10,586 - - 194 211

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 6,901 3,543 3,230 - - 28 100

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 5,199 2,912 2,218 - - 40 28

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 4,810 2,702 1,955 - - 114 40

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 5,013 4,307 651 - - 12 43

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 2,699 168 2,531 - - - -

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 15,639 7,893 7,339 128 - 81 197

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 1,905 1,312 418 128 - 12 35

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312 383 929 - - - -

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,137 139 1,997 - - - -

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 2,270 1,538 674 - - 12 46

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 2,581 711 1,846 - - 23 -

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 2,520 1,045 1,382 - - 23 70

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 2,915 2,764 93 - - 12 46

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 186 186 - - - - -

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . - - - - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . - - - - - - -

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 785 165 556 12 - - 52

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 21,052 11,067 9,504 58 - 183 239

Federated States of Micronesia. 20,788 11,006 9,316 58 - 183 225

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 14 61 - - - -

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 61 - 61 - - - -

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 14 14 - - - - -

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,660 6,957 5,481 - - 125 97

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 3,538 1,847 1,634 - - 14 43

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 2,657 1,507 1,123 - - 26 -

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 2,381 1,322 948 - - 85 26

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 2,594 2,197 368 - - - 28

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 1,490 83 1,408 - - - -

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 7,949 3,930 3,774 58 - 58 128

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 917 604 221 58 - 12 23

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 244 499 - - - -

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080 81 999 - - - -

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 1,259 865 372 - - 12 12

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185 302 871 - - 12 -

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 1,277 465 743 - - 12 58

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 1,486 1,370 70 - - 12 35

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 105 105 - - - - -

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . - - - - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . - - - - - - -

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 263 61 188 - - - 14

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Note: Item only asked in Chuuk and Pohnpei

Table 32. Citizenship and Year of Entry by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

Citizenship │ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Year of Entry │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

Persons 18 years and over. 59,429 29,738 28,149 366 68 326 782

Federated States of Micronesia. 58,154 29,435 27,338 354 68 301 658

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 1,274 303 811 12 - 25 123

United States Citizens . . . 224 58 140 - - - 26

U.S born citizen. . . . . 175 46 129 - - - -

U.S citizen by natural. . 49 12 12 - - - 26

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 1,050 245 670 12 - 25 98

Permanent residence . . . 259 14 183 - - - 62

Temporary residence . . . 791 231 487 12 - 25 36

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 1,274 303 811 12 - 25 123

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 375 118 257 - - - -

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 297 25 198 - - 12 62

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 144 25 82 - - - 36

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 109 - 84 12 - 14 -

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 160 75 71 - - - 14

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 58 12 35 - - - 12

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 48 - 48 - - - -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 36 36 - - - -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 30,534 15,078 14,638 153 41 223 402

Federated States of Micronesia. 30,036 14,927 14,366 153 41 198 352

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 498 151 272 - - 25 50

United States Citizens . . . 58 23 35 - - - -

U.S born citizen. . . . . 58 23 35 - - - -

U.S citizen by naturaliza - - - - - - -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 440 128 237 - - 25 50

Permanent residence . . . 123 14 59 - - - 50

Temporary residence . . . 317 114 178 - - 25 -

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 498 151 272 - - 25 50

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 156 48 107 - - - -

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 96 25 59 - - 12 -

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 50 14 - - - - 36

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 48 - 35 - - 14 -

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 54 28 12 - - - 14

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 36 36 - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 33. School Enrollment and Educational Attainment by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

School Enrollment │ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Educational Attainment │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL

Persons 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 17,344 8,778 7,830 151 - 193 391

High school or less . . . . . . 12,813 6,649 5,607 81 - 193 282

Public school . . . . . . . . 5,996 3,146 2,592 35 - 83 141

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,531 2,129 2,223 70 - - 109

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,154 1,033 1,046 35 - - 40

Females 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 8,712 4,269 4,000 81 - 170 191

High school or less . . . . . . 6,443 3,278 2,811 58 - 170 125

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,959 1,543 1,258 23 - 71 63

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,269 991 1,189 23 - - 66

Public school . . . . . . . . 1,074 484 553 12 - - 26

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over. 40,166 20,190 18,837 226 41 260 613

Less than high school graduate. 26,986 13,835 12,606 115 41 131 259

High school graduate. . . . . . 6,329 3,028 3,065 14 - 68 153

Some college, no degree . . . . 2,930 1,322 1,425 37 - 23 123

Associate degree, occupational. 1,051 655 385 - - - 12

Associate degree, academic. . . 1,601 842 722 12 - - 26

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 900 372 453 49 - 12 14

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 228 70 147 - - - 12

Professional degree . . . . . . 117 65 12 - - 26 14

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . 23 - 23 - - - -

Percent high school graduate. . 32.8 31.5 33.1 49.1 - 49.6 57.7

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 3.2 2.5 3.4 21.7 - 14.2 6.5

Females 25 years and over. 20,122 10,118 9,429 87 27 157 304

Less than high school graduate. 15,358 7,824 7,188 62 27 103 153

High school graduate. . . . . . 2,750 1,294 1,289 14 - 43 111

Some college, no degree . . . . 1,134 587 511 12 - 12 14

Associate degree, occupational. 384 211 173 - - - -

Associate degree, academic. . . 283 142 129 - - - 12

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 141 37 103 - - - -

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 46 23 23 - - - -

Professional degree . . . . . . 26 - 12 - - - 14

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . - - - - - - -

Percent high school graduate. . 23.7 22.7 23.8 28.7 - 34.4 49.3

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 1.1 .6 1.5 - - - 4.6

Persons 18 to 24 . . . . . 14,445 7,517 6,589 126 27 52 134

Percent high school graduate. . 13.9 11.7 15.3 20.6 - 26.9 54.5

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 34. Labor Force Characteristics by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

│ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Labor Force Status │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

Persons 15 years and over. 68,377 34,405 32,052 403 95 474 947

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 35,033 15,647 18,577 198 - 181 430

Percent. . . . . . . . . 51.2 45.5 58.0 49.1 - 38.2 45.4

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 32,254 13,745 17,740 198 - 141 430

Formal Workforce . . . . . 15,940 7,590 7,699 187 - 115 350

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 16,313 6,155 10,041 12 - 26 80

Subsistence. . . . . . . 10,166 4,023 6,080 12 - 14 37

Market Oriented. . . . . 6,148 2,132 3,961 - - 12 43

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 2,779 1,902 837 - - 40 -

Percent. . . . . . . . . 7.9 12.2 4.5 - - 22.1 -

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 33,344 18,758 13,475 205 95 293 517

Could have taken a job . . . 879 844 35 - - - -

Not available for work . . . 32,465 17,914 13,440 205 95 293 517

Males 15 years and over. . 33,588 17,045 15,680 213 41 115 494

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 20,867 9,780 10,627 123 - 75 263

Percent. . . . . . . . . 62.1 57.4 67.8 57.7 - 65.2 53.2

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 19,555 8,908 10,187 123 - 75 263

Formal Workforce . . . . . 10,718 5,234 5,073 111 - 63 237

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 8,837 3,674 5,114 12 - 12 26

Subsistence. . . . . . . 4,616 2,188 2,391 12 - - 26

Market Oriented. . . . . 4,221 1,486 2,723 - - 12 -

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,311 872 439 - - - -

Percent. . . . . . . . . 6.3 8.9 4.1 - - - -

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 12,722 7,266 5,054 90 41 40 231

Could have taken a job . . . 358 334 23 - - - -

Not available for work . . . 12,364 6,931 5,031 90 41 40 231

Females 15 years and over. 34,789 17,360 16,372 191 54 359 453

In labor force. . . . . . . . . 14,167 5,867 7,950 76 - 106 167

Percent. . . . . . . . . 40.7 33.8 48.6 39.8 - 29.5 36.9

Employed . . . . . . . . . . 12,698 4,837 7,553 76 - 66 167

Formal Workforce . . . . . 5,222 2,357 2,625 76 - 52 113

Agriculture/Fishing. . . . 7,476 2,481 4,927 - - 14 54

Subsistence. . . . . . . 5,549 1,835 3,689 - - 14 12

Market Oriented. . . . . 1,927 646 1,238 - - - 43

Unemployed . . . . . . . . . 1,468 1,030 398 - - 40 -

Percent. . . . . . . . . 10.4 17.6 5.0 - - 37.7 -

Not in labor force. . . . . . . 20,622 11,492 8,421 115 54 253 286

Could have taken a job . . . 521 510 12 - - - -

Not available for work . . . 20,101 10,983 8,410 115 54 253 286

HOURS FOR PAID WORK

Formal Workforce 15+ years 15,940 7,590 7,699 187 - 115 350

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 14,374 6,573 7,230 134 - 115 322

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 28 - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 1,400 936 398 39 - - 28

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 137 53 71 14 - - -

Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,718 5,234 5,073 111 - 63 237

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 9,720 4,492 4,844 98 - 63 223

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . 28 28 - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 896 673 195 14 - - 14

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 74 39 35 - - - -

Females . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,222 2,357 2,625 76 - 52 113

Worked 40 or more hours . . . 4,655 2,081 2,386 37 - 52 99

Worked 35 to 39 hours . . . . - - - - - - -

Worked 20 to 34 hours . . . . 505 262 204 25 - - 14

Worked 1 to 19 hours. . . . . 63 14 36 14 - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 34A. Subsistence Activities by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ───┬──────

│ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │ │

Subsistence activities │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│ USA│ Other

──────────────────────────────┴────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ ───┴──────

HOME USE

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 15,531 5,873 9,555 12 - 26 66

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 12,287 4,441 7,743 12 - 26 66

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 5,657 1,517 4,126 - - - 14

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,370 3,685 4,673 12 - - -

SOLD ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 5,995 2,109 3,832 - - 12 43

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,590 1,395 3,141 - - 12 43

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 842 240 588 - - - 14

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,011 1,046 1,966 - - - -

GAVE AWAY ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 6,336 1,316 4,994 - - 26 -

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 4,020 756 3,238 - - 26 -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 2,409 248 2,161 - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,187 846 2,342 - - - -

RECEIVED ANY

Total. . . . . . . . . . . 4,689 762 3,927 - - - -

Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . 2,974 656 2,318 - - - -

Animal raising. . . . . . . . . 3,010 535 2,475 - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,064 598 1,466 - - - -

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 35A. Occupation and Class of Worker by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

Occupation │ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Class of Worker │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘

OCCUPATION

Employed persons 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,164 13,681 17,714 198 - 141 430

Legislators, senior officials and managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,952 773 1,124 - - 14 40

Legislators & senior officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004 463 541 - - - -

Corporate managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 147 209 - - - 40

General managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 163 374 - - 14 -

Professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,164 2,284 2,760 58 - 12 50

Physical, mathematical, and engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 72 72 - - 12 50

Life Science and health professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 308 422 12 - - -

Teaching professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,695 1,688 1,972 35 - - -

Other professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 217 293 12 - - -

Technicians & associated professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,855 1,618 2,122 53 - 12 50

Physical science & engineering associate professionals . . . . . . 531 322 196 14 - - -

Life science and health associate professionals. . . . . . . . . . 683 280 377 12 - - 14

Teaching associate professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,567 433 1,106 28 - - -

Other associate professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,073 583 443 - - 12 36

Clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,048 1,682 2,201 12 - 40 113

Office clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,893 810 967 12 - 14 90

Customer services clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,116 858 1,209 - - 26 23

Other clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 14 26 - - - -

Service workers and shop and market sales workers. . . . . . . . . . 5,189 2,315 2,826 14 - 12 23

Personal and protective service workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,651 2,154 2,472 14 - 12 -

Salespersons, demonstrators, and models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 161 354 - - - 23

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068 443 597 - - - 28

Market-oriented skilled agricultural & fishery workers . . . . . . 943 386 542 - - - 14

Subsistence agricultural, fishery & related workers. . . . . . . . 125 56 54 - - - 14

Craft and Related Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,734 885 1,758 25 - 14 52

Extraction and building trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 181 695 - - - -

Metal and machinery trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,242 431 731 25 - 14 40

Precision, handicraft, printing and related trades workers . . . . 154 107 46 - - - -

Other craft and related trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 165 286 - - - 12

Plant & machine operators and assemblers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,417 738 656 - - 12 12

Industrial plant operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 95 75 - - - -

Stationary machine operators and assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . 110 72 37 - - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126 571 532 - - 12 12

Other plant & machine operators & assemblers . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Elementary Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,638 2,900 3,628 37 - 12 62

Sales & services elementary occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,664 1,793 2,762 37 - 12 62

Agricultural, fishery, and related labourers . . . . . . . . . . . 287 136 151 - - - -

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing, and transport. . 1,687 971 715 - - - -

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,164 13,681 17,714 198 - 141 430

Private for wage and salary workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,828 4,556 7,063 74 - 52 84

Government workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,097 8,700 9,860 113 - 89 334

Self-employed workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,173 397 754 12 - - 12

Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 28 37 - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 35B. Occupation and Class of Worker by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

Occupation │ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Class of Worker │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

OCCUPATION

Employed females 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,636 4,800 7,527 76 - 66 167

Legislators, senior officials and managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 161 404 - - - 14

Legislators & senior officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 89 150 - - - -

Corporate managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 12 52 - - - 14

General managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 60 202 - - - -

Professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117 787 1,271 23 - - 36

Physical, mathematical, and engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 14 23 - - - 36

Life Science and health professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 160 290 12 - - -

Teaching professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,457 586 860 12 - - -

Other professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 28 98 - - - -

Technicians & associated professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,370 450 907 14 - - -

Physical science & engineering associate professionals . . . . . . 147 35 112 - - - -

Life science and health associate professionals. . . . . . . . . . 279 103 176 - - - -

Teaching associate professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 151 518 14 - - -

Other associate professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 161 101 - - - -

Clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431 1,045 1,280 - - 40 65

Office clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015 458 490 - - 14 54

Customer services clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,390 574 778 - - 26 12

Other clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 14 12 - - - -

Service workers and shop and market sales workers. . . . . . . . . . 1,900 768 1,107 14 - - 12

Personal and protective service workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640 688 938 14 - - -

Salespersons, demonstrators, and models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 79 169 - - - 12

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 177 143 - - - 14

Market-oriented skilled agricultural & fishery workers . . . . . . 320 163 143 - - - 14

Subsistence agricultural, fishery & related workers. . . . . . . . 14 14 - - - - -

Craft and Related Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 210 430 - - - 26

Extraction and building trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 37 128 - - - -

Metal and machinery trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 77 182 - - - 14

Precision, handicraft, printing and related trades workers . . . . 61 49 12 - - - -

Other craft and related trades workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 46 109 - - - 12

Plant & machine operators and assemblers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 80 159 - - - -

Industrial plant operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 14 - - - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 66 159 - - - -

Elementary Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,928 1,093 1,798 25 - 12 -

Sales & services elementary occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,172 673 1,462 25 - 12 -

Agricultural, fishery, and related labourers . . . . . . . . . . . 82 68 14 - - - -

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing, and transport. . 674 352 322 - - - -

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,636 4,800 7,527 76 - 66 167

Private for wage and salary workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,009 1,987 2,908 25 - 40 49

Government workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,008 2,574 4,240 50 - 26 118

Self-employed workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 225 365 - - - -

Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 14 14 - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 35C. Industry by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

│ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Industry │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

Employed persons 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,164 13,681 17,714 198 - 141 430

Agriculture, hunting & forestry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 293 291 - - 28 -

Agriculture, hunting & related service activities. . . . . . . . . 612 293 291 - - 28 -

Fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 191 191 - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms, etc. . . . . 382 191 191 - - - -

Mining and quarrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 12 59 - - - -

Extraction of crude petroleum & natural gas; service activities. . 12 - 12 - - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 - - - - -

Other mining and quarrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 - 48 - - - -

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 190 376 - - - 12

Manuf.of food products & beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 105 70 - - - -

Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing & dyeing of fur . . . . . 95 - 95 - - - -

Manuf. of wood and of products of wood and cork. . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Publishing, printing & reproduction of recorded media. . . . . . . 93 35 58 - - - -

Manuf. of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel. . . . 14 14 - - - - -

Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus N.E.C. . . . . . 12 12 - - - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical instruments,watches & clock 23 - 12 - - - 12

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. . . . . 39 14 26 - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 12 93 - - - -

Electricity, gas & water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 331 426 - - - -

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 234 412 - - - -

Collection, purification and distribution of water . . . . . . . . 111 97 14 - - - -

Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 704 671 14 - 12 -

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor vehicles, motorcycles. . . 4,064 1,414 2,564 12 - 12 63

Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles . . 627 125 502 - - - -

Wholesale trade & commission trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 334 378 - - - 12

Retail trade, repair of personal and household goods . . . . . . . 2,713 955 1,684 12 - 12 52

Hotels and restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947 407 540 - - - -

Transport, Storage & Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,558 508 988 12 - - 50

Land transport; transport via pipelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 124 350 12 - - -

Water transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 68 213 - - - 14

Air transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 54 93 - - - 36

Supporting & auxiliary transport activities; travel agencies . . . 431 165 267 - - - -

Post & Telecommunication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 97 66 - - - -

Financial Intermediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 125 94 - - - 12

Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding . . 172 102 59 - - - 12

Insurance and pension funding except compulsory social security. . 12 - 12 - - - -

Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation . . . . . . . . . 46 23 23 - - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011 621 353 25 - - 12

Computer and related activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 70 26 - - - -

Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 23 12 - - - -

Other business activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 528 315 25 - - 12

Public administration & defence; compulsory social security. . . . . 10,065 4,383 5,426 14 - 66 176

Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,991 2,199 2,704 61 - - 28

Health and Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312 519 721 23 - 12 37

Other community, social and personal service activities. . . . . . . 1,650 692 893 39 - 12 14

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation & similar activities. . . . 975 454 493 27 - - -

Activities of membership organizations N.E.C . . . . . . . . . . . 544 183 335 12 - - 14

Recreational, cultural & sporting act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 39 23 - - 12 -

Other service activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 14 43 - - - -

Private households with employed persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,476 1,043 1,406 - - - 26

Extraterritorial organizations and bodies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 12 12 - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 35D. Industry by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

│ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Industry │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

Employed females 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,636 4,800 7,527 76 - 66 167

Agriculture, hunting & forestry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 125 97 - - 14 -

Agriculture, hunting & related service activities. . . . . . . . . 237 125 97 - - 14 -

Fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 39 107 - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms, etc. . . . . 147 39 107 - - - -

Mining and quarrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 - - - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 - - - - -

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 23 200 - - - 12

Manuf.of food products & beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 12 35 - - - -

Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing & dyeing of fur . . . . . 95 - 95 - - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision & optical instruments,watches & clock 12 - - - - - 12

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 - 35 - - - -

Electricity, gas & water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 111 125 - - - -

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 68 111 - - - -

Collection, purification and distribution of water . . . . . . . . 57 43 14 - - - -

Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 298 256 - - - -

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor vehicles, motorcycles. . . 1,767 605 1,121 - - 12 28

Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles . . 219 - 219 - - - -

Wholesale trade & commission trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 111 119 - - - -

Retail trade, repair of personal and household goods . . . . . . . 1,318 494 784 - - 12 28

Hotels and restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 245 324 - - - -

Transport, Storage & Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 165 259 - - - -

Land transport; transport via pipelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 14 88 - - - -

Water transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 14 46 - - - -

Air transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 14 28 - - - -

Supporting & auxiliary transport activities; travel agencies . . . 142 72 71 - - - -

Post & Telecommunication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 50 26 - - - -

Financial Intermediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 85 71 - - - -

Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding . . 133 74 59 - - - -

Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation . . . . . . . . . 23 12 12 - - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 183 160 14 - - 12

Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 12 - - - -

Other business activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 183 149 14 - - 12

Public administration & defence; compulsory social security. . . . . 3,213 1,202 1,906 - - 40 64

Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020 777 1,218 12 - - 14

Health and Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 205 428 12 - - 12

Other community, social and personal service activities. . . . . . . 966 294 633 39 - - -

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation & similar activities. . . . 645 205 413 27 - - -

Activities of membership organizations N.E.C . . . . . . . . . . . 266 63 191 12 - - -

Recreational, cultural & sporting act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 - - - - -

Other service activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 14 28 - - - -

Private households with employed persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,076 430 620 - - - 26

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 36. Income in 1996 by Religion, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

Household Income │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │

Family Income │ │Protes-│ Cath-│ │ Pente-│ │ │

Person's Income │ Total│ tant│ olic│Baptist│ costal│ Mormon│ Others│

INCOME IN 1996

Total households . . . . . 13,286 6,293 6,586 77 11 91 228

Less than $1,000 . . . . . . . 1,869 1,007 852 - - 10 -

$1,000 to $1,999 . . . . . . . 1,212 514 688 - - - 10

$2,000 to $2,999 . . . . . . . 1,057 578 479 - - - -

$3,000 to $3,999 . . . . . . . 1,426 715 674 - 11 13 13

$4,000 to $4,999 . . . . . . . 914 485 416 - - - 13

$5,000 to $7,499 . . . . . . . 1,962 857 962 24 - 35 84

$7,500 to $9,999 . . . . . . . 1,188 477 655 23 - - 33

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . 995 424 551 - - 10 10

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . 666 312 353 - - - -

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . 866 374 416 20 - - 57

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . 355 204 150 - - - -

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . 494 220 251 - - 23 -

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . 205 125 60 10 - - 10

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . 78 - 78 - - - -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . 5,211 4,685 5,477 9,076 3,500 6,607 7,351

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . 8,093 7,799 8,160 14,709 3,000 12,928 10,403

FAMILY INCOME

Total families . . . . . . 12,910 6,139 6,384 77 11 81 219

Less than $1,000. . . . . . . . 1,789 937 842 - - 10 -

$1,000 to $1,999. . . . . . . . 1,212 502 700 - - - 10

$2,000 to $2,999. . . . . . . . 1,035 578 457 - - - -

$3,000 to $3,999. . . . . . . . 1,401 726 638 - 11 13 13

$4,000 to $4,999. . . . . . . . 925 496 416 - - - 13

$5,000 to $7,499. . . . . . . . 1,850 846 871 24 - 25 84

$7,500 to $9,999. . . . . . . . 1,165 454 655 23 - - 33

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . . 985 414 551 - - 10 10

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . . 666 312 353 - - - -

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . 791 354 360 20 - - 57

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . 345 194 150 - - - -

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . 474 200 251 - - 23 -

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . 195 125 60 10 - - -

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . . 78 - 78 - - - -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . 5,126 4,657 5,396 9,076 3,500 6,750 7,202

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . 8,057 7,757 8,163 14,709 3,000 13,853 9,176

INCOME BY TYPE 15+ Years

TOTAL w/income. . . . . . . . 30,231 13,182 16,164 214 14 155 503

Mean income($). . . . . . . 4,008 4,111 3,790 5,916 3,000 5,944 6,951

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 37. Age by Labor Force Characteristics, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

──────────────────────────────┬────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ ├───────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┬────────┼────────┬────────┬────────

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

Age │ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Marital Status │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

──────────────────────────────┴────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────

AGE

Person 15 years and over 68,377 35,033 32,254 15,940 16,313 10,166 6,148 2,779 33,344 879 32,465

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . 13,770 3,110 2,475 317 2,158 1,232 926 635 10,660 332 10,328

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . 9,624 4,347 3,701 1,553 2,148 1,246 901 646 5,277 102 5,175

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . 7,162 3,991 3,569 1,769 1,800 1,164 635 422 3,170 121 3,050

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . 6,592 4,102 3,783 1,850 1,933 1,264 669 319 2,491 67 2,424

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . 6,510 4,349 4,137 2,077 2,060 1,182 878 212 2,161 80 2,081

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . 5,917 4,460 4,253 2,746 1,507 836 671 207 1,457 14 1,443

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . 5,725 4,122 3,928 2,333 1,595 1,086 508 194 1,603 55 1,548

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . 3,415 2,392 2,330 1,602 728 504 224 63 1,022 14 1,009

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . 2,517 1,535 1,535 1,065 470 362 109 - 982 14 968

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . 2,587 1,514 1,456 508 947 666 281 58 1,073 27 1,046

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . 1,626 415 415 94 321 244 77 - 1,210 - 1,210

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . 1,221 399 375 26 350 194 156 23 822 27 795

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . 1,080 237 237 - 237 152 85 - 844 27 816

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . 370 61 61 - 61 35 26 - 309 - 309

85 years and over . . . . . 262 - - - - - - - 262 - 262

Median. . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 37.3 38.1 40.7 35.3 35.8 34.6 26.3 26.2 25.2 26.2

Females 15 years and over 34,789 14,167 12,698 5,222 7,476 5,549 1,927 1,468 20,622 521 20,101

15 to 19 years. . . . . . . 6,792 1,305 992 196 795 580 215 314 5,487 146 5,341

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . 4,827 1,946 1,611 702 910 731 179 334 2,881 65 2,817

25 to 29 years. . . . . . . 3,521 1,422 1,216 544 672 557 115 207 2,098 66 2,032

30 to 34 years. . . . . . . 3,662 1,793 1,595 685 909 757 152 198 1,869 39 1,830

35 to 39 years. . . . . . . 3,566 1,975 1,849 738 1,111 749 362 127 1,591 55 1,535

40 to 44 years. . . . . . . 2,954 1,775 1,630 891 739 405 334 145 1,179 14 1,166

45 to 49 years. . . . . . . 2,706 1,475 1,426 684 742 616 127 49 1,231 55 1,176

50 to 54 years. . . . . . . 1,688 745 697 394 303 200 103 48 943 14 929

55 to 59 years. . . . . . . 1,242 512 512 222 290 250 40 - 730 14 717

60 to 64 years. . . . . . . 1,340 694 670 155 515 390 125 23 646 14 633

65 to 69 years. . . . . . . 860 158 158 12 146 106 40 - 703 - 703

70 to 74 years. . . . . . . 649 170 147 - 147 85 62 23 479 27 452

75 to 79 years. . . . . . . 635 185 185 - 185 112 73 - 450 14 436

80 to 84 years. . . . . . . 218 12 12 - 12 12 - - 206 - 206

85 years and over . . . . . 129 - - - - - - - 129 - 129

Median. . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 36.6 37.5 38.3 37.0 36.0 39.2 27.1 29.6 28.8 29.7

MARITAL STATUS

Males 15 + years . . . 33,588 20,867 19,555 10,718 8,837 4,616 4,221 1,311 12,722 358 12,364

Never married . . . . . . . 13,492 5,237 4,458 1,296 3,162 1,589 1,573 779 8,255 278 7,977

Now married . . . . . . . . 19,023 15,155 14,670 9,244 5,426 2,874 2,552 485 3,868 80 3,789

Consensually married. . . 188 145 145 105 40 26 14 - 43 - 43

Separated . . . . . . . . . 37 37 37 - 37 14 23 - - - -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . 724 234 234 94 139 128 12 - 490 - 490

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . 312 204 156 84 72 12 61 48 109 - 109

Females 15 + years . . 34,789 14,167 12,698 5,222 7,476 5,549 1,927 1,468 20,622 521 20,101

Never married . . . . . . . 7,143 2,161 1,903 825 1,078 617 461 258 4,982 133 4,849

Now married . . . . . . . . 27,124 11,756 10,560 4,276 6,284 4,818 1,465 1,196 15,368 389 14,980

Consensually married. . . 257 134 134 35 100 100 - - 123 - 123

Separated . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . 328 179 165 50 114 114 - 14 149 - 149

Divorced. . . . . . . . . . 194 71 71 71 - - - - 123 - 123

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 38. Ethnicity by Labor Force Characteristics, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

│ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Ethnicity │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

Persons 15 years and over . 68,377 35,033 32,254 15,940 16,313 10,166 6,148 2,779 33,344 879 32,465

Single ethnic group . . . . . . 63,538 32,134 29,845 14,273 15,571 9,651 5,920 2,289 31,404 867 30,537

Yapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,675 5,118 4,927 1,817 3,111 2,658 453 191 1,557 - 1,557

Chuukese. . . . . . . . . . . 28,129 12,909 12,056 5,508 6,548 3,837 2,711 853 15,220 28 15,192

Mortlockese/Outer Island. . . 6,652 2,953 2,904 1,345 1,559 1,174 385 49 3,699 28 3,671

Pohnpeian . . . . . . . . . . 12,864 6,530 6,286 2,977 3,310 1,254 2,056 244 6,334 105 6,229

Pingelapese . . . . . . . . . 1,695 1,115 523 290 232 209 23 592 581 - 581

Mwoakilloan . . . . . . . . . 1,672 859 674 465 209 23 186 186 813 12 801

Nukuoroan . . . . . . . . . . 197 105 81 81 - - - 23 93 - 93

Kosraean. . . . . . . . . . . 4,597 1,769 1,690 1,145 544 449 95 80 2,828 694 2,133

Palauan . . . . . . . . . . . 335 215 180 144 36 36 - 36 119 - 119

Marshallese . . . . . . . . . 52 - - - - - - - 52 - 52

Other Pacific Islander. . . . 49 23 23 23 - - - - 26 - 26

White . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 154 130 130 - - - 23 12 - 12

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 360 348 325 23 12 12 12 59 - 59

Filipino. . . . . . . . . . 337 289 278 266 12 12 - 12 48 - 48

Chinese/Taiwanese . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Other single. . . . . . . . . 35 23 23 23 - - - - 12 - 12

Multiple ethnic group . . . . . 4,839 2,900 2,409 1,667 742 515 227 490 1,940 12 1,928

Yapese and other. . . . . . . 86 72 72 - 72 72 - - 14 - 14

Chuukese and other. . . . . . 1,883 1,067 983 586 397 142 255 84 816 - 816

Pohnpeian and other . . . . . 6,513 3,979 3,129 2,267 862 708 154 850 2,533 23 2,510

Kosraean and other. . . . . . 163 81 70 70 - - - 12 81 - 81

Other Multiple. . . . . . . . 1,035 600 565 412 154 107 46 35 435 - 435

Females. . . . . . . . . . 36,908 16,034 14,566 5,366 9,200 7,237 1,963 1,468 20,874 521 20,352

Single ethnic group . . . . . . 34,391 14,717 13,553 4,817 8,736 6,888 1,848 1,164 19,675 510 19,165

Yapese. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,460 2,512 2,512 585 1,927 1,688 239 - 948 - 948

Chuukese. . . . . . . . . . . 14,390 5,166 4,682 1,841 2,841 2,130 711 483 9,225 28 9,196

Mortlockese/Outer Island. . . 3,394 813 775 273 503 399 103 37 2,581 28 2,553

Pohnpeian . . . . . . . . . . 6,494 2,427 2,299 1,022 1,277 662 615 128 4,067 46 4,020

Pingelapese . . . . . . . . . 836 523 197 93 105 105 - 325 314 - 314

Mwoakilloan . . . . . . . . . 917 453 348 221 128 12 116 105 465 12 453

Nukuoroan . . . . . . . . . . 128 58 46 46 - - - 12 70 - 70

Kosraean. . . . . . . . . . . 2,244 675 636 404 231 204 27 39 1,570 395 1,175

Palauan . . . . . . . . . . . 144 72 72 72 - - - - 72 - 72

Marshallese . . . . . . . . . 52 - - - - - - - 52 - 52

Other Pacific Islander. . . . 37 12 12 12 - - - - 26 - 26

White . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 58 35 35 - - - 23 - - -

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 71 59 59 - - - 12 23 - 23

Filipino. . . . . . . . . . 46 35 23 23 - - - 12 12 - 12

Chinese/Taiwanese . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Other single. . . . . . . . . 23 12 12 12 - - - - 12 - 12

Multiple ethnic group . . . . . 2,516 1,317 1,013 548 464 349 115 305 1,199 12 1,187

Yapese and other. . . . . . . 72 72 72 - 72 72 - - - - -

Chuukese and other. . . . . . 936 491 430 226 204 70 134 61 446 - 446

Pohnpeian and other . . . . . 3,407 1,747 1,222 662 560 488 72 525 1,659 23 1,636

Kosraean and other. . . . . . 93 58 46 46 - - - 12 35 - 35

Other Multiple. . . . . . . . 525 267 255 163 93 70 23 12 258 - 258

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 39. Place of Birth by Labor Force Characteristics, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

│ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Place of Birth │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

Persons 15 years and over . 68,377 35,033 32,254 15,940 16,313 10,166 6,148 2,779 33,344 879 32,465

Federated States of Micronesia. 67,056 34,199 31,490 15,248 16,243 10,107 6,136 2,709 32,858 879 31,979

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,775 5,179 4,988 1,841 3,147 2,693 453 191 1,595 - 1,595

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 3,154 1,970 1,779 1,254 525 108 417 191 1,185 - 1,185

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 3,620 3,209 3,209 588 2,622 2,586 36 - 411 - 411

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,856 15,891 15,010 6,917 8,092 4,967 3,126 882 18,964 57 18,907

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 9,598 4,133 4,118 2,289 1,829 865 964 14 5,465 - 5,465

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 7,460 3,495 2,955 1,478 1,476 652 825 540 3,965 - 3,965

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 6,969 3,803 3,789 948 2,841 1,746 1,095 14 3,166 - 3,166

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 7,106 2,598 2,584 1,534 1,049 808 242 14 4,508 57 4,451

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 3,723 1,863 1,564 668 896 896 - 299 1,860 - 1,860

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 20,958 11,365 9,821 5,361 4,459 1,997 2,462 1,545 9,593 155 9,438

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 2,497 1,231 1,219 476 743 209 534 12 1,266 58 1,208

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823 1,068 1,057 476 581 221 360 12 755 12 743

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903 1,765 1,719 732 987 697 290 46 1,138 - 1,138

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 2,955 1,568 1,301 720 581 186 395 267 1,387 12 1,376

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 3,487 1,477 1,466 630 836 105 732 12 2,009 - 2,009

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 3,482 1,689 1,538 1,422 116 58 58 151 1,793 74 1,720

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 3,811 2,566 1,521 906 615 523 93 1,045 1,245 - 1,245

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,468 1,763 1,672 1,127 544 449 95 91 2,705 667 2,038

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - - - - - - - 14 - 14

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . 46 12 12 12 - - - - 35 - 35

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 215 180 144 36 36 - 36 107 - 107

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . 150 12 12 12 - - - - 138 - 138

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . 51 37 37 25 12 12 - - 14 - 14

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 359 347 324 23 12 12 12 97 - 97

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . 386 301 289 278 12 12 - 12 85 - 85

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 35 35 23 12 - 12 - 12 - 12

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . 23 23 23 23 - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 258 188 165 165 - - - 23 70 - 70

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . 23 12 12 12 - - - - 12 - 12

Females. . . . . . . . . . 34,789 14,167 12,698 5,222 7,476 5,549 1,927 1,468 20,622 521 20,101

Federated States of Micronesia. 34,267 13,942 12,508 5,032 7,476 5,549 1,927 1,433 20,325 521 19,804

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,532 2,584 2,584 621 1,963 1,724 239 - 948 - 948

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 1,412 740 740 466 275 72 203 - 671 - 671

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 2,120 1,843 1,843 155 1,688 1,652 36 - 277 - 277

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,813 6,017 5,505 2,151 3,354 2,483 871 512 11,796 57 11,739

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 4,912 1,705 1,691 940 751 481 270 14 3,207 - 3,207

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 3,766 1,237 896 455 441 242 199 341 2,529 - 2,529

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 3,419 1,519 1,505 199 1,306 1,021 284 14 1,900 - 1,900

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 3,671 689 675 443 231 114 118 14 2,982 57 2,925

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 2,045 867 739 114 626 626 - 128 1,178 - 1,178

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 10,700 4,634 3,763 1,835 1,928 1,138 790 871 6,066 97 5,969

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 1,219 372 372 116 255 93 163 - 848 35 813

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010 523 523 267 255 139 116 - 488 - 488

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,486 766 743 244 499 418 81 23 720 - 720

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 1,654 720 557 290 267 93 174 163 934 12 923

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626 337 337 93 244 46 197 - 1,289 - 1,289

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 1,716 708 627 592 35 12 23 81 1,007 50 957

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 1,988 1,208 604 232 372 337 35 604 780 - 780

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,223 707 657 426 231 204 27 50 1,515 368 1,148

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . 35 - - - - - - - 35 - 35

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 72 72 72 - - - - 83 - 83

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . 92 - - - - - - - 92 - 92

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . 28 14 14 14 - - - - 14 - 14

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 58 46 46 - - - 12 37 - 37

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . 61 35 23 23 - - - 12 26 - 26

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 23 23 23 - - - - 12 - 12

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 105 81 58 58 - - - 23 23 - 23

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - - - - - - - 12 - 12

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 39A. Place Registered to Vote by Labor Force Characteristics, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

│ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Place Registered to Vote │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

Persons 18 years and over . 41,402 22,427 20,464 11,004 9,460 5,173 4,287 1,963 18,976 70 18,906

Federated States of Micronesia. 40,618 21,896 19,969 10,532 9,437 5,162 4,275 1,928 18,721 70 18,652

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 72 61 61 - - - 12 98 - 98

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 130 46 35 35 - - - 12 84 - 84

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 40 26 26 26 - - - - 14 - 14

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,623 12,659 11,962 5,765 6,197 3,815 2,382 697 11,964 - 11,964

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 6,901 3,422 3,407 1,962 1,445 666 779 14 3,480 - 3,480

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 5,199 2,728 2,329 1,237 1,092 481 611 398 2,472 - 2,472

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 4,810 2,881 2,867 765 2,102 1,277 825 14 1,929 - 1,929

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 5,013 2,107 2,092 1,274 818 652 167 14 2,906 - 2,906

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 2,699 1,522 1,266 526 739 739 - 256 1,178 - 1,178

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 15,639 9,061 7,853 4,613 3,240 1,347 1,893 1,208 6,578 70 6,508

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 1,905 999 999 383 615 174 441 - 906 35 871

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312 859 859 418 441 186 255 - 453 - 453

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,137 1,440 1,405 650 755 511 244 35 697 - 697

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 2,270 1,185 1,068 627 441 139 302 116 1,085 - 1,085

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 2,581 1,187 1,176 548 627 81 546 12 1,394 - 1,394

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 2,520 1,440 1,335 1,231 105 46 58 105 1,080 35 1,045

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 2,915 1,951 1,010 755 255 209 46 941 964 - 964

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 186 105 93 93 - - - 12 81 - 81

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 785 530 496 472 23 12 12 35 254 - 254

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Females. . . . . . . . . . 21,052 8,628 7,470 3,479 3,991 2,747 1,244 1,158 12,424 46 12,377

Federated States of Micronesia. 20,788 8,500 7,377 3,386 3,991 2,747 1,244 1,123 12,288 46 12,242

Yap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 12 12 12 - - - - 63 - 63

Yap proper. . . . . . . . . 61 12 12 12 - - - - 49 - 49

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 14 - - - - - - - 14 - 14

Chuuk . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,660 4,831 4,404 1,784 2,620 1,957 663 427 7,830 - 7,830

Northern Namoneas . . . . . 3,538 1,406 1,392 798 595 367 228 14 2,132 - 2,132

Southern Namoneas . . . . . 2,657 995 725 398 327 171 156 270 1,661 - 1,661

Faichuk . . . . . . . . . . 2,381 1,163 1,149 156 993 794 199 14 1,218 - 1,218

Mortlocks . . . . . . . . . 2,594 554 540 360 180 100 80 14 2,040 - 2,040

Oksoritod . . . . . . . . . 1,490 711 597 71 526 526 - 114 779 - 779

Pohnpei . . . . . . . . . . . 7,949 3,588 2,903 1,533 1,370 790 581 685 4,360 46 4,314

Madolenihmw . . . . . . . . 917 279 279 93 186 81 105 - 639 23 615

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 395 395 209 186 116 70 - 348 - 348

Nett. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080 604 592 197 395 325 70 12 476 - 476

Sokehs. . . . . . . . . . . 1,259 534 453 232 221 70 151 81 725 - 725

Kitti . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185 290 290 93 197 46 151 - 894 - 894

Kolonia . . . . . . . . . . 1,277 627 569 534 35 12 23 58 650 23 627

Outer Islands . . . . . . . 1,486 859 325 174 151 139 12 534 627 - 627

Kosrae. . . . . . . . . . . . 105 70 58 58 - - - 12 35 - 35

Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Northern Mariana Islands. . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Marshall Islands. . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Other Pacific Islands . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

China and Taiwan. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Philippines . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Other Asia. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

United States . . . . . . . . . 263 128 93 93 - - - 35 136 - 136

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Australia/New Zealand . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Note: Item only asked in Chuuk and Pohnpei

Table 40. Citizenship and Year of Entry by Labor Force Characteristics, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

Citizenship │ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Year of Entry │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

Persons 18 years and over. 59,429 33,309 30,816 15,815 15,001 9,395 5,606 2,493 26,119 667 25,452

Federated States of Micronesia. 58,154 32,475 30,053 15,122 14,930 9,336 5,594 2,422 25,680 667 25,013

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 1,274 834 764 693 71 59 12 71 440 - 440

United States Citizens . . . 224 166 155 107 48 48 - 12 58 - 58

U.S born citizen. . . . . 175 117 106 58 48 48 - 12 58 - 58

U.S citizen by natural. . 49 49 49 49 - - - - - - -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 1,050 668 609 586 23 12 12 59 382 - 382

Permanent residence . . . 259 171 160 137 23 12 12 12 88 - 88

Temporary residence . . . 791 497 449 449 - - - 48 294 - 294

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 1,274 834 764 693 71 59 12 71 440 - 440

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 375 252 228 228 - - - 23 123 - 123

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 297 180 168 168 - - - 12 117 - 117

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 144 94 94 94 - - - - 50 - 50

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 109 72 72 49 23 12 12 - 37 - 37

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 160 95 59 23 36 36 - 36 65 - 65

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 58 46 46 46 - - - - 12 - 12

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 48 48 48 48 - - - - - - -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 36 36 36 - - - - 36 - 36

Females. . . . . . . . . . 30,534 13,514 12,184 5,124 7,060 5,234 1,826 1,330 17,020 430 16,590

Federated States of Micronesia. 30,036 13,289 11,994 4,934 7,060 5,234 1,826 1,295 16,747 430 16,317

Non-FSM Citizens. . . . . . . . 498 225 190 190 - - - 35 273 - 273

United States Citizens . . . 58 46 35 35 - - - 12 12 - 12

U.S born citizen. . . . . 58 46 35 35 - - - 12 12 - 12

U.S citizen by naturaliza - - - - - - - - - - -

Other Non-citizen. . . . . . 440 178 155 155 - - - 23 262 - 262

Permanent residence . . . 123 48 36 36 - - - 12 76 - 76

Temporary residence . . . 317 131 119 119 - - - 12 186 - 186

Non-Citizens Year of Entry. . . 498 225 190 190 - - - 35 273 - 273

Came 1996 or 1997 . . . . . . 156 93 70 70 - - - 23 63 - 63

Came 1990 to 1995 . . . . . . 96 37 25 25 - - - 12 59 - 59

Came 1985 to 1989 . . . . . . 50 36 36 36 - - - - 14 - 14

Came 1980 to 1984 . . . . . . 48 12 12 12 - - - - 37 - 37

Came 1975 to 1979 . . . . . . 54 - - - - - - - 54 - 54

Came 1970 to 1974 . . . . . . 12 - - - - - - - 12 - 12

Came 1965 to 1969 . . . . . . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Came 1960 to 1964 . . . . . . 72 36 36 36 - - - - 36 - 36

RELIGION

Person 15 years and over . 68,377 35,033 32,254 15,940 16,313 10,166 6,148 2,779 33,344 879 32,465

Protestant/Congregation . . . 34,405 15,647 13,745 7,590 6,155 4,023 2,132 1,902 18,758 844 17,914

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . 32,052 18,577 17,740 7,699 10,041 6,080 3,961 837 13,475 35 13,440

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . 403 198 198 187 12 12 - - 205 - 205

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . 95 - - - - - - - 95 - 95

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . 474 181 141 115 26 14 12 40 293 - 293

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . 947 430 430 350 80 37 43 - 517 - 517

Female 15 years and over . 34,789 14,167 12,698 5,222 7,476 5,549 1,927 1,468 20,622 521 20,101

Protestant/Congregation . . . 17,360 5,867 4,837 2,357 2,481 1,835 646 1,030 11,492 510 10,983

Catholic. . . . . . . . . . . 16,372 7,950 7,553 2,625 4,927 3,689 1,238 398 8,421 12 8,410

Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . 191 76 76 76 - - - - 115 - 115

Pentecostal . . . . . . . . . 54 - - - - - - - 54 - 54

Mormon. . . . . . . . . . . . 359 106 66 52 14 14 - 40 253 - 253

Others. . . . . . . . . . . . 453 167 167 113 54 12 43 - 286 - 286

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 41. School Enrollment and Educational Attainment by Labor Force Characteristics, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

School Enrollment │ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Educational Attainment │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL

Persons 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 17,344 2,496 2,084 928 1,156 527 629 412 14,848 521 14,327

High school or less . . . . . . 12,813 1,038 898 192 705 280 425 141 11,774 412 11,362

Public school . . . . . . . . 5,996 498 435 89 345 133 213 63 5,499 206 5,293

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,531 1,457 1,186 736 451 247 204 271 3,073 109 2,964

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,154 702 566 341 225 123 102 136 1,453 54 1,398

Females 15 years and over

and enrolled in school. . 8,712 1,004 788 415 374 147 227 216 7,709 249 7,460

High school or less . . . . . . 6,443 428 339 112 227 123 103 89 6,015 194 5,820

Public school . . . . . . . . 2,959 200 162 49 113 62 52 37 2,759 97 2,662

College . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,269 575 449 302 147 23 123 127 1,694 54 1,639

Public school . . . . . . . . 1,074 275 212 138 73 12 62 63 799 27 772

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over. 40,166 25,032 23,605 13,694 9,910 6,015 3,895 1,427 15,134 445 14,689

Less than high school graduate. 26,986 14,529 13,590 5,395 8,194 4,915 3,280 940 12,457 350 12,107

High school graduate. . . . . . 6,329 4,728 4,421 3,298 1,123 620 503 307 1,601 54 1,547

Some college, no degree . . . . 2,930 2,240 2,144 1,746 398 297 101 96 690 27 663

Associate degree, occupational. 1,051 908 908 835 73 62 12 - 143 - 143

Associate degree, academic. . . 1,601 1,424 1,362 1,240 122 122 - 62 177 14 164

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 900 848 837 837 - - - 12 52 - 52

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 228 228 217 217 - - - 12 - - -

Professional degree . . . . . . 117 103 103 103 - - - - 14 - 14

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . 23 23 23 23 - - - - - - -

Percent high school graduate. . 32.8 42.0 42.4 60.6 17.3 18.3 15.8 34.1 17.7 21.3 17.6

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 3.2 4.8 5.0 8.6 - - - 1.6 .4 - .4

Females 25 years and over. 20,122 9,448 8,657 4,191 4,466 3,099 1,367 792 10,674 311 10,363

Less than high school graduate. 15,358 6,259 5,700 1,619 4,080 2,826 1,254 559 9,099 284 8,815

High school graduate. . . . . . 2,750 1,646 1,486 1,212 274 160 113 160 1,104 27 1,077

Some college, no degree . . . . 1,134 778 729 617 112 112 - 49 356 - 356

Associate degree, occupational. 384 332 332 332 - - - - 52 - 52

Associate degree, academic. . . 283 248 237 237 - - - 12 35 - 35

Bachelor's degree . . . . . . . 141 127 127 127 - - - - 14 - 14

Master's degree . . . . . . . . 46 46 35 35 - - - 12 - - -

Professional degree . . . . . . 26 12 12 12 - - - - 14 - 14

Doctorate degree. . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Percent high school graduate. . 23.7 33.8 34.2 61.3 8.6 8.8 8.3 29.3 14.8 8.7 14.9

Percent bachelor's degree . . . 1.1 2.0 2.0 4.1 - - - 1.5 .3 - .3

Persons 18 to 24 . . . . . 14,445 5,733 4,739 1,746 2,993 1,707 1,286 995 8,712 222 8,490

Percent high school graduate. . 13.9 16.2 17.5 28.1 11.4 10.7 12.3 10.3 12.3 22.5 12.1

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 42A. Occupation and Class of Worker by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

───────────────────────────────────────┬────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

Occupation │ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Class of Worker │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

───────────────────────────────────────┴────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────

OCCUPATION

Employed persons 15 years and over 32,164 32,164 32,164 15,851 16,313 10,166 6,148 - - - -

Legislators, senior officials and mngr. 1,952 1,952 1,952 1,310 642 304 338 - - - -

Legislators & senior officials. . . . 1,004 1,004 1,004 528 477 266 210 - - - -

Corporate managers. . . . . . . . . . 397 397 397 317 80 26 54 - - - -

General managers. . . . . . . . . . . 551 551 551 466 85 12 73 - - - -

Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,164 5,164 5,164 3,107 2,057 1,436 621 - - - -

Physical, mathematical, and engineer. 206 206 206 157 48 12 37 - - - -

Life Science and health professionals 742 742 742 369 373 302 71 - - - -

Teaching professionals. . . . . . . . 3,695 3,695 3,695 2,154 1,541 1,051 490 - - - -

Other professionals . . . . . . . . . 522 522 522 428 94 71 23 - - - -

Technicians & associated professionals. 3,855 3,855 3,855 2,610 1,244 988 257 - - - -

Physical science & engineering assoc. 531 531 531 304 227 178 49 - - - -

Life science and health ass. proff. . 683 683 683 528 155 143 12 - - - -

Teaching associate professionals. . . 1,567 1,567 1,567 920 647 571 76 - - - -

Other associate professionals . . . . 1,073 1,073 1,073 857 216 96 120 - - - -

Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,048 4,048 4,048 2,458 1,590 1,054 536 - - - -

Office clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,893 1,893 1,893 1,256 637 413 223 - - - -

Customer services clerks. . . . . . . 2,116 2,116 2,116 1,163 953 641 313 - - - -

Other clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 39 39 39 - - - - - - -

Service workers and shop and market sale 5,189 5,189 5,189 2,191 2,998 1,878 1,120 - - - -

Personal and protective serv. worker. 4,651 4,651 4,651 2,065 2,585 1,642 944 - - - -

Salespersons, demonstrators, and model 538 538 538 125 413 237 176 - - - -

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers 1,068 1,068 1,068 - 1,068 405 663 - - - -

Market-oriented skilled agricultural. 943 943 943 - 943 309 634 - - - -

Subsistence agricultural, fishery . . 125 125 125 - 125 96 28 - - - -

Craft and Related Workers . . . . . . . 2,734 2,734 2,734 1,394 1,340 616 724 - - - -

Extraction and building trades workers 876 876 876 460 416 176 240 - - - -

Metal and machinery trades workers. . 1,242 1,242 1,242 653 589 300 289 - - - -

Precision, handicraft, printing and . 154 154 154 12 142 12 130 - - - -

Other craft and related trades. . . . 463 463 463 270 193 129 64 - - - -

Plant & machine operators and assemblers 1,417 1,417 1,417 762 655 373 282 - - - -

Industrial plant operators. . . . . . 170 170 170 91 79 40 39 - - - -

Stationary machine operators. . . . . 110 110 110 84 26 26 - - - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators. . 1,126 1,126 1,126 576 550 307 243 - - - -

Other plant & machine operators . . . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Elementary Occupations. . . . . . . . . 6,638 6,638 6,638 2,004 4,634 3,027 1,607 - - - -

Sales & services elementary occup.. . 4,664 4,664 4,664 1,527 3,138 2,262 875 - - - -

Agricultural, fishery, and rel. labor 287 287 287 51 236 96 140 - - - -

Labourers in mining, construction . . 1,687 1,687 1,687 426 1,260 668 592 - - - -

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over . 32,164 32,164 32,164 15,851 16,313 10,166 6,148 - - - -

Private for wage and salary workers. . 11,828 11,828 11,828 5,438 6,390 3,464 2,926 - - - -

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . 19,097 19,097 19,097 9,982 9,114 6,430 2,684 - - - -

Self-employed workers . . . . . . . . . 1,173 1,173 1,173 391 783 257 526 - - - -

Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . 66 66 66 40 26 14 12 - - - -

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 42B. Occupation and Class of Worker by Usual Residence, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

Occupation │ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Class of Worker │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

OCCUPATION

Employed females 15 years and over 12,636 12,636 12,636 5,160 7,476 5,549 1,927 - - - -

Legislators, senior officials and mngr. 579 579 579 238 341 169 171 - - - -

Legislators & senior officials. . . . 239 239 239 12 227 143 84 - - - -

Corporate managers. . . . . . . . . . 77 77 77 23 54 26 28 - - - -

General managers. . . . . . . . . . . 262 262 262 203 59 - 59 - - - -

Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117 2,117 2,117 1,088 1,029 727 302 - - - -

Physical, mathematical, and engineer. 73 73 73 48 25 - 25 - - - -

Life Science and health professionals 461 461 461 216 245 231 14 - - - -

Teaching professionals. . . . . . . . 1,457 1,457 1,457 750 707 468 240 - - - -

Other professionals . . . . . . . . . 127 127 127 75 52 28 23 - - - -

Technicians & associated professionals. 1,370 1,370 1,370 766 604 514 90 - - - -

Physical science & engineering assoc. 147 147 147 35 112 98 14 - - - -

Life science and health ass. proff. . 279 279 279 251 28 28 - - - - -

Teaching associate professionals. . . 683 683 683 308 375 327 48 - - - -

Other associate professionals . . . . 262 262 262 173 89 61 28 - - - -

Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431 2,431 2,431 1,734 697 519 178 - - - -

Office clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015 1,015 1,015 753 262 185 77 - - - -

Customer services clerks. . . . . . . 1,390 1,390 1,390 955 435 335 101 - - - -

Other clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 25 25 25 - - - - - - -

Service workers and shop and market sale 1,900 1,900 1,900 666 1,234 950 284 - - - -

Personal and protective serv. worker. 1,640 1,640 1,640 601 1,039 781 258 - - - -

Salespersons, demonstrators, and model 260 260 260 65 195 169 26 - - - -

Skilled Agricultural and fishery workers 335 335 335 - 335 214 120 - - - -

Market-oriented skilled agricultural. 320 320 320 - 320 214 106 - - - -

Subsistence agricultural, fishery . . 14 14 14 - 14 - 14 - - - -

Craft and Related Workers . . . . . . . 666 666 666 106 561 291 270 - - - -

Extraction and building trades workers 165 165 165 12 154 96 58 - - - -

Metal and machinery trades workers. . 273 273 273 - 273 147 127 - - - -

Precision, handicraft, printing and . 61 61 61 - 61 12 49 - - - -

Other craft and related trades. . . . 167 167 167 94 73 37 36 - - - -

Plant & machine operators and assemblers 239 239 239 14 225 173 52 - - - -

Industrial plant operators. . . . . . 14 14 14 - 14 - 14 - - - -

Drivers & mobile machine operators. . 225 225 225 14 210 173 37 - - - -

Elementary Occupations. . . . . . . . . 2,928 2,928 2,928 548 2,380 1,921 459 - - - -

Sales & services elementary occup.. . 2,172 2,172 2,172 524 1,647 1,370 277 - - - -

Agricultural, fishery, and rel. labor 82 82 82 12 70 70 - - - - -

Labourers in mining, construction . . 674 674 674 12 662 480 182 - - - -

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 15 years and over . 12,636 12,636 12,636 5,160 7,476 5,549 1,927 - - - -

Private for wage and salary workers. . 5,009 5,009 5,009 2,279 2,730 1,875 855 - - - -

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . 7,008 7,008 7,008 2,653 4,355 3,460 895 - - - -

Self-employed workers . . . . . . . . . 590 590 590 213 377 200 177 - - - -

Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . 28 28 28 14 14 14 - - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 42C. Industry by Labor Force Characteristics, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

│ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Industry │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

Employed persons 15 years and over 32,164 32,164 32,164 15,851 16,313 10,166 6,148 - - - -

Agriculture, hunting & forestry . . . . 612 612 612 118 494 310 185 - - - -

Agriculture, hunting & related serv.. 612 612 612 118 494 310 185 - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 382 382 103 280 103 177 - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries 382 382 382 103 280 103 177 - - - -

Mining and quarrying. . . . . . . . . . 71 71 71 71 - - - - - - -

Extraction of crude petroleum . . . . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores. . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Other mining and quarrying. . . . . . 48 48 48 48 - - - - - - -

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 578 578 284 293 81 212 - - - -

Manuf.of food products & beverages. . 174 174 174 81 93 23 70 - - - -

Manufacture of textiles . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -

Manufacture of wearing apparel. . . . 95 95 95 48 48 12 36 - - - -

Manuf. of wood and of wood product. . 12 12 12 - 12 - 12 - - - -

Publishing, printing & reproduction . 93 93 93 23 70 - 70 - - - -

Manuf. of coke, refined petro. prod.. 14 14 14 14 - - - - - - -

Manufacture of electrical machinery . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision. . . . . 23 23 23 23 - - - - - - -

Manufacture of motor vehicles . . . . 39 39 39 26 14 - 14 - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment. . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C. . . 105 105 105 46 58 46 12 - - - -

Electricity, gas & water supply . . . . 757 757 757 316 441 277 164 - - - -

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water . 646 646 646 316 330 192 138 - - - -

Collection, purification and dist.. . 111 111 111 - 111 85 26 - - - -

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 1,400 1,400 287 1,112 632 480 - - - -

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair. . . . 4,064 4,064 4,064 1,929 2,135 1,206 929 - - - -

Sale, maintenance and repair of motor 627 627 627 89 539 371 168 - - - -

Wholesale trade & commission trade. . 723 723 723 156 567 277 290 - - - -

Retail trade, repair of personal and. 2,713 2,713 2,713 1,684 1,029 558 471 - - - -

Hotels and restaurants. . . . . . . . . 947 947 947 500 447 212 235 - - - -

Transport, Storage & Communication. . . 1,558 1,558 1,558 828 730 481 249 - - - -

Land transport; transp. via pipeline. 486 486 486 296 189 140 49 - - - -

Water transport . . . . . . . . . . . 295 295 295 114 181 110 71 - - - -

Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 183 183 129 54 54 - - - - -

Supporting & aux. trans. activities . 431 431 431 177 254 165 89 - - - -

Post & Telecommunication. . . . . . . 163 163 163 111 52 12 40 - - - -

Financial Intermediation. . . . . . . . 230 230 230 230 - - - - - - -

Financial intermediation, ex. insur.. 172 172 172 172 - - - - - - -

Insurance and pension funding except. 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Activities aux. to finan. intermed. . 46 46 46 46 - - - - - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Act. . . 1,011 1,011 1,011 446 565 371 194 - - - -

Computer and related activities . . . 96 96 96 35 61 14 46 - - - -

Research and Development. . . . . . . 35 35 35 35 - - - - - - -

Other business activities . . . . . . 881 881 881 377 504 357 147 - - - -

Public administration & defence . . . . 10,065 10,065 10,065 5,560 4,505 3,043 1,462 - - - -

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,991 4,991 4,991 3,108 1,882 1,284 599 - - - -

Health and Social Work. . . . . . . . . 1,312 1,312 1,312 846 466 369 97 - - - -

Other community, social and pers. act.. 1,650 1,650 1,650 550 1,100 787 313 - - - -

Sewage and refuse disp. sanitation. . 975 975 975 192 783 607 176 - - - -

Activities of membership org. . . . . 544 544 544 242 302 165 137 - - - -

Recreational, cultural & sport act. . 74 74 74 74 - - - - - - -

Other service activities. . . . . . . 57 57 57 43 14 14 - - - - -

Private households w/employed person. . 2,476 2,476 2,476 612 1,864 1,011 852 - - - -

Extraterritorial org. and bodies. . . . 23 23 23 23 - - - - - - -

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 42D. Industry by Labor Force Characteristics, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

│ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Industry │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

Employed females 15 years and over 12,636 12,636 12,636 5,160 7,476 5,549 1,927 - - - -

Agriculture, hunting & forestry . . . . 237 237 237 40 196 154 43 - - - -

Agriculture, hunting & related serv.. 237 237 237 40 196 154 43 - - - -

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 147 147 23 123 77 46 - - - -

Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries 147 147 147 23 123 77 46 - - - -

Mining and quarrying. . . . . . . . . . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Mining of uranium and thorium ores. . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 234 234 117 117 46 71 - - - -

Manuf.of food products & beverages. . 46 46 46 23 23 12 12 - - - -

Manufacture of wearing apparel. . . . 95 95 95 48 48 12 36 - - - -

Publishing, printing & reproduction . 23 23 23 - 23 - 23 - - - -

Manuf. of medical, precision. . . . . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Manufacture of motor vehicles . . . . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Manuf.of other transport equipment. . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Manuf.of furniture; manuf. N.E.C. . . 35 35 35 12 23 23 - - - - -

Electricity, gas & water supply . . . . 236 236 236 52 185 159 26 - - - -

Electricity, gas, steam & hot water . 179 179 179 52 128 102 26 - - - -

Collection, purification and dist.. . 57 57 57 - 57 57 - - - - -

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 555 555 23 531 422 110 - - - -

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair. . . . 1,767 1,767 1,767 908 859 571 287 - - - -

Sale, maintenance and repair of motor 219 219 219 12 207 134 73 - - - -

Wholesale trade & commission trade. . 230 230 230 52 178 150 28 - - - -

Retail trade, repair of personal and. 1,318 1,318 1,318 845 474 288 186 - - - -

Hotels and restaurants. . . . . . . . . 569 569 569 317 252 146 106 - - - -

Transport, Storage & Communication. . . 424 424 424 139 285 233 52 - - - -

Land transport; transp. via pipeline. 102 102 102 37 64 64 - - - - -

Water transport . . . . . . . . . . . 61 61 61 12 49 35 14 - - - -

Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 43 43 14 28 28 - - - - -

Supporting & aux. trans. activities . 142 142 142 25 117 94 23 - - - -

Post & Telecommunication. . . . . . . 76 76 76 50 26 12 14 - - - -

Financial Intermediation. . . . . . . . 156 156 156 156 - - - - - - -

Financial intermediation, ex. insur.. 133 133 133 133 - - - - - - -

Activities aux. to finan. intermed. . 23 23 23 23 - - - - - - -

Real Estate,Renting & Business Act. . . 368 368 368 131 238 203 35 - - - -

Research and Development. . . . . . . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Other business activities . . . . . . 357 357 357 119 238 203 35 - - - -

Public administration & defence . . . . 3,213 3,213 3,213 1,201 2,012 1,514 498 - - - -

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020 2,020 2,020 1,086 934 630 304 - - - -

Health and Social Work. . . . . . . . . 657 657 657 417 241 241 - - - - -

Other community, social and pers. act.. 966 966 966 264 702 622 80 - - - -

Sewage and refuse disp. sanitation. . 645 645 645 83 562 511 52 - - - -

Activities of membership org. . . . . 266 266 266 141 125 97 28 - - - -

Recreational, cultural & sport act. . 12 12 12 12 - - - - - - -

Other service activities. . . . . . . 43 43 43 28 14 14 - - - - -

Private households w/employed person. . 1,076 1,076 1,076 274 802 532 269 - - - -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table 43. Income in 1996 by Labor Force Characteristics, FSM: 1997

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

─────────────────────────────┬────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────

│ │ In Labor Force │ Not in Labor Force

│ │ │ Employed │ │ │ │

│ │ ├───────┬───────┬─────────────────────────┤ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ Agriculture/Fishing │ │ │ │ Not

│ │ │ │ ├───────┬────────┬────────┤ │ │ Could│ Avail-

Household Income │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Market│ │ │ have│ able

Family Income │ │ │ │ Formal│ │ Subsis-│ Orient-│ Unem-│ │ taken│ for

Person's Income │ Total│ Total│ Total│ work│ Total│ tence│ ted│ ployed│ Total│ job│ work

─────────────────────────────┴────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────

INCOME IN 1996

Total households . . . . 13,286 10,679 10,237 7,016 3,220 1,455 1,766 442 2,607 57 2,551

Less than $1,000 . . . . . . 1,869 1,418 1,196 368 827 385 443 222 451 11 440

$1,000 to $1,999 . . . . . . 1,212 884 825 322 503 216 287 58 328 11 317

$2,000 to $2,999 . . . . . . 1,057 760 760 450 310 159 151 - 297 - 297

$3,000 to $3,999 . . . . . . 1,426 1,152 1,129 770 359 221 139 23 274 - 274

$4,000 to $4,999 . . . . . . 914 811 775 574 201 96 105 36 103 - 103

$5,000 to $7,499 . . . . . . 1,962 1,478 1,420 1,082 338 121 217 58 484 11 473

$7,500 to $9,999 . . . . . . 1,188 948 948 735 213 91 122 - 240 11 228

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . 995 860 815 652 162 67 96 46 135 - 135

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . 666 574 574 465 109 34 75 - 92 11 81

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . 866 751 751 627 125 23 102 - 115 - 115

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . 355 335 335 315 20 10 10 - 20 - 20

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . 494 460 460 430 30 20 10 - 34 - 34

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . 205 171 171 158 13 13 - - 34 - 34

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . 78 78 78 68 10 - 10 - - - -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . 5,211 5,533 5,763 7,366 2,903 2,799 3,018 998 3,830 6,250 3,808

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . 8,093 8,608 8,854 10,712 4,808 4,387 5,155 2,916 5,983 6,690 5,967

FAMILY INCOME

Total families . . . . . 12,910 10,382 9,990 6,780 3,210 1,455 1,756 392 2,528 45 2,483

Less than $1,000. . . . . . . 1,789 1,358 1,186 358 827 385 443 172 431 11 420

$1,000 to $1,999. . . . . . . 1,212 896 838 322 516 216 300 58 315 - 315

$2,000 to $2,999. . . . . . . 1,035 737 737 440 298 159 139 - 297 - 297

$3,000 to $3,999. . . . . . . 1,401 1,116 1,093 734 359 221 139 23 285 - 285

$4,000 to $4,999. . . . . . . 925 822 786 585 201 96 105 36 103 - 103

$5,000 to $7,499. . . . . . . 1,850 1,413 1,354 1,016 338 121 217 58 437 11 426

$7,500 to $9,999. . . . . . . 1,165 937 937 724 213 91 122 - 228 11 217

$10,000 to $12,499. . . . . . 985 850 805 642 162 67 96 46 135 - 135

$12,500 to $14,999. . . . . . 666 574 574 465 109 34 75 - 92 11 81

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . 791 676 676 561 115 23 92 - 115 - 115

$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . 345 325 325 305 20 10 10 - 20 - 20

$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . 474 440 440 410 30 20 10 - 34 - 34

$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . 195 161 161 148 13 13 - - 34 - 34

$50,000 or more . . . . . . . 78 78 78 68 10 - 10 - - - -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . 5,126 5,464 5,655 7,338 2,881 2,799 2,978 1,422 3,772 7,500 3,733

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . 8,057 8,550 8,757 10,647 4,766 4,387 5,080 3,268 6,035 7,914 6,001

INCOME BY TYPE 15+ Years

TOTAL w/income. . . . . . . 30,231 25,758 24,584 15,608 8,976 4,169 4,807 1,174 4,473 117 4,356

Mean income($). . . . . . 4,008 4,240 4,382 5,863 1,806 1,394 2,163 1,280 2,673 3,734 2,645

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table H01. Occupancy and Bedrooms by State, FSM: 1997.

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────┬──────┬────────┬───────┬──────┐

│ │ │ │ │ │

Occupancy │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│

────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────┴──────┴────────┴───────┴──────┘

All housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

Persons in occupied housing units. . . . . . . .110,098 11,600 55,799 35,199 7,500

Per occupied housing unit . . . . . . . . . 7.23 6.03 7.92 6.64 7.78

Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . 88,741 9,553 40,811 30,972 7,405

Renter-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . . 21,357 2,047 14,988 4,227 95

TENURE

Occupied housing units. . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

Mortgage or loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,580 107 165 968 340

Free and clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,466 1,426 4,877 3,562 601

Renter-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . . . 3,184 392 2,001 768 23

Occupied without payment of cash rent. . . . . 2,659 321 1,887 439 11

BEDROOMS

All housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

1 bedroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,582 1,034 2,407 1,836 306

2 bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,559 428 1,951 1,965 215

3 bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,378 392 1,849 898 238

4 bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,288 71 671 409 136

5 or more bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 - 165 190 68

Owner-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

1 bedroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,802 927 2,014 1,566 295

2 bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,483 321 1,330 1,616 215

3 bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,415 250 1,140 798 227

4 bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994 36 443 379 136

5 or more bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 - 114 170 68

Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . 3,184 392 2,001 768 23

1 bedroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 107 393 269 11

2 bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,077 107 621 349 -

3 bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963 143 709 100 11

4 bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 36 228 30 -

5 or more bedrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 - 51 20 -

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table H02. Units in Structure and Year Structure Built by State, FSM: 1997.

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┐

Units in Structure │ │ │ │ │ │

Year Structure Built │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│

────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┘

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

All housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

1, detached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,915 1,569 6,663 3,731 953

1, attached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,377 36 342 988 11

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 178 - 289 -

3 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 71 - 160 -

Bldg. with 2 apartments. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 - - 70 -

Bldg. with 3 - 4 apartments. . . . . . . . . . . 78 - 38 40 -

Bldg. with 5 or more apartments. . . . . . . . . 10 - - 10 -

Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 71 - 10 -

Owner-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

1, detached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,409 1,319 4,788 3,372 930

1, attached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,087 - 228 848 11

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 143 - 200 -

3 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 71 - 70 -

Bldg. with 2 apartments. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - - 10 -

Bldg. with 3 - 4 apartments. . . . . . . . . . . 45 - 25 20 -

Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - - 10 -

Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . 3,184 392 2,001 768 23

1, detached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,506 250 1,875 359 23

1, attached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 36 114 140 -

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 36 - 90 -

3 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 - - 90 -

Bldg. with 2 apartments. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 - - 60 -

Bldg. with 3 - 4 apartments. . . . . . . . . . . 33 - 13 20 -

Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 71 - - -

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

All housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

1995 to 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276 178 443 519 136

1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,961 178 1,761 818 204

1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,607 1,248 2,356 1,606 397

1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,595 178 1,330 928 159

1960 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,452 107 760 529 57

1950 to 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 36 89 190 11

1940 to 1949 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 - 13 100 -

1939 or earlier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 - - 100 -

Owner-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

1995 to 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,009 107 317 449 136

1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,274 143 1,241 708 181

1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,364 998 1,533 1,437 397

1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,176 143 1,077 798 159

1960 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278 107 595 519 57

1950 to 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 36 63 190 11

1940 to 1949 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 - 13 100 -

1939 or earlier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 - - 90 -

Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . 3,184 392 2,001 768 23

1995 to 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 71 127 70 -

1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 36 519 110 23

1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,243 250 823 170 -

1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 36 253 130 -

1960 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 - 165 10 -

1950 to 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 - 25 - -

1939 or earlier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - - 10 -

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table H03. Walls, Roof, and Foundation by State, FSM: 1997.

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────┬──────┬──────┬───────┬──────┐

Roof, Outside walls │ │ │ │ │ │

Foundation │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│

────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┘

All housing units. . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

TYPE OF MATERIAL USED FOR OUTSIDE WALLS

Poured concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,353 107 1,621 409 215

Concrete blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,365 214 2,052 2,714 386

Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,154 784 1,279 1,068 23

Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,805 499 2,077 888 340

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 321 13 219 -

TYPE OF MATERIAL USED FOR ROOF

Poured concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,574 36 1,520 928 91

Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,544 1,176 5,307 3,233 828

Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 - 89 219 -

Thatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 677 114 120 45

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 36 13 798 -

TYPE OF WALLS BY TYPE OF ROOF

Concrete walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,684 1,569 4,079 3,322 714

With concrete roof. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,765 606 1,887 1,068 204

With metal roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,275 927 2,191 1,646 510

With wood roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 - - 40 -

With other roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 36 - 569 -

Wood walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,805 499 2,077 888 340

With metal roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 - 13 - -

With wood roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,045 214 1,938 599 295

With thatch roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 - 38 110 -

With other roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 285 89 180 45

Other walls (including metal) . . . . . . . 3,707 1,105 1,292 1,287 23

With metal roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 - 13 60 -

With wood roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,914 713 1,191 988 23

With thatch roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 - 51 70 -

With other roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 392 38 170 -

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table H04. Rooms, Persons in Unit, and Persons per Room by State, FSM: 1997.

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

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Rooms, Persons per unit │ │ │ │ │ │

Persons per room │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│

────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┘

Occupied units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

1 room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,775 784 887 968 136

2 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,456 285 1,165 858 147

3 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,857 392 1,938 1,357 170

4 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,784 321 1,292 1,058 113

5 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,914 107 1,001 569 238

6 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950 - 557 279 113

7 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 36 114 140 23

8 or more rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 - 89 70 23

Median . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 2.1 3.3 3.1 3.8

Owner-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

1 room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,439 749 697 858 136

2 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,067 214 937 768 147

3 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,964 285 1,343 1,177 159

4 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,949 214 823 798 113

5 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,560 71 722 529 238

6 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 - 418 210 102

7 rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 - 51 120 23

8 or more rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 - 51 70 23

Median . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 1.6 3.2 3.0 3.8

PERSONS IN UNIT AND PERSONS PER ROOM

Occupied housing units. . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

1 person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 143 76 279 11

2 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,243 107 418 639 79

3 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626 428 481 649 68

4 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505 71 633 698 102

5 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,057 285 950 629 193

6 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,864 250 887 649 79

7 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,493 178 823 389 102

8 or more persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,933 463 2,774 1,367 329

Median . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 5.2 6.6 5.1 5.9

Owner-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

1 person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 71 63 190 11

2 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894 71 266 489 68

3 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348 392 329 559 68

4 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,258 71 456 629 102

5 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,646 214 722 529 181

6 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,566 214 684 589 79

7 persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,078 143 494 339 102

8 or more persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,919 356 2,027 1,207 329

Median . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 5.3 6.5 5.3 6.0

Occupied housing units. . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

0.50 or less persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,656 891 3,458 1,955 352

0.51 to 0.75 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,877 570 1,900 1,157 250

0.76 to 1.00 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,240 71 557 509 102

1.01 to 1.50 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,881 143 646 888 204

1.51 to 2.00 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 71 291 309 23

2.01 to 3.00 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 107 165 249 11

3.01 or more persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 71 25 229 23

Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.98 2.50 2.07 1.77 1.73

Owner-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

0.50 or less persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,620 856 2,647 1,766 352

0.51 to 0.75 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,928 356 1,305 1,018 250

0.76 to 1.00 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886 36 329 419 102

1.01 to 1.50 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,549 107 481 768 193

1.51 to 2.00 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 71 165 239 11

2.01 to 3.00 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 107 101 170 11

3.01 or more persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 - 13 150 23

Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.07 2.92 2.17 1.85 1.76

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table H05. Plumbing Characteristics by State, FSM: 1997.

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

Plumbing │ │ │ │ │ │

Characteristics │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│

PLUMBING FACILITIES

Occupied units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

Complete plumbing facilities in this unit. . . . 910 71 367 449 23

With hot and cold piped water. . . . . . . . . 209 36 63 110 -

With only cold piped water . . . . . . . . . . 702 36 304 339 23

Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . 14,319 1,854 6,676 4,849 941

In the building, not in unit . . . . . . . . . 1,235 36 190 748 261

With hot and cold piped water. . . . . . . . 600 - 89 489 23

With only cold piped water . . . . . . . . . 635 36 101 259 238

Some but not all plumbing facilities . . . . . 9,232 143 5,371 3,492 227

No plumbing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,852 1,675 1,115 609 454

Owner-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

Complete plumbing facilities in this unit. . . . 487 - 165 299 23

With hot and cold piped water. . . . . . . . . 40 - - 40 -

With only cold piped water . . . . . . . . . . 447 - 165 259 23

Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . 11,559 1,533 4,877 4,230 919

In the building, not in unit . . . . . . . . . 925 - 127 549 250

With hot and cold piped water. . . . . . . . 478 - 76 379 23

With only cold piped water . . . . . . . . . 447 - 51 170 227

Some but not all plumbing facilities . . . . . 7,340 71 3,939 3,103 227

No plumbing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,293 1,462 811 579 442

Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . 3,184 392 2,001 768 23

Complete plumbing facilities in this unit. . . . 424 71 203 150 -

With hot and cold piped water. . . . . . . . . 169 36 63 70 -

With only cold piped water . . . . . . . . . . 255 36 139 80 -

Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . 2,761 321 1,799 619 23

In the building, not in unit . . . . . . . . . 310 36 63 200 11

With hot and cold piped water. . . . . . . . 122 - 13 110 -

With only cold piped water . . . . . . . . . 187 36 51 90 11

Some but not all plumbing facilities . . . . . 1,892 71 1,431 389 -

No plumbing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 214 304 30 11

PLUMBING FACILITIES BY PERSONS PER ROOM

Owner-occupied housing units. . . . . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

Complete plumbing facilities in this unit. . . . 1,412 - 291 848 272

1.00 or less persons per room. . . . . . . . . 738 - 165 449 125

1.01 to 1.50 persons per room. . . . . . . . . 460 - 89 269 102

1.51 or more persons per room. . . . . . . . . 213 - 38 130 45

Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . 10,634 1,533 4,750 3,682 669

1.00 or less persons per room. . . . . . . . . 8,691 1,248 4,091 2,774 578

1.01 to 1.50 persons per room. . . . . . . . . 1,125 107 418 509 91

1.51 or more persons per room. . . . . . . . . 818 178 241 399 -

Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . 3,184 392 2,001 768 23

Complete plumbing facilities in this unit. . . . 733 107 266 349 11

1.00 or less persons per room. . . . . . . . . 340 36 165 140 -

1.01 to 1.50 persons per room. . . . . . . . . 134 36 38 60 -

1.51 or more persons per room. . . . . . . . . 260 36 63 150 11

Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . 2,451 285 1,735 419 11

1.00 or less persons per room. . . . . . . . . 1,998 250 1,469 279 -

1.01 to 1.50 persons per room. . . . . . . . . 198 - 127 60 11

1.51 or more persons per room. . . . . . . . . 255 36 139 80 -

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table H06. Water supply by State, FSM: 1997.

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

Water supply │ │ │ │ │ │

Sewage │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│

Occupied units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

WATER SUPPLY

Hot and cold piped water in this unit. . . . . . 502 36 127 339 -

Heated by electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 36 127 289 -

Heated by other fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 - - 50 -

Hot and cold piped water in this building. . . . 3,514 - 1,267 2,225 23

Only cold piped water in this unit . . . . . . . 6,737 71 4,509 2,065 91

Only cold piped water in this building . . . . . 546 107 25 40 374

Only cold piped water outside this building. . . 1,557 784 152 190 431

No piped water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,374 927 963 439 45

BATHTUB OR SHOWER

With bathtub or shower . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,180 392 3,952 3,133 703

In this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 71 405 529 34

In this building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,629 71 367 918 272

Outside this building. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,512 250 3,179 1,686 397

No bathtub or shower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,049 1,533 3,091 2,165 261

TOILET

Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,529 285 2,533 2,155 556

In this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080 71 456 519 34

In this building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394 71 228 788 306

Outside this building. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,055 143 1,849 848 215

Outhouse or privy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,422 143 2,508 2,375 397

Other or none. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,278 1,497 2,001 768 11

SOURCE OF WATER

Public system only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,533 143 608 2,125 658

Public system and catchment. . . . . . . . . . . 1,189 856 25 70 238

Village water system only. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,454 713 152 1,566 23

Individual well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,339 143 3,775 399 23

Cistern, tanks or drums only . . . . . . . . . . 1,647 36 1,153 459 -

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

Public sewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,280 71 975 1,666 567

Septic tank or cesspool. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,156 1,640 5,396 2,814 306

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Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table H07. Equipment and Facilities by State, FSM: 1997.

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

Equipment and │ │ │ │ │ │

Facilities │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│

Occupied housing units. . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

Fuel used most for cooking . . . . . . . . . . . 15,070 1,925 6,904 5,278 964

Electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,722 214 697 619 193

Gas: bottled or tank (LPG) . . . . . . . . . . 160 - 51 110 -

Kerosene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,609 392 2,457 2,045 714

Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,556 1,319 3,686 2,494 57

Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - 13 10 -

Electric refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,964 606 1,026 2,025 306

Gas refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,567 - 4,902 2,654 11

No refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,699 1,319 1,115 619 646

HOUSING INDICATORS

Has sink with piped water. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,773 285 684 1,487 318

Has electric power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,064 820 2,318 3,302 624

Has telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,771 856 1,102 2,315 499

Has radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,529 1,319 380 319 510

Has television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,927 463 1,317 1,806 340

AIR CONDITIONING

Central system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 - 89 90 23

1 individual room unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 36 101 90 45

2 or more individual room units. . . . . . . . . 216 36 51 130 -

None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,540 1,854 6,802 4,989 896

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

Occupied housing units. . . . . . . . . . . 15,230 1,925 7,043 5,298 964

No vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,091 998 4,623 3,322 147

1 vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,208 856 2,039 1,576 737

2 vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 71 266 259 79

3 or more vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 - 114 140 -

Vehicles per household . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

Table H08. Year Householder Moved Into Unit and Value by State, FSM: 1997.

[For definitions of terms and meanings of symbols, see text]

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Year householder moved into unit │ │ │ │ │ │

Value │ Total│ Yap│ Chuuk│Pohnpei│Kosrae│

─────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────┴──────┴──────┴───────┴──────┘

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

Owner-occupied housing units . . . . 12,045 1,533 5,041 4,530 941

1994 to 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,135 107 861 1,008 159

1990 to 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,138 - 1,241 738 159

1980 to 1989. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,559 1,105 1,457 1,566 431

1970 to 1979. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,134 250 1,051 708 125

1960 to 1969. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 71 329 309 57

1959 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 - 101 200 11

Renter-occupied housing units. . . . 3,184 392 2,001 768 23

1994 to 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,048 143 456 449 -

1990 to 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 - 405 80 23

1980 to 1989. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,180 214 836 130 -

1970 to 1979. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 36 279 100 -

1960 to 1969. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - 13 10 -

1959 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 - 13 - -

VALUE

Specified owner-occupied housing unit 11,911 1,533 4,927 4,510 941

Less than $10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,425 1,069 2,407 2,325 624

$10,000 to $14,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,801 285 773 619 125

$15,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,167 - 697 379 91

$20,000 to $29,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063 36 545 449 34

$30,000 to $39,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 462 - 241 210 11

$40,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 354 71 63 219 -

$50,000 to $59,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 319 36 38 200 45

$60,000 to $69,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - - 30 -

$70,000 to $79,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - 13 10 -

$80,000 to $89,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - - 20 -

$90,000 to $99,999. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - - 10 -

$100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . 149 - 139 10 -

$150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . 23 - 13 10 -

$200,000 to $299,999. . . . . . . . . . . 57 36 - 10 11

$300,000 to $399,999. . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

$400,000 to $499,999. . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -

$500,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - - 10 -

Median (dollars). . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,271 7,170 10,372 9,701 7,540

Mean (dollars). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,852 13,303 14,369 16,389 12,538

Source: 1997 FSM Labor Force Survey

CURRENT

LABOR FORCE

SURVEY

FEDERATED

STATES OF

MICRONESIA

A. ED:

B. Block:

C. Household No.:

D. Enumerator:

E. Village/Island:

F. State:

G. Address C Location description

H. Respondent's name:

I. Phone number:

The Federated States of Micronesia's Current Labor Force Survey counts each person at his or her "usual residence." The usual residence is the place where the person lives and sleeps most of the time.

1a. Please give me the name of each person living here on Sunday, September 21, 1997, including all persons staying here who have no other home. If EVERYONE is staying here temporarily and usually lives somewhere else, give me the name of each person. Begin with the household member in whose name the home is owned, being bought, or rented. If there is no such person, start with any adult household member. Print last name, first name, and middle initial for each person.

Name Print last name, first name, and middle initial for each person

1. Relationship to Person 1

2. Sex

3. Age

HOUSEHOLDER

1b. If EVERYONE listed above is staying here only temporarily and usually lives some-

where else, ask Where do these people usually live? Write their address here:

J. Population:

K. Last Resort:

R&D/OPS, Federated States of Micronesia

L. If vacant: 1. Regular 2. UHE

If Occupied, FORM __________ of __________

Federated States of Micronesia CURRENT LABOR FORCE SURVEY

1a Name of person 15 years and over from list, page 1

1b Person Number (from page 1)

12 Did .. work at any time LAST WEEK, either full time or part time? Work includes part-time work such as delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm; it also includes active duty in the Armed Forces. Work does NOT include own housework, school work, or volunteer work. Subsistence activity includes fishing, growing crops, etc., NOT primarily for commercial purposes.

1. Yes, worked full time or part time at a job or business AND did NO subsistence activity - Skip to 16

2. Yes, worked full time or part time at a job or business AND did subsistence activity

3. Yes, did subsistence activity only

4. No C Skip to 17

4 What is ...'s ethnic origin or race?

5 What is ...'s date of birth? (Month/Day/Year)

13 For people who did subsistence last week, ask What kind of subsistence activity did ... do last week? (Mark all that apply)

Sold Any Gave Away any Received Any

1. Gardening | | |

2. Animal raising | | |

3. Fishing | | |

6 Where was ... born? Print the name of the village, island and State, U.S. State or territory, or foreign country in the space below.

14 If this person did paid work - How many hours did ... work LAST WEEK at all jobs? Subtract any time off and add any overtime or extra hours worked:

7 Is ... a CITIZEN of the FSM?

1. Yes, born in the FSM C Skip to 9

2. Yes, FSM citizen by naturalization

3. No, born in U.S. or U.S. territory 5. No, not citizen (permanent residence)

4. No, U.S. citizen by naturalization 6. No, not citizen (temporary residence)

If did PAID work, Skip to 18-20

15 Was ... on layoff from a job or business LAST WEEK? If "No," ask C Was ... temporarily absent or on vacation from a job or business last week?

1. Yes, on layoff 2. Yes, on vacation, temporary illness,

3. No labor dispute, etc.

8 In what month and year did ... come to the FSM to stay? If entered the FSM more than once, ask C

What is the latest month and year? Month ______ 1 9 _____

16a Has ... been looking for work during the last 4 weeks?

1. Yes 2. No C Skip to 17

9 At any time since ____________, has .. attended regular school or college? Include only nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, and schooling which leads to a high school diploma or a college degree. If "Yes," ask C Public or private?

16b Could ... have taken a job LAST WEEK if one had been offered? If "No," ask C For what reason?

1. No, already has a job 3. No, other reasons (in school,etc.)

2. No, temporarily ill 4. Yes, could have taken a job

1. No, has not attended since _________

2. Yes, public school, public college

3. Yes, private school, private college

17 In what year did ... last work, even for a few days? If Never worked, write "Never worked".

1 9 ____ ____

If Never worked, or last worked in 1989 or earlier, skip to 21

10 How much school has ... COMPLETED? Read categories if person is unsure. Circle the number for the highest level COMPLETED or degree RECEIVED. If currently enrolled, mark the level of previous grade attended or highest degree received.

31. No school completed 4. 4th 8. 8th 12. 12th,

32. Nursery school 5. 5th 9. 9th no

33. Kindergarten 6. 6th 10. 10th diploma

1. 1st 2. 2nd 3. 3rd 7. 7th 11. 11th

18-20 The following questions ask about the job worked last week. If ... had more than one job, describe the one ... worked the most hours. If ... didn't work, the questions refer to the most recent job or business since 1990.

18 For whom did ... work? If now on active duty, write "Armed Forces"; otherwise, print the name of the company, business or other employer.

13. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE C DIPLOMA or equivalent (GED)

14. Some college but no degree

15. Associate degree in college C Occupational program

16. Associate degree in college C Academic program

17. Bachelor's degree (For example: BA, AB, BS)

18. Master's degree (For example: MA, MS, Med, MSW, MBA)

19. Professional school degree (For example: MD, DDS, LLB, JD)

20. Doctorate degree (For example: Phd, EdD)

19 What kind of work was ... doing?

20 Was ... employee of:

1. Private company or business 3. State Government

or of an individual, for 4. U.S./Other Government

wages, salary, commissions 5. Self employed

2. National Government 6. Working without pay

11 Where is ... registered to vote? Print the village, island and State in the FSM, or the country where ... is registered to vote.

21 What was ...'s total income from all sources?

PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT HOME

In order to get a better idea about the amount of migration out of the FSM, and about the possibilities of Micronesians who are currently outside FSM but coming back to help FSM grow economically, we need to know about people in your housing unit who have left the FSM. Please fill in the information below for each person in your household who is currently away.

Name

E2 Sex

E3 Age

E4 Current Activity

Educational Attainment

Occupation

E7 Left FSM for the First Time

E8 Last time went away

When

Reason

When left

Time away

Schooling

Military

Working

Schooling

Military

Working

Schooling

Military

Working

Schooling

Military

Working

Schooling

Military

Working

INTERVIEWER REMINDERS:

Be sure you have recorded C

1.Information for village, island and State, house, and Line Number, Population, Address or location on the front cover of the questionnaire

2.The respondent's name and the respondent's telephone number (if any) in the appropriate boxes on the front cover.

3.Your signature (name) and the date in the boxes below on this page.

Also, be sure you have C

4. Completed as many of the questions as possible, including the last resort questions.

5. Entered the required information on the address listing page in the address register and on the map.

6. Written all entries legibly.

CERTIFICATION C I certify the entries I have made on this questionnaire are true and correct to my knowledge.

Enumerator's signature

Date

NOTES:

APPENDIX B

Definitions of Subject Characteristics

1997 Labor Force Survey

May 1998

Department of Economic Affairs

PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT HOME

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS

HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS

SAMPLE DESIGN

APPENDIX D