Table 9. Female Labor Force Participation by District, TTPI: 1970
	Total	Marianas	Marshalls	Palau	FSM Total	Ponape	Truk	Yap
FEMALE LABOR FORCE AND OWN CHILDREN
Total females 16 years and over	22,663	2,231	5,425	2,826	12,181	4,499	5,642	2,040
With own children under 6 years	7,290	753	1,709	912	3,916	1,665	1,660	591
In the labor force	1,005	191	228	207	379	99	208	72
Percent	13.8	25.4	13.3	22.7	9.7	5.9	12.5	12.2
With own children under 6 to 17 only	3,280	374	760	468	1,678	616	764	298
In the labor force	490	69	210	75	136	23	90	23
Percent	14.9	18.4	27.6	16.0	8.1	3.7	11.8	7.7
With own children under 18 years	12,093	1,104	2,956	1,446	6,587	2,218	3,218	1,151
In the labor force	1,823	341	445	306	731	184	425	122
Percent	15.1	30.9	15.1	21.2	11.1	8.3	13.2	10.6
Married 16+ yrs, husband present	17,959	1,255	2,757	1,319	6,314	2,502	2,877	935
With own children under 6 years	6,334	670	1,509	766	3,389	1,427	1,467	495
In the labor force	825	159	201	162	303	65	178	60
Percent	13.0	23.7	13.3	21.1	8.9	4.6	12.1	12.1
With own children under 6 to 17 only	2,755	332	672	370	1,381	508	638	235
In the labor force	434	59	187	80	108	16	74	18
Percent	15.8	17.8	27.8	21.6	7.8	3.1	11.6	7.7
With own children under 18 years	2,556	253	576	183	1,544	567	772	205
In the labor force	371	45	143	29	154	22	100	32
Percent	14.5	17.8	24.8	15.8	10.0	3.9	13.0	15.6
Other females, 16 years and over	4,704	976	2,668	1,507	5,867	1,997	2,765	1,105
With own children under 6 years	956	83	200	146	527	238	193	96
In the labor force	180	32	27	45	76	34	30	12
Percent	18.8	38.6	13.5	30.8	14.4	14.3	15.5	12.5
With own children under 6 to 17 only	525	42	88	98	297	108	126	63
In the labor force	56	10	23	-5	28	7	16	5
Percent	10.7	23.8	26.1	-5.1	9.4	6.5	12.7	7.9
With own children under 18 years	9,537	851	2,380	1,263	5,043	1,651	2,446	946
In the labor force	1,452	296	302	277	577	162	325	90
Percent	15.2	34.8	12.7	21.9	11.4	9.8	13.3	9.5
Source: 1970 US Census of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands