Table 13. Labor Force Participation in 1979, TTPI: 1980
				FSM
Characteristics	TTPI	Palau	Marshalls	Total	Yap	Chuuk	Pohnpei	Kosrae
LABOR FORCE STATUS IN 1979
Males 16 yrs and over in LF in 1979	16,222	2,018	4,322	9,882	1,332	4,579	3,281	690
Worked in 1979	13,988	1,986	4,068	7,934	1,192	3,611	2,653	478
50 to 52 weeks	9,327	1,445	2,923	4,959	762	1,930	1,842	425
40 to 49 weeks	1,792	135	546	1,111	157	570	355	29
1 to 39 weeks	2,869	406	599	1,864	273	1,111	456	24
Usually worked 35 hours or more per week	11,112	1,703	3,380	6,029	999	2,524	2,049	457
50 to 52 weeks	8,313	1,387	2,657	4,269	685	1,546	1,623	415
With unemployment in 1979	3,232	206	453	2,573	238	1,417	901	17
Mean weeks of unemployment	17	8	25	16	19	15	15	42
Females 16 yrs and over in LF in 1979	7,769	1,062	1,907	4,800	603	2,266	1,733	198
Worked in 1979	5,611	1,043	1,597	2,971	483	1,373	1,026	89
50 to 52 weeks	3,431	754	861	1,816	301	754	691	70
40 to 49 weeks	783	91	259	433	63	212	150	8
1 to 39 weeks	1,397	198	477	722	119	407	185	11
Usually worked 35 hours or more per week	3,853	865	1,018	1,970	325	812	755	78
50 to 52 weeks	2,935	722	715	1,498	241	583	608	66
With unemployment in 1979	2,707	78	438	2,191	150	1,132	800	109
Mean weeks of unemployment	19	14	26	18	13	18	18	33
Source: 1980 Decennial Cenus of TTPI, PC80-1-C/D57B