Table 87.11  Socio-economic status by Sex and Ethnicity, Yap: 1987
Socio-economic   Yapese Outer Islanders
Status Total Number Percent Total Madrich Else Yap Percent Outer Is
     Total 10,044 6,198 61.7 3,765 254 156 10.9 3,355
  Government 1,063 786 73.9 265 18 53 26.8 194
  Private sector 575 511 88.9 56 37 12 87.5 7
  Employer 30 30 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 0
  Own account 34 31 91.2 3 1 0 33.3 2
  Unpaid family 114 110 96.5 3 0 0 0.0 3
  Attending school 556 350 62.9 203 0 2 1.0 201
  Other 3,445 1,759 51.1 1,653 114 60 10.5 1,479
  Not applied 4,227 2,621 62.0 1,582 84 29 7.1 1,469
Males 5,181 3,274 63.2 1,855 133 94 12.2 1,628
  Government 804 558 69.4 234 17 49 28.2 168
  Private sector 415 355 85.5 52 35 11 88.5 6
  Employer 22 22 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 0
  Own account 22 21 95.5 1 1 0 100.0 0
  Unpaid family 35 33 94.3 1 0 0 0.0 1
  Attending school 339 192 56.6 146 0 1 0.7 145
  Other 1,299 700 53.9 585 29 16 7.7 540
  Not applied 2,245 1,393 62.0 836 51 17 8.1 768
Females 4,863 2,924 60.1 1,910 121 62 9.6 1,727
  Government 259 228 88.0 31 1 4 16.1 26
  Private sector 160 156 97.5 4 2 1 75.0 1
  Employer 8 8 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 0
  Own account 12 10 83.3 2 0 0 0.0 2
  Unpaid family 79 77 97.5 2 0 0 0.0 2
  Attending school 217 158 72.8 57 0 1 1.8 56
  Other 2,146 1,059 49.3 1,068 85 44 12.1 939
  Not applied 1,982 1,228 62.0 746 33 12 6.0 701
Source: 1987 Census of Yap