Table 4. Relationship by Province, Solomon Islands: 1986
Relationship	Total	Western	Isabel	Central	Guadalcanal	Honiara	Malaita	Makira/Ulawa	Temotu
Total	304,688	59,511	15,932	19,837	53,015	33,370	83,604	23,543	15,876
Head	44,633	8,120	2,434	3,136	8,231	4,381	12,533	3,360	2,438
Persons per HH	6.83	7.33	6.55	6.33	6.44	7.62	6.67	7.01	6.51
Spouse	34,908	6,328	1,879	2,379	6,520	3,256	10,037	2,678	1,831
Own child	133,224	24,913	6,831	8,573	24,642	9,980	40,979	10,395	6,911
Step-child	752	249	21	21	128	49	149	68	67
Adopted child	5,479	1,409	350	275	596	296	1,592	601	360
Grandchild	14,974	4,497	1,208	933	1,838	520	3,800	1,411	767
Parent	3,739	583	189	225	559	316	1,418	260	189
Sibling	6,709	1,243	311	369	888	1,234	1,867	430	367
Other relative	46,568	9,299	2,079	2,690	7,296	9,868	9,579	3,410	2,347
Non-relative	11,006	2,339	467	975	1,507	3,177	1,054	905	582
In collective	2,696	531	163	261	810	293	596	25	17
Males	158,798	31,476	8,043	10,567	28,042	19,053	41,589	12,183	7,845
Head	37,446	6,859	1,924	2,634	7,112	4,002	10,175	2,785	1,955
Spouse	2,001	440	159	140	288	102	614	187	71
Own child	69,035	12,936	3,438	4,428	12,830	5,285	21,223	5,339	3,556
Step-child	363	127	6	9	55	22	77	32	35
Adopted child	2,873	751	172	129	326	153	840	317	185
Grandchild	7,710	2,322	617	510	919	283	1,947	738	374
Parent	1,438	208	61	88	230	140	531	119	61
Sibling	3,890	687	172	219	552	856	952	261	191
Other relative	24,408	4,959	1,060	1,372	3,993	5,843	4,263	1,835	1,083
Non-relative	7,460	1,798	285	780	1,070	2,101	564	545	317
Non-head Col HH	2,174	389	149	258	667	266	403	25	17
Females	145,890	28,035	7,889	9,270	24,973	14,317	42,015	11,360	8,031
Head	7,187	1,261	510	502	1,119	379	2,358	575	483
Spouse	32,907	5,888	1,720	2,239	6,232	3,154	9,423	2,491	1,760
Own child	64,189	11,977	3,393	4,145	11,812	4,695	19,756	5,056	3,355
Step-child	389	122	15	12	73	27	72	36	32
Adopted child	2,606	658	178	146	270	143	752	284	175
Grandchild	7,264	2,175	591	423	919	237	1,853	673	393
Parent	2,301	375	128	137	329	176	887	141	128
Sibling	2,819	556	139	150	336	378	915	169	176
Other relative	22,160	4,340	1,019	1,318	3,303	4,025	5,316	1,575	1,264
Non-relative	3,546	541	182	195	437	1,076	490	360	265
Non-head Col HH	522	142	14	3	143	27	193	0	0
Source: 1986 Solomon Islands Census