Table 7. Sex and Marital status by Province
Marital Status	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
Never married	196,865	39,381	9,992	12,848	34,478	20,958	53,477	15,363	10,368
Now married	98,153	18,616	5,386	6,369	16,731	11,756	26,981	7,377	4,937
Widowed	7,871	1,235	489	510	1,443	350	2,724	684	436
Sep.or divorced	1,799	279	65	110	363	306	422	119	135
Males	158,798	31,476	8,043	10,567	28,042	19,053	41,589	12,183	7,845
Never married	106,653	21,686	5,296	7,144	19,002	12,267	27,723	8,218	5,317
Now married	48,998	9,280	2,601	3,199	8,404	6,525	12,948	3,644	2,397
Widowed	2,463	396	126	170	483	115	800	277	96
Sep.or divorced	684	114	20	54	153	146	118	44	35
Females	145,890	28,035	7,889	9,270	24,973	14,317	42,015	11,360	8,031
Never married	90,212	17,695	4,696	5,704	15,476	8,691	25,754	7,145	5,051
Now married	49,155	9,336	2,785	3,170	8,327	5,231	14,033	3,733	2,540
Widowed	5,408	839	363	340	960	235	1,924	407	340
Sep.or divorced	1,115	165	45	56	210	160	304	75	100
Source: 1986 Solomon Islands Census