Table 23. Occupation by Province, Solomon Islands: 1986
Occupation Total Western Isabel Central Guadalcanal Honiara Malaita Makira/Ulawa Temotu
     Total 43,293 10,670 1,817 3,305 8,033 10,725 4,682 1,770 2,291
Prof technical workers 6,300 1,471 288 362 645 1,839 1,053 349 293
Admin. managerial workers 631 79 18 47 86 302 47 27 25
Clerical & related workers 3,322 362 86 149 317 2,027 218 86 77
Sales workers 2,138 448 78 86 175 884 256 106 105
Service workers 3,031 303 31 140 418 1,724 233 105 77
Agri. forestry fishing workers 16,367 5,987 1,105 1,662 3,716 217 1,465 758 1,457
Production & related work 11,074 1,985 207 825 2,486 3,627 1,374 320 250
Not stated 430 35 4 34 190 105 36 19 7
     Males 32,198 7,695 1,360 2,654 5,996 8,226 3,453 1,335 1,479
Prof technical workers 4,576 1,117 204 257 454 1,271 787 254 232
Admin. managerial workers 612 75 18 46 83 293 46 27 24
Clerical & related workers 2,267 285 72 129 224 1,239 178 73 67
Sales workers 1,739 376 66 70 150 689 205 91 92
Service workers 1,842 163 23 105 302 997 137 62 53
Agri. forestry fishing workers 10,957 4,023 783 1,244 2,479 200 926 517 785
Production & related work 9,957 1,638 191 787 2,195 3,474 1,155 297 220
Not stated 248 18 3 16 109 63 19 14 6
     Females 11,095 2,975 457 651 2,037 2,499 1,229 435 812
Prof technical workers 1,724 354 84 105 191 568 266 95 61
Admin. managerial workers 19 4 0 1 3 9 1 0 1
Clerical & related workers 1,055 77 14 20 93 788 40 13 10
Sales workers 399 72 12 16 25 195 51 15 13
Service workers 1,189 140 8 35 116 727 96 43 24
Agri. forestry fishing workers 5,410 1,964 322 418 1,237 17 539 241 672
Production & related work 1,117 347 16 38 291 153 219 23 30
Not stated 182 17 1 18 81 42 17 5 1
Source: 1986 Solomon Islands Census