Table 17. Sex and Marital Status by Province, Solomon Islands: 1999
Characteristics	Total	Choiseul	Western	Isabel	Central	Rennell-Bellona	Guadalcanal	Malaita	Makira-Ulawa	Temotu	Honiara
Total	408,971	20,004	62,739	20,409	21,577	2,377	60,246	122,609	30,999	18,904	49,107
Never married	115,280	5,352	18,216	5,378	5,956	688	16,492	32,241	8,976	5,390	16,591
Currently married	140,168	6,718	21,597	7,367	7,572	720	20,705	39,983	10,170	6,511	18,825
Widowed	10,787	587	1,222	641	619	121	1,701	3,864	828	647	557
Separated/Divorced	3,000	137	355	75	155	52	442	820	186	233	545
Not reported	1,848	38	257	98	58	9	272	785	225	20	86
Not Applicable	137,888	7,172	21,092	6,850	7,217	787	20,634	44,916	10,614	6,103	12,503
Male
Total	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
Never married	65,678	3,029	10,971	3,103	3,415	410	9,676	17,303	4,986	2,763	10,022
Currently married	69,250	3,278	10,679	3,531	3,778	349	10,314	18,941	4,918	3,053	10,409
Widowed	2,670	134	324	134	165	40	414	896	274	128	161
Separated/Divorced	954	45	129	31	56	25	113	223	54	54	224
Not reported	986	19	144	59	30	2	164	387	119	9	53
Not Applicable	71,809	3,730	10,943	3,558	3,749	404	10,730	23,454	5,588	3,135	6,518
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
Never married	49,602	2,323	7,245	2,275	2,541	278	6,816	14,938	3,990	2,627	6,569
Currently married	70,918	3,440	10,918	3,836	3,794	371	10,391	21,042	5,252	3,458	8,416
Widowed	8,117	453	898	507	454	81	1,287	2,968	554	519	396
Separated/Divorced	2,046	92	226	44	99	27	329	597	132	179	321
Not reported	862	19	113	39	28	7	108	398	106	11	33
Not Applicable	66,079	3,442	10,149	3,292	3,468	383	9,904	21,462	5,026	2,968	5,985
Source: 1999 Solomon Islands Census