Table 22. Sex and Why not work, Sex and Looking for work, Sex and Unpaid work 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
Did unpaid work	53,951	2,426	5,921	3,672	3,428	344	9,691	18,714	6,703	2,514	538
Household duties	55,673	3,116	7,778	2,238	2,191	256	10,068	17,944	3,563	3,052	5,467
Retired/Too old	12,473	624	1,639	692	817	125	1,927	3,708	955	908	1,078
Student	48,528	2,440	7,382	2,632	2,561	299	5,415	13,363	4,282	2,516	7,638
Disabled	1,824	120	270	79	97	21	256	640	161	97	83
No work available	23,773	466	2,943	596	738	288	3,463	9,574	1,258	1,720	2,727
Other	14,197	860	1,707	595	618	67	1,621	4,149	777	540	3,263
Not reported	1,949	49	304	167	53	0	216	667	290	25	178
Not Applicable	196,603	9,903	34,795	9,738	11,074	977	27,589	53,850	13,010	7,532	28,135
Male
Total	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
Did unpaid work	28,599	1,351	3,354	1,864	1,676	173	5,689	9,102	3,740	1,341	309
Household duties	8,035	573	1,071	201	135	16	2,147	2,825	390	318	359
Retired/Too old	6,391	292	821	338	414	66	990	1,889	495	445	641
Student	27,398	1,301	4,028	1,462	1,476	179	3,065	7,684	2,383	1,413	4,407
Disabled	1,067	70	161	45	61	7	151	375	95	55	47
No work available	17,263	369	2,156	442	519	185	2,687	6,803	945	1,156	2,001
Other	9,253	618	1,133	346	380	48	1,152	2,660	490	316	2,110
Not reported	1,056	25	180	98	27	0	120	328	163	10	105
Not Applicable	112,285	5,636	20,286	5,620	6,505	556	15,410	29,538	7,238	4,088	17,408
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
Did unpaid work	25,352	1,075	2,567	1,808	1,752	171	4,002	9,612	2,963	1,173	229
Household duties	47,638	2,543	6,707	2,037	2,056	240	7,921	15,119	3,173	2,734	5,108
Retired/Too old	6,082	332	818	354	403	59	937	1,819	460	463	437
Student	21,130	1,139	3,354	1,170	1,085	120	2,350	5,679	1,899	1,103	3,231
Disabled	757	50	109	34	36	14	105	265	66	42	36
No work available	6,510	97	787	154	219	103	776	2,771	313	564	726
Other	4,944	242	574	249	238	19	469	1,489	287	224	1,153
Not reported	893	24	124	69	26	0	96	339	127	15	73
Not Applicable	84,318	4,267	14,509	4,118	4,569	421	12,179	24,312	5,772	3,444	10,727
Looking for work
Total	408,971	20,004	62,739	20,409	21,577	2,377	60,246	122,609	30,999	18,904	49,107
Yes	28,444	935	3,227	788	784	311	4,119	11,125	2,025	2,251	2,879
No	182,342	9,126	24,497	9,691	9,693	1,094	28,346	57,100	15,715	9,104	17,976
Not reported	1,605	55	232	136	36	1	208	541	251	18	127
Not Applicable	196,580	9,888	34,783	9,794	11,064	971	27,573	53,843	13,008	7,531	28,125
Male
Total	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
Yes	18,411	548	2,059	525	514	174	2,787	7,268	1,376	1,289	1,871
No	79,836	4,037	10,715	4,175	4,167	501	13,112	24,128	7,190	3,759	8,052
Not reported	830	24	136	73	16	1	108	273	134	6	59
Not Applicable	112,270	5,626	20,280	5,643	6,496	554	15,404	29,535	7,239	4,088	17,405
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
Yes	10,033	387	1,168	263	270	137	1,332	3,857	649	962	1,008
No	102,506	5,089	13,782	5,516	5,526	593	15,234	32,972	8,525	5,345	9,924
Not reported	775	31	96	63	20	0	100	268	117	12	68
Not Applicable	84,310	4,262	14,503	4,151	4,568	417	12,169	24,308	5,769	3,443	10,720
Unpaid work
Total	408,971	20,004	62,739	20,409	21,577	2,377	60,246	122,609	30,999	18,904	49,107
Yes	115,690	5,761	16,544	7,272	6,604	772	21,275	37,815	10,933	5,434	3,280
No	153,223	7,013	24,810	5,917	7,664	816	18,044	39,298	9,179	7,338	33,144
Not reported	1,467	43	209	139	44	2	212	474	240	21	83
Not Applicable	138,591	7,187	21,176	7,081	7,265	787	20,715	45,022	10,647	6,111	12,600
Male
Totalt	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
Yes	57,113	2,661	8,849	3,360	3,113	432	11,421	17,224	5,987	2,606	1,460
No	81,234	3,803	13,231	3,283	4,275	391	9,098	20,226	4,215	3,391	19,321
Not reported	789	23	118	85	22	1	113	250	129	10	38
Not Applicable	72,211	3,748	10,992	3,688	3,783	406	10,779	23,504	5,608	3,135	6,568
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
Yes	58,577	3,100	7,695	3,912	3,491	340	9,854	20,591	4,946	2,828	1,820
No	71,989	3,210	11,579	2,634	3,389	425	8,946	19,072	4,964	3,947	13,823
Not reported	678	20	91	54	22	1	99	224	111	11	45
Not Applicable	66,380	3,439	10,184	3,393	3,482	381	9,936	21,518	5,039	2,976	6,032
Source: 1999 Solomon Islands Census