WESTERN

PROVINCE

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward Enumeration, Western Province: 1999

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³ ³Outer ³Inner ³ ³ North³ Cent.³ South³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ South³

Age ³ ³Short-³Short-³ ³ Rano-³ Rano-³ Rano-³ ³ ³ ³Irrin-³ ³Kolob-³ Vona-

Marital Status ³ Total³ lands³ lands³ Simbo³ ngga³ ngga³ ngga³Vonunu³Mbilua³Ndovele³ ggila³ Gizo³angara³ vona

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AGE

Total 62,739 1,184 2,338 1,672 412 2,053 2,600 2,568 2,788 1,538 2,280 5,323 3,609 4,498

Less than 5 yrs 9,620 197 388 260 87 319 388 382 506 238 355 805 551 740

5 to 9 years 8,588 184 345 275 70 293 402 380 419 250 319 695 509 606

10 to 14 years 7,662 144 311 228 50 261 344 303 371 218 281 647 436 561

15 to 19 years 6,608 83 193 162 16 179 285 432 222 126 300 569 411 393

20 to 24 years 6,027 84 194 116 25 166 229 164 221 109 187 560 352 478

25 to 29 years 5,576 94 164 133 28 169 215 198 216 97 214 439 320 419

30 to 34 years 4,434 95 166 104 32 141 174 161 206 100 152 359 256 284

35 to 39 years 3,523 89 132 99 26 110 122 139 166 99 109 321 239 213

40 to 44 years 2,554 54 120 75 17 70 114 87 94 57 72 276 145 165

45 to 49 years 2,043 24 83 48 11 86 89 73 81 48 71 209 114 149

50 to 54 years 1,591 23 60 39 8 59 59 55 70 37 53 133 82 158

55 to 59 years 1,373 34 60 34 12 64 48 57 70 39 46 118 78 110

60 to 64 years 1,100 30 39 28 11 43 39 56 57 43 49 74 30 79

65 years and over 2,040 49 83 71 19 93 92 81 89 77 72 118 86 143

Median 19.2 19.0 18.2 17.3 14.9 19.3 17.9 17.5 17.2 17.5 18.1 19.5 18.8 19.4

Youth Depend Ratio 76.7 90.5 89.1 94.2 118.3 83.6 84.9 78.0 96.3 99.2 79.3 72.0 74.9 80.5

Adult Depend Ratio 9.3 13.6 10.4 12.2 17.1 13.0 9.8 10.0 10.8 16.9 10.0 6.4 5.8 9.4

Dependency Ratio 86.0 104.1 99.5 106.4 135.4 96.6 94.8 88.0 107.1 116.0 89.4 78.4 80.7 89.9

Males 33,190 595 1,208 888 202 1,011 1,339 1,332 1,430 778 1,184 2,784 2,010 2,310

Less than 5 yrs 5,003 102 216 150 35 150 201 184 265 124 171 390 297 388

5 to 9 years 4,453 98 178 148 37 154 197 192 224 130 166 369 264 304

10 to 14 years 3,967 79 158 119 30 131 181 151 195 114 142 326 243 298

15 to 19 years 3,535 47 106 82 8 83 146 260 122 72 160 298 242 182

20 to 24 years 3,198 28 89 62 9 83 110 88 105 53 100 287 211 237

25 to 29 years 2,988 40 84 65 14 78 108 83 99 42 115 235 171 220

30 to 34 years 2,348 44 74 51 13 72 89 82 99 47 77 193 143 146

35 to 39 years 1,920 47 79 54 14 52 64 79 87 57 58 165 125 108

40 to 44 years 1,380 31 54 39 6 36 65 48 42 23 39 147 88 93

45 to 49 years 1,086 10 47 27 8 31 39 32 46 20 42 120 66 68

50 to 54 years 880 9 32 19 6 28 31 27 38 16 25 78 48 87

55 to 59 years 748 20 34 17 8 39 31 34 36 20 22 65 46 56

60 to 64 years 585 14 20 16 6 26 22 27 27 17 23 40 16 48

65 years and over 1,099 26 37 39 8 48 55 45 45 43 44 71 50 75

Median 19.5 17.0 17.5 16.6 14.8 19.2 18.1 17.7 16.3 16.5 18.5 20.2 19.2 19.5

Youth Depend Ratio 74.2 101.1 92.2 100.2 118.6 86.7 84.8 71.9 101.5 105.1 75.1 68.3 70.5 82.7

Adult Depend Ratio 9.3 14.5 9.5 13.2 16.3 14.7 11.3 9.8 10.7 17.1 10.5 7.0 5.8 10.3

Dependency Ratio 83.5 115.6 101.7 113.5 134.9 101.4 96.0 81.7 112.2 122.3 85.6 75.3 76.3 93.0

Females 29,549 589 1,130 784 210 1,042 1,261 1,236 1,358 760 1,096 2,539 1,599 2,188

Less than 5 yrs 4,617 95 172 110 52 169 187 198 241 114 184 415 254 352

5 to 9 years 4,135 86 167 127 33 139 205 188 195 120 153 326 245 302

10 to 14 years 3,695 65 153 109 20 130 163 152 176 104 139 321 193 263

15 to 19 years 3,073 36 87 80 8 96 139 172 100 54 140 271 169 211

20 to 24 years 2,829 56 105 54 16 83 119 76 116 56 87 273 141 241

25 to 29 years 2,588 54 80 68 14 91 107 115 117 55 99 204 149 199

30 to 34 years 2,086 51 92 53 19 69 85 79 107 53 75 166 113 138

35 to 39 years 1,603 42 53 45 12 58 58 60 79 42 51 156 114 105

40 to 44 years 1,174 23 66 36 11 34 49 39 52 34 33 129 57 72

45 to 49 years 957 14 36 21 3 55 50 41 35 28 29 89 48 81

50 to 54 years 711 14 28 20 2 31 28 28 32 21 28 55 34 71

55 to 59 years 625 14 26 17 4 25 17 23 34 19 24 53 32 54

60 to 64 years 515 16 19 12 5 17 17 29 30 26 26 34 14 31

65 years and over 941 23 46 32 11 45 37 36 44 34 28 47 36 68

Median 18.8 21.1 19.2 17.9 15.0 19.3 17.7 17.3 18.4 18.9 17.6 18.8 18.2 19.2

Youth Depend Ratio 79.6 80.9 85.9 87.8 118.0 80.8 85.1 85.0 91.1 93.4 84.1 76.1 80.7 78.2

Adult Depend Ratio 9.3 12.8 11.3 11.2 18.0 11.4 8.3 10.3 11.0 16.6 9.5 5.8 5.8 8.4

Dependency Ratio 88.9 93.8 97.2 99.0 136.0 92.3 93.4 95.3 102.1 109.9 93.6 81.9 86.6 86.7

Child/Woman Ratio 67.2 71.4 74.8 72.8 104.8 65.6 63.9 65.6 83.5 73.9 69.1 62.5 69.7 70.7

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 22,254 364 749 540 119 652 863 904 865 483 795 1,904 1,365 1,508

Never married 10,946 144 322 252 50 293 431 490 417 220 401 848 666 698

Married 10,679 211 387 266 66 345 404 398 424 247 373 1,004 663 763

Widowed 324 8 18 8 3 5 13 15 13 11 17 28 8 25

Separated/Divorced 129 1 3 7 - 5 6 1 4 1 4 14 11 12

Not Stated 176 - 19 7 - 4 9 - 7 4 - 10 17 10

Females, 12+ yr 19,397 382 737 513 115 693 815 786 852 491 701 1,684 1,031 1,426

Never married 7,228 123 261 173 31 246 313 304 291 181 278 586 336 478

Married 10,918 218 403 297 74 415 431 426 505 272 383 997 660 842

Widowed 898 31 54 26 9 30 47 44 42 31 36 62 17 80

Separated/Divorced 226 8 8 12 1 2 18 8 7 4 3 26 7 21

Not Stated 127 2 11 5 - - 6 4 7 3 1 13 11 5

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, Marital Status by Wart of Enumeration, Western Province: 1999

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³ ³ ³ Nusa³ Rovi-³ South³ North³ ³ ³ ³ ³ North³ ³ North

Age ³ ³ ³ Rovi-³ ana³ Ren-³ Ren-³ Kolo-³ Mbuin³ ³ Ngga-³ Van-³ ³Kolom-

Marital Status ³Kusaghe³Munda ³ ana³Lagoon³ dova³ dova³baghea³ Tusu³ Nono³ tokae³ gunu³ Noro³ banga

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AGE

Total 1,746 2,428 1,710 3,599 2,207 1,500 1,540 2,328 2,696 2,377 2,251 3,482 2,012

Less than 5 yrs 274 334 247 578 311 266 238 341 396 409 329 411 270

5 to 9 years 277 265 243 490 289 211 217 308 366 355 279 288 253

10 to 14 years 260 259 232 490 256 155 163 317 355 286 252 205 277

15 to 19 years 156 398 134 530 233 126 136 181 245 257 194 317 330

20 to 24 years 130 271 142 235 203 122 116 223 251 161 247 843 198

25 to 29 years 136 240 152 240 186 149 123 198 249 199 201 643 154

30 to 34 years 121 150 120 252 159 107 144 166 180 184 177 338 106

35 to 39 years 93 118 100 196 111 94 105 142 147 122 131 176 124

40 to 44 years 75 68 87 152 111 77 67 108 106 88 73 106 90

45 to 49 years 70 80 56 107 87 49 48 75 84 81 90 66 64

50 to 54 years 43 74 45 95 61 27 48 76 95 49 54 40 48

55 to 59 years 36 53 39 70 54 27 23 54 66 55 73 22 31

60 to 64 years 29 49 42 59 41 39 34 43 52 41 55 12 26

65 years and over 46 69 71 105 105 51 78 96 104 90 96 15 41

Median 17.0 19.5 20.0 17.3 20.4 19.7 20.7 20.4 19.7 17.7 21.4 23.1 18.1

Youth Depend Ratio 94.3 59.1 82.5 83.0 71.0 81.2 76.3 79.0 78.5 87.8 69.4 35.4 69.9

Adult Depend Ratio 8.7 8.1 12.9 8.7 12.1 11.6 13.8 11.4 11.0 11.0 12.2 1.1 5.9

Dependency Ratio 103.0 67.2 95.4 91.7 83.2 92.8 90.1 90.4 89.5 98.7 81.5 36.5 75.7

Males 888 1,294 849 1,958 1,150 800 813 1,259 1,434 1,177 1,211 2,165 1,121

Less than 5 yrs 140 187 131 322 163 130 122 177 226 205 160 219 148

5 to 9 years 144 152 118 262 132 112 110 179 202 186 137 126 132

10 to 14 years 128 155 105 250 122 84 94 177 180 126 139 105 135

15 to 19 years 87 195 60 303 122 67 74 93 123 126 105 175 197

20 to 24 years 55 118 63 118 105 62 56 110 125 78 153 557 136

25 to 29 years 70 134 71 127 107 77 60 108 139 88 116 456 81

30 to 34 years 58 83 59 135 90 56 75 95 98 99 99 212 59

35 to 39 years 46 70 56 108 59 53 61 75 74 65 74 129 61

40 to 44 years 37 36 45 85 51 54 39 58 54 41 37 80 52

45 to 49 years 34 35 31 66 45 29 28 46 43 44 49 46 34

50 to 54 years 29 34 24 59 39 16 23 47 55 28 26 29 27

55 to 59 years 25 28 20 37 27 9 10 26 37 29 39 13 20

60 to 64 years 12 27 25 30 27 22 19 18 33 20 27 7 16

65 years and over 23 40 41 56 61 29 42 50 45 42 50 11 23

Median 16.8 18.9 20.8 17.4 21.7 20.6 20.6 20.2 19.4 17.8 22.1 24.1 18.7

Youth Depend Ratio 93.4 67.4 82.5 80.3 64.7 77.1 76.5 81.0 81.3 86.5 62.5 26.5 62.2

Adult Depend Ratio 7.9 9.1 15.4 8.3 13.6 12.1 14.3 10.3 10.4 10.4 11.0 1.1 5.8

Dependency Ratio 101.4 76.5 97.9 88.6 78.3 89.1 90.8 91.3 91.7 96.8 73.5 27.6 68.1

Females 858 1,134 861 1,641 1,057 700 727 1,069 1,262 1,200 1,040 1,317 891

Less than 5 yrs 134 147 116 256 148 136 116 164 170 204 169 192 122

5 to 9 years 133 113 125 228 157 99 107 129 164 169 142 162 121

10 to 14 years 132 104 127 240 134 71 69 140 175 160 113 100 142

15 to 19 years 69 203 74 227 111 59 62 88 122 131 89 142 133

20 to 24 years 75 153 79 117 98 60 60 113 126 83 94 286 62

25 to 29 years 66 106 81 113 79 72 63 90 110 111 85 187 73

30 to 34 years 63 67 61 117 69 51 69 71 82 85 78 126 47

35 to 39 years 47 48 44 88 52 41 44 67 73 57 57 47 63

40 to 44 years 38 32 42 67 60 23 28 50 52 47 36 26 38

45 to 49 years 36 45 25 41 42 20 20 29 41 37 41 20 30

50 to 54 years 14 40 21 36 22 11 25 29 40 21 28 11 21

55 to 59 years 11 25 19 33 27 18 13 28 29 26 34 9 11

60 to 64 years 17 22 17 29 14 17 15 25 19 21 28 5 10

65 years and over 23 29 30 49 44 22 36 46 59 48 46 4 18

Median 17.2 20.0 19.2 17.1 19.0 18.7 20.8 20.6 20.0 17.6 20.4 21.1 17.3

Youth Depend Ratio 95.2 50.6 82.5 86.3 78.4 86.2 76.0 76.6 75.4 89.1 78.2 53.2 80.5

Adult Depend Ratio 9.5 7.1 10.5 9.3 10.4 11.0 13.3 12.6 11.6 11.5 13.7 1.1 5.9

Dependency Ratio 104.8 57.7 93.0 95.6 88.8 97.2 89.3 89.2 87.0 100.7 91.9 54.2 86.4

Child/Woman Ratio 69.5 51.1 60.8 75.1 60.9 81.6 68.8 67.1 65.3 74.2 68.5 49.3 60.5

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 553 905 565 1,290 813 529 548 835 931 734 852 1,781 807

Never married 273 478 257 712 386 239 241 434 434 342 433 998 487

Married 261 386 288 535 406 271 276 388 474 380 398 758 307

Widowed 15 15 10 22 11 12 3 9 16 11 14 3 11

Separated/Divorced - 5 7 11 4 4 - 3 4 1 4 15 2

Not Stated 4 21 3 10 6 3 28 1 3 - 3 7 -

Females, 12+ yr 548 838 575 1,064 706 435 472 718 848 767 681 925 594

Never married 235 364 235 437 257 138 164 279 318 300 246 405 249

Married 283 413 303 542 408 277 285 392 472 429 392 480 319

Widowed 27 38 18 67 27 15 17 37 44 31 37 11 20

Separated/Divorced - 10 17 10 7 3 - 5 11 6 5 25 2

Not Stated 3 13 2 8 7 2 6 5 3 1 1 4 4

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward of Enumeration, Western Province: 1999

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³ ³Outer ³Inner ³ ³ North³ Cent.³ South³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ South³

Age ³ ³Short-³Short-³ ³ Rano-³ Rano-³ Rano-³ ³ ³ ³Irrin-³ ³Kolob-³ Vona-

Marital Status ³ Total³ lands³ lands³ Simbo³ ngga³ ngga³ ngga³Vonunu³Mbilua³Ndovele³ ggila³ Gizo³angara³ vona

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Total 62,739 1,184 2,338 1,672 412 2,053 2,600 2,568 2,788 1,538 2,280 5,323 3,609 4,498

Less than 1 2,058 33 76 56 23 56 103 84 110 46 88 172 115 161

1 2,003 42 81 47 13 71 81 68 104 42 65 173 97 150

2 1,922 44 85 62 17 67 81 79 105 47 60 165 129 151

3 1,841 44 79 49 16 72 61 71 96 42 73 160 109 125

4 1,796 34 67 46 18 53 62 80 91 61 69 135 101 153

5 1,761 30 66 52 17 59 84 67 70 40 58 155 112 129

6 1,848 46 72 52 15 68 77 94 107 52 79 151 115 124

7 1,708 34 65 51 11 60 72 74 78 59 51 148 99 129

8 1,697 34 81 60 18 60 82 76 79 51 54 130 104 119

9 1,574 40 61 60 9 46 87 69 85 48 77 111 79 105

10 1,542 27 60 41 12 50 61 60 80 33 60 118 90 120

11 1,482 33 64 50 9 53 78 62 69 48 52 131 71 110

12 1,529 20 65 50 8 64 74 72 81 47 53 135 76 115

13 1,571 39 62 42 8 42 73 46 86 49 58 139 112 106

14 1,538 25 60 45 13 52 58 63 55 41 58 124 87 110

15 1,607 27 55 36 3 40 68 108 50 39 67 120 86 75

16 1,346 12 40 32 4 39 52 86 53 25 68 104 104 78

17 1,276 17 38 33 2 37 69 94 41 22 50 115 82 73

18 1,178 9 20 18 5 37 48 72 35 23 68 128 67 76

19 1,201 18 40 43 2 26 48 72 43 17 47 102 72 91

20 1,228 12 42 27 5 40 45 29 50 28 39 112 75 85

21 1,172 12 37 18 7 41 40 27 34 19 40 109 70 98

22 1,201 20 41 26 8 28 49 41 56 21 37 99 70 96

23 1,166 18 46 23 3 28 37 38 43 19 35 121 64 100

24 1,260 22 28 22 2 29 58 29 38 22 36 119 73 99

25 1,294 15 34 39 5 52 50 46 42 24 40 109 75 113

26 1,114 18 32 27 5 30 46 32 48 27 51 76 66 88

27 1,230 23 43 17 2 33 50 38 43 20 43 102 76 93

28 902 22 27 20 7 28 33 33 38 15 41 69 46 60

29 1,036 16 28 30 9 26 36 49 45 11 39 83 57 65

30 1,060 17 35 29 6 28 50 31 36 24 30 86 71 77

31 893 24 32 18 5 35 32 39 37 17 28 84 52 58

32 890 20 40 11 7 31 37 27 51 24 38 64 49 46

33 822 20 24 22 6 25 28 39 43 25 26 65 45 52

34 769 14 35 24 8 22 27 25 39 10 30 60 39 51

35 826 18 28 27 4 28 30 27 37 30 19 84 57 49

36 724 21 35 22 5 16 24 39 38 22 21 51 46 41

37 701 22 18 23 5 24 23 29 39 20 27 74 41 31

38 561 14 22 13 3 16 19 23 31 13 20 50 36 44

39 711 14 29 14 9 26 26 21 21 14 22 62 59 48

40 632 15 27 24 4 16 30 16 23 10 12 67 32 46

41 590 7 25 18 3 18 23 18 22 12 26 62 35 41

42 476 14 21 15 2 11 27 20 27 6 7 57 32 23

43 466 9 30 9 5 20 21 14 15 16 21 51 21 25

44 390 9 17 9 3 5 13 19 7 13 6 39 25 30

45 479 4 17 14 2 20 12 9 14 9 20 55 29 40

46 396 7 13 10 3 23 20 19 18 4 15 41 27 23

47 443 3 25 14 2 19 20 21 18 14 7 43 18 24

48 320 6 14 2 2 10 23 8 15 9 13 32 13 19

49 405 4 14 8 2 14 14 16 16 12 16 38 27 43

50 335 2 13 5 1 12 10 7 18 10 10 39 19 26

51 336 8 12 8 1 10 12 15 8 9 14 29 15 26

52 323 4 16 8 1 7 15 9 19 6 10 26 19 37

53 285 4 9 12 2 16 11 10 8 7 9 23 11 35

54 312 5 10 6 3 14 11 14 17 5 10 16 18 34

55 247 3 9 6 - 17 11 12 18 7 10 26 9 16

56 257 5 10 6 4 7 4 14 15 11 7 24 13 30

57 329 8 19 8 3 17 11 11 17 5 5 24 22 17

58 244 9 13 4 2 9 10 10 12 9 11 15 19 23

59 296 9 9 10 3 14 12 10 8 7 13 29 15 24

60 270 9 15 5 4 5 10 13 12 6 13 21 7 19

61 206 8 6 4 1 13 5 11 13 7 7 18 3 14

62 204 3 8 8 2 7 9 13 11 8 11 9 5 22

63 220 7 6 6 2 9 9 6 9 7 11 13 6 10

64 200 3 4 5 2 9 6 13 12 15 7 13 9 14

65+ 2,040 49 83 71 19 93 92 81 89 77 72 118 86 143

Median 19.1 19.1 17.8 17.2 14.9 19.0 17.7 17.3 16.9 17.0 18.0 19.5 18.5 19.4

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward of Enumeration, Western Province: 1999

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³ ³ ³ Nusa³ Rovi-³ South³ North³ ³ ³ ³ ³ North³ ³ North

Age ³ ³ ³ Rovi-³ ana³ Ren-³ Ren-³ Kolo-³ Mbuin³ ³ Ngga-³ Van-³ ³Kolom-

Marital Status ³Kusaghe³Munda ³ ana³Lagoon³ dova³ dova³baghea³ Tusu³ Nono³ tokae³ gunu³ Noro³ banga

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Total 1,746 2,428 1,710 3,599 2,207 1,500 1,540 2,328 2,696 2,377 2,251 3,482 2,012

Less than 1 51 79 43 123 60 57 57 64 75 88 72 119 47

1 58 76 60 109 69 54 50 89 100 93 72 81 58

2 54 70 46 109 66 45 40 66 80 70 50 86 48

3 69 60 45 118 53 58 38 67 64 78 70 67 57

4 42 49 53 119 63 52 53 55 77 80 65 58 60

5 65 51 51 108 62 54 47 72 77 61 60 68 46

6 54 59 43 106 70 45 43 57 77 73 53 56 60

7 54 64 56 88 37 41 48 61 75 78 46 64 65

8 57 43 42 92 53 42 37 62 76 74 75 57 39

9 47 48 51 96 67 29 42 56 61 69 45 43 43

10 47 50 39 97 50 35 32 68 95 64 60 49 44

11 55 40 42 87 45 30 34 63 68 52 56 31 49

12 57 64 50 82 51 33 32 52 61 55 51 39 42

13 43 41 57 96 62 26 30 75 69 70 44 40 56

14 58 64 44 128 48 31 35 59 62 45 41 46 86

15 42 107 32 168 58 34 41 47 55 74 44 49 82

16 25 97 21 131 43 27 30 31 44 60 32 45 63

17 35 61 31 90 44 22 26 34 44 55 33 63 65

18 27 66 24 78 38 15 21 33 56 36 46 62 70

19 27 67 26 63 50 28 18 36 46 32 39 98 50

20 23 66 32 53 43 29 25 48 55 22 55 151 37

21 24 54 27 41 39 30 21 35 49 37 44 186 33

22 28 53 28 42 32 19 19 49 48 35 51 155 50

23 29 48 22 49 35 19 13 45 49 33 42 172 35

24 26 50 33 50 54 25 38 46 50 34 55 179 43

25 31 53 37 55 41 31 24 43 53 44 35 169 34

26 26 42 20 40 40 36 26 42 44 38 45 135 34

27 28 62 37 59 38 31 27 34 51 47 41 157 35

28 20 38 28 38 34 24 20 35 48 30 34 92 22

29 31 45 30 48 33 27 26 44 53 40 46 90 29

30 29 39 26 61 41 25 32 30 47 35 44 111 20

31 24 25 23 47 28 28 26 36 27 42 39 72 15

32 22 33 32 55 29 14 28 37 45 41 32 55 22

33 18 19 23 55 35 23 31 31 30 28 36 49 24

34 28 34 16 34 26 17 27 32 31 38 26 51 25

35 23 38 18 40 17 17 19 27 45 27 41 52 24

36 17 22 18 47 29 30 21 30 24 23 19 41 22

37 19 16 21 40 17 16 24 30 31 28 24 25 34

38 17 17 17 26 24 13 15 20 25 22 24 17 20

39 17 25 26 43 24 18 26 35 22 22 23 41 24

40 15 14 25 42 30 29 26 25 26 26 14 20 18

41 18 22 17 28 29 15 13 25 27 19 20 26 21

42 18 12 15 32 19 11 9 20 21 17 8 17 15

43 13 10 11 20 22 6 11 18 15 19 18 25 21

44 11 10 19 30 11 16 8 20 17 7 13 18 15

45 17 27 10 33 25 11 12 13 21 15 18 19 13

46 14 9 9 22 14 11 9 12 13 11 25 14 10

47 14 20 20 24 16 11 8 17 20 23 17 11 14

48 12 15 9 16 17 5 12 14 13 15 11 6 9

49 13 9 8 12 15 11 7 19 17 17 19 16 18

50 10 15 13 23 11 4 6 15 23 12 7 15 9

51 10 22 9 19 11 7 13 19 21 12 10 5 11

52 9 12 4 24 10 5 14 14 19 6 11 9 9

53 7 12 4 17 10 2 6 10 20 9 11 6 14

54 7 13 15 12 19 9 9 18 12 10 15 5 5

55 5 6 7 16 9 2 1 9 13 8 19 4 4

56 7 8 7 11 14 2 5 8 9 11 13 5 7

57 8 17 9 20 15 9 7 19 15 11 17 6 9

58 9 9 5 7 8 3 4 4 16 12 9 3 9

59 7 13 11 16 8 11 6 14 13 13 15 4 2

60 2 15 13 13 11 12 6 7 16 13 14 3 6

61 11 3 5 12 11 3 8 6 8 8 15 2 4

62 3 10 10 10 - 10 3 7 7 6 14 3 5

63 7 14 7 12 11 9 15 13 8 8 6 2 7

64 6 7 7 12 8 5 2 10 13 6 6 2 4

65+ 46 69 71 105 105 51 78 96 104 90 96 15 41

Median 16.8 19.4 20.0 16.6 20.3 19.7 20.6 20.4 19.7 17.1 21.4 23.2 17.9

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Citizens **

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³ ³Outer ³Inner ³ ³ North³ Cent.³ South³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ South³

Age ³ ³Short-³Short-³ ³ Rano-³ Rano-³ Rano-³ ³ ³ ³Irrin-³ ³Kolob-³ Vona-

Marital Status ³ Total³ lands³ lands³ Simbo³ ngga³ ngga³ ngga³Vonunu³Mbilua³Ndovele³ ggila³ Gizo³angara³ vona

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AGE

Total 62,313 1,168 2,327 1,670 411 2,053 2,595 2,567 2,786 1,536 2,271 5,262 3,597 4,494

Less than 5 yrs 9,596 197 388 258 87 319 388 381 506 237 355 803 551 739

5 to 9 years 8,560 181 345 275 70 293 400 380 417 250 319 691 508 606

10 to 14 years 7,641 143 308 228 50 261 344 303 371 218 280 644 436 561

15 to 19 years 6,588 82 193 162 16 179 285 432 222 126 299 568 410 393

20 to 24 years 6,010 82 194 116 25 166 228 164 221 109 187 554 351 478

25 to 29 years 5,540 94 162 133 28 169 215 198 216 97 213 433 319 419

30 to 34 years 4,381 93 165 104 32 141 174 161 206 99 152 350 255 284

35 to 39 years 3,480 88 131 99 26 110 122 139 166 99 109 312 238 213

40 to 44 years 2,506 52 117 75 16 70 113 87 94 57 72 268 144 165

45 to 49 years 1,995 24 82 48 11 86 88 73 81 48 68 204 111 149

50 to 54 years 1,548 23 60 39 8 59 59 55 70 37 52 129 82 156

55 to 59 years 1,350 32 60 34 12 64 48 57 70 39 45 117 76 110

60 to 64 years 1,092 30 39 28 11 43 39 56 57 43 48 72 30 79

65 years and over 2,026 47 83 71 19 93 92 81 89 77 72 117 86 142

Median 19.1 18.8 18.2 17.3 14.9 19.3 17.9 17.5 17.2 17.5 18.0 19.3 18.7 19.3

Youth Depend Ratio 77.2 91.4 89.4 94.0 119.0 83.6 85.0 77.9 96.1 99.2 79.7 72.8 75.3 80.5

Adult Depend Ratio 9.3 13.5 10.5 12.2 17.2 13.0 9.8 10.0 10.8 16.9 10.0 6.4 5.8 9.3

Dependency Ratio 86.6 104.9 99.9 106.2 136.2 96.6 94.8 87.9 107.0 116.0 89.7 79.3 81.1 89.9

Males 32,881 582 1,204 886 202 1,011 1,338 1,331 1,429 778 1,177 2,748 2,001 2,307

Less than 5 yrs 4,989 102 216 148 35 150 201 183 265 124 171 389 297 387

5 to 9 years 4,437 96 178 148 37 154 197 192 223 130 166 367 263 304

10 to 14 years 3,958 78 157 119 30 131 181 151 195 114 142 324 243 298

15 to 19 years 3,522 46 106 82 8 83 146 260 122 72 159 297 241 182

20 to 24 years 3,189 26 89 62 9 83 110 88 105 53 100 284 210 237

25 to 29 years 2,960 40 83 65 14 78 108 83 99 42 114 231 170 220

30 to 34 years 2,310 42 74 51 13 72 89 82 99 47 77 189 142 146

35 to 39 years 1,891 46 79 54 14 52 64 79 87 57 58 161 125 108

40 to 44 years 1,342 31 53 39 6 36 64 48 42 23 39 143 87 93

45 to 49 years 1,046 10 46 27 8 31 39 32 46 20 39 116 64 68

50 to 54 years 839 9 32 19 6 28 31 27 38 16 24 74 48 85

55 to 59 years 730 18 34 17 8 39 31 34 36 20 22 64 45 56

60 to 64 years 579 14 20 16 6 26 22 27 27 17 22 39 16 48

65 years and over 1,089 24 37 39 8 48 55 45 45 43 44 70 50 75

Median 19.3 16.6 17.4 16.7 14.8 19.2 18.1 17.7 16.3 16.5 18.4 19.9 19.1 19.5

Youth Depend Ratio 75.1 103.0 92.4 99.8 118.6 86.7 84.9 71.8 101.3 105.1 75.8 69.3 70.9 82.8

Adult Depend Ratio 9.4 14.2 9.6 13.2 16.3 14.7 11.3 9.8 10.7 17.1 10.4 7.0 5.8 10.3

Dependency Ratio 84.4 117.2 102.0 113.0 134.9 101.4 96.2 81.6 112.0 122.3 86.2 76.3 76.8 93.1

Females 29,432 586 1,123 784 209 1,042 1,257 1,236 1,357 758 1,094 2,514 1,596 2,187

Less than 5 yrs 4,607 95 172 110 52 169 187 198 241 113 184 414 254 352

5 to 9 years 4,123 85 167 127 33 139 203 188 194 120 153 324 245 302

10 to 14 years 3,683 65 151 109 20 130 163 152 176 104 138 320 193 263

15 to 19 years 3,066 36 87 80 8 96 139 172 100 54 140 271 169 211

20 to 24 years 2,821 56 105 54 16 83 118 76 116 56 87 270 141 241

25 to 29 years 2,580 54 79 68 14 91 107 115 117 55 99 202 149 199

30 to 34 years 2,071 51 91 53 19 69 85 79 107 52 75 161 113 138

35 to 39 years 1,589 42 52 45 12 58 58 60 79 42 51 151 113 105

40 to 44 years 1,164 21 64 36 10 34 49 39 52 34 33 125 57 72

45 to 49 years 949 14 36 21 3 55 49 41 35 28 29 88 47 81

50 to 54 years 709 14 28 20 2 31 28 28 32 21 28 55 34 71

55 to 59 years 620 14 26 17 4 25 17 23 34 19 23 53 31 54

60 to 64 years 513 16 19 12 5 17 17 29 30 26 26 33 14 31

65 years and over 937 23 46 32 11 45 37 36 44 34 28 47 36 67

Median 18.8 21.1 19.1 17.9 14.9 19.3 17.7 17.3 18.4 18.9 17.6 18.7 18.1 19.2

Youth Depend Ratio 79.7 81.1 86.3 87.8 119.3 80.8 85.1 85.0 90.9 93.4 84.1 76.9 81.0 78.2

Adult Depend Ratio 9.3 12.9 11.4 11.2 18.2 11.4 8.3 10.3 11.0 16.6 9.6 5.8 5.9 8.4

Dependency Ratio 89.0 94.0 97.7 99.0 137.5 92.3 93.4 95.3 101.9 110.0 93.6 82.7 86.9 86.6

Child/Woman Ratio 67.4 71.9 75.5 72.3 106.1 65.6 64.1 65.5 83.5 73.8 69.1 63.3 69.8 70.6

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 21,977 353 745 540 119 652 862 904 865 483 788 1,872 1,357 1,506

Never married 10,894 139 321 252 50 293 431 490 417 220 399 837 665 698

Married 10,473 205 384 266 66 345 403 398 424 247 368 985 659 761

Widowed 323 8 18 8 3 5 13 15 13 11 17 28 8 25

Separated/Divorced 126 1 3 7 - 5 6 1 4 1 4 14 10 12

Not Stated 161 - 19 7 - 4 9 - 7 4 - 8 15 10

Females, 12+ yr 19,307 380 731 513 114 693 813 786 852 490 699 1,663 1,028 1,425

Never married 7,212 123 260 173 31 246 313 304 291 181 277 583 336 478

Married 10,859 217 399 297 73 415 429 426 505 271 383 982 658 842

Widowed 891 30 53 26 9 30 47 44 42 31 35 62 17 79

Separated/Divorced 222 8 8 12 1 2 18 8 7 4 3 24 6 21

Not Stated 123 2 11 5 - - 6 4 7 3 1 12 11 5

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, Marital Status by Wart of Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Citizens **

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³ ³ ³ Nusa³ Rovi-³ South³ North³ ³ ³ ³ ³ North³ ³ North

Age ³ ³ ³ Rovi-³ ana³ Ren-³ Ren-³ Kolo-³ Mbuin³ ³ Ngga-³ Van-³ ³Kolom-

Marital Status ³Kusaghe³Munda ³ ana³Lagoon³ dova³ dova³baghea³ Tusu³ Nono³ tokae³ gunu³ Noro³ banga

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AGE

Total 1,741 2,383 1,695 3,566 2,198 1,481 1,536 2,292 2,683 2,367 2,212 3,416 2,006

Less than 5 yrs 274 329 247 576 311 265 238 338 396 407 326 410 270

5 to 9 years 275 263 241 489 288 210 217 308 366 353 278 284 253

10 to 14 years 260 254 231 490 256 153 163 317 355 286 249 203 277

15 to 19 years 156 394 131 529 233 126 136 179 245 257 190 317 328

20 to 24 years 130 270 142 234 203 122 116 222 251 161 245 841 198

25 to 29 years 135 229 150 238 186 148 123 197 247 198 199 641 153

30 to 34 years 120 144 117 245 157 104 143 165 178 182 172 333 105

35 to 39 years 92 116 100 195 109 91 103 140 145 120 124 170 123

40 to 44 years 75 68 86 149 110 72 67 104 106 88 68 93 90

45 to 49 years 70 76 55 100 85 46 48 69 81 81 89 58 64

50 to 54 years 43 73 45 89 60 27 48 66 93 49 52 27 47

55 to 59 years 36 51 38 68 54 27 23 51 64 55 71 17 31

60 to 64 years 29 49 42 59 41 39 34 42 52 41 55 8 26

65 years and over 46 67 70 105 105 51 77 94 104 89 94 14 41

Median 17.0 19.4 19.9 17.2 20.3 19.5 20.6 20.1 19.6 17.7 21.3 22.9 18.1

Youth Depend Ratio 94.4 59.5 83.2 84.2 71.4 82.3 76.6 80.7 79.2 87.8 70.5 35.9 70.2

Adult Depend Ratio 8.8 8.2 13.0 8.9 12.2 11.8 13.8 11.4 11.1 10.9 12.3 .9 5.9

Dependency Ratio 103.2 67.7 96.2 93.1 83.6 94.1 90.3 92.1 90.3 98.7 82.8 36.8 76.1

Males 885 1,268 839 1,930 1,141 786 811 1,229 1,422 1,171 1,183 2,106 1,116

Less than 5 yrs 140 184 131 322 163 130 122 175 226 203 158 219 148

5 to 9 years 144 151 117 261 131 112 110 179 202 184 136 123 132

10 to 14 years 128 154 105 250 122 83 94 177 180 126 137 104 135

15 to 19 years 87 194 58 302 122 67 74 91 123 126 103 175 196

20 to 24 years 55 118 63 118 105 62 56 110 125 78 152 555 136

25 to 29 years 69 125 69 125 107 76 60 108 137 88 114 455 80

30 to 34 years 57 79 57 129 88 54 74 94 96 99 95 207 58

35 to 39 years 45 69 56 107 57 51 60 73 72 63 70 124 60

40 to 44 years 37 36 45 82 50 49 39 54 54 41 32 67 52

45 to 49 years 34 32 30 59 43 26 28 40 41 44 49 40 34

50 to 54 years 29 34 24 54 38 16 23 37 53 28 24 16 26

55 to 59 years 25 27 19 35 27 9 10 25 35 29 37 8 20

60 to 64 years 12 27 25 30 27 22 19 18 33 20 27 3 16

65 years and over 23 38 40 56 61 29 42 48 45 42 49 10 23

Median 16.8 18.7 20.7 17.2 21.5 20.1 20.5 19.6 19.2 17.9 21.9 23.9 18.6

Youth Depend Ratio 94.1 68.5 83.8 82.4 65.3 79.3 76.9 84.0 82.6 86.1 63.8 27.1 62.7

Adult Depend Ratio 8.0 9.1 15.4 8.5 13.8 12.4 14.4 10.4 10.6 10.4 11.2 .8 5.9

Dependency Ratio 102.1 77.6 99.3 90.9 79.1 91.7 91.3 94.5 93.2 96.5 75.0 27.9 68.6

Females 856 1,115 856 1,636 1,057 695 725 1,063 1,261 1,196 1,029 1,310 890

Less than 5 yrs 134 145 116 254 148 135 116 163 170 204 168 191 122

5 to 9 years 131 112 124 228 157 98 107 129 164 169 142 161 121

10 to 14 years 132 100 126 240 134 70 69 140 175 160 112 99 142

15 to 19 years 69 200 73 227 111 59 62 88 122 131 87 142 132

20 to 24 years 75 152 79 116 98 60 60 112 126 83 93 286 62

25 to 29 years 66 104 81 113 79 72 63 89 110 110 85 186 73

30 to 34 years 63 65 60 116 69 50 69 71 82 83 77 126 47

35 to 39 years 47 47 44 88 52 40 43 67 73 57 54 46 63

40 to 44 years 38 32 41 67 60 23 28 50 52 47 36 26 38

45 to 49 years 36 44 25 41 42 20 20 29 40 37 40 18 30

50 to 54 years 14 39 21 35 22 11 25 29 40 21 28 11 21

55 to 59 years 11 24 19 33 27 18 13 26 29 26 34 9 11

60 to 64 years 17 22 17 29 14 17 15 24 19 21 28 5 10

65 years and over 23 29 30 49 44 22 35 46 59 47 45 4 18

Median 17.2 20.0 19.2 17.1 19.0 18.8 20.7 20.5 20.0 17.5 20.3 21.1 17.3

Youth Depend Ratio 94.7 50.5 82.6 86.4 78.4 85.8 76.2 77.0 75.5 89.6 79.0 53.1 80.7

Adult Depend Ratio 9.5 7.2 10.6 9.3 10.4 11.0 13.1 12.5 11.6 11.4 13.7 1.1 5.9

Dependency Ratio 104.3 57.7 93.2 95.7 88.8 96.9 89.3 89.5 87.1 101.0 92.7 54.1 86.6

Child/Woman Ratio 69.5 51.1 61.3 75.0 60.9 81.8 69.0 66.8 65.5 74.3 69.1 49.4 60.7

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 550 883 556 1,263 805 515 546 807 919 732 827 1,726 802

Never married 271 476 254 709 386 236 241 432 433 342 425 994 483

Married 260 375 284 511 398 260 274 363 463 378 382 708 306

Widowed 15 15 10 22 11 12 3 8 16 11 14 3 11

Separated/Divorced - 5 6 11 4 4 - 3 4 1 4 14 2

Not Stated 4 12 2 10 6 3 28 1 3 - 2 7 -

Females, 12+ yr 548 824 571 1,061 706 433 470 713 847 763 671 920 593

Never married 235 361 233 437 257 138 164 279 318 299 243 404 248

Married 283 405 301 539 408 275 284 388 471 427 385 477 319

Widowed 27 37 18 67 27 15 16 37 44 30 37 11 20

Separated/Divorced - 10 17 10 7 3 - 5 11 6 5 24 2

Not Stated 3 11 2 8 7 2 6 4 3 1 1 4 4

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Rural Citizens **

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³ ³Outer ³Inner ³ ³ North³ Cent.³ South³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ South³

Age ³ ³Short-³Short-³ ³ Rano-³ Rano-³ Rano-³ ³ ³ ³Irrin-³ ³Kolob-³ Vona-

Marital Status ³ Total³ lands³ lands³ Simbo³ ngga³ ngga³ ngga³Vonunu³Mbilua³Ndovele³ ggila³ Gizo³angara³ vona

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AGE

Total 55,989 1,168 2,327 1,670 411 2,053 2,595 2,567 2,786 1,536 2,271 2,354 3,597 4,494

Less than 5 yrs 8,785 197 388 258 87 319 388 381 506 237 355 402 551 739

5 to 9 years 7,931 181 345 275 70 293 400 380 417 250 319 346 508 606

10 to 14 years 7,092 143 308 228 50 261 344 303 371 218 280 298 436 561

15 to 19 years 5,939 82 193 162 16 179 285 432 222 126 299 236 410 393

20 to 24 years 4,827 82 194 116 25 166 228 164 221 109 187 212 351 478

25 to 29 years 4,631 94 162 133 28 169 215 198 216 97 213 165 319 419

30 to 34 years 3,850 93 165 104 32 141 174 161 206 99 152 152 255 284

35 to 39 years 3,127 88 131 99 26 110 122 139 166 99 109 129 238 213

40 to 44 years 2,242 52 117 75 16 70 113 87 94 57 72 97 144 165

45 to 49 years 1,826 24 82 48 11 86 88 73 81 48 68 93 111 149

50 to 54 years 1,441 23 60 39 8 59 59 55 70 37 52 49 82 156

55 to 59 years 1,282 32 60 34 12 64 48 57 70 39 45 66 76 110

60 to 64 years 1,049 30 39 28 11 43 39 56 57 43 48 37 30 79

65 years and over 1,967 47 83 71 19 93 92 81 89 77 72 72 86 142

Median 18.5 18.8 18.2 17.3 14.9 19.3 17.9 17.5 17.2 17.5 18.0 17.8 18.7 19.3

Youth Depend Ratio 81.6 91.4 89.4 94.0 119.0 83.6 85.0 77.9 96.1 99.2 79.7 87.2 75.3 80.5

Adult Depend Ratio 10.3 13.5 10.5 12.2 17.2 13.0 9.8 10.0 10.8 16.9 10.0 9.1 5.8 9.3

Dependency Ratio 92.0 104.9 99.9 106.2 136.2 96.6 94.8 87.9 107.0 116.0 89.7 96.3 81.1 89.9

Males 29,230 582 1,204 886 202 1,011 1,338 1,331 1,429 778 1,177 1,203 2,001 2,307

Less than 5 yrs 4,567 102 216 148 35 150 201 183 265 124 171 186 297 387

5 to 9 years 4,129 96 178 148 37 154 197 192 223 130 166 182 263 304

10 to 14 years 3,669 78 157 119 30 131 181 151 195 114 142 139 243 298

15 to 19 years 3,183 46 106 82 8 83 146 260 122 72 159 133 241 182

20 to 24 years 2,459 26 89 62 9 83 110 88 105 53 100 109 210 237

25 to 29 years 2,357 40 83 65 14 78 108 83 99 42 114 83 170 220

30 to 34 years 1,992 42 74 51 13 72 89 82 99 47 77 78 142 146

35 to 39 years 1,673 46 79 54 14 52 64 79 87 57 58 67 125 108

40 to 44 years 1,185 31 53 39 6 36 64 48 42 23 39 53 87 93

45 to 49 years 939 10 46 27 8 31 39 32 46 20 39 49 64 68

50 to 54 years 776 9 32 19 6 28 31 27 38 16 24 27 48 85

55 to 59 years 689 18 34 17 8 39 31 34 36 20 22 31 45 56

60 to 64 years 555 14 20 16 6 26 22 27 27 17 22 18 16 48

65 years and over 1,057 24 37 39 8 48 55 45 45 43 44 48 50 75

Median 18.5 16.6 17.4 16.7 14.8 19.2 18.1 17.7 16.3 16.5 18.4 18.6 19.1 19.5

Youth Depend Ratio 81.1 103.0 92.4 99.8 118.6 86.7 84.9 71.8 101.3 105.1 75.8 80.5 70.9 82.8

Adult Depend Ratio 10.6 14.2 9.6 13.2 16.3 14.7 11.3 9.8 10.7 17.1 10.4 10.5 5.8 10.3

Dependency Ratio 91.6 117.2 102.0 113.0 134.9 101.4 96.2 81.6 112.0 122.3 86.2 91.0 76.8 93.1

Females 26,759 586 1,123 784 209 1,042 1,257 1,236 1,357 758 1,094 1,151 1,596 2,187

Less than 5 yrs 4,218 95 172 110 52 169 187 198 241 113 184 216 254 352

5 to 9 years 3,802 85 167 127 33 139 203 188 194 120 153 164 245 302

10 to 14 years 3,423 65 151 109 20 130 163 152 176 104 138 159 193 263

15 to 19 years 2,756 36 87 80 8 96 139 172 100 54 140 103 169 211

20 to 24 years 2,368 56 105 54 16 83 118 76 116 56 87 103 141 241

25 to 29 years 2,274 54 79 68 14 91 107 115 117 55 99 82 149 199

30 to 34 years 1,858 51 91 53 19 69 85 79 107 52 75 74 113 138

35 to 39 years 1,454 42 52 45 12 58 58 60 79 42 51 62 113 105

40 to 44 years 1,057 21 64 36 10 34 49 39 52 34 33 44 57 72

45 to 49 years 887 14 36 21 3 55 49 41 35 28 29 44 47 81

50 to 54 years 665 14 28 20 2 31 28 28 32 21 28 22 34 71

55 to 59 years 593 14 26 17 4 25 17 23 34 19 23 35 31 54

60 to 64 years 494 16 19 12 5 17 17 29 30 26 26 19 14 31

65 years and over 910 23 46 32 11 45 37 36 44 34 28 24 36 67

Median 18.5 21.1 19.1 17.9 14.9 19.3 17.7 17.3 18.4 18.9 17.6 16.8 18.1 19.2

Youth Depend Ratio 82.3 81.1 86.3 87.8 119.3 80.8 85.1 85.0 90.9 93.4 84.1 94.7 81.0 78.2

Adult Depend Ratio 10.1 12.9 11.4 11.2 18.2 11.4 8.3 10.3 11.0 16.6 9.6 7.6 5.9 8.4

Dependency Ratio 92.3 94.0 97.7 99.0 137.5 92.3 93.4 95.3 101.9 110.0 93.6 102.3 86.9 86.6

Child/Woman Ratio 69.4 71.9 75.5 72.3 106.1 65.6 64.1 65.5 83.5 73.8 69.1 78.5 69.8 70.6

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 19,162 353 745 540 119 652 862 904 865 483 788 783 1,357 1,506

Never married 9,401 139 321 252 50 293 431 490 417 220 399 338 665 698

Married 9,199 205 384 266 66 345 403 398 424 247 368 419 659 761

Widowed 310 8 18 8 3 5 13 15 13 11 17 18 8 25

Separated/Divorced 104 1 3 7 - 5 6 1 4 1 4 6 10 12

Not Stated 148 - 19 7 - 4 9 - 7 4 - 2 15 10

Females, 12+ yr 17,439 380 731 513 114 693 813 786 852 490 699 715 1,028 1,425

Never married 6,437 123 260 173 31 246 313 304 291 181 277 212 336 478

Married 9,856 217 399 297 73 415 429 426 505 271 383 456 658 842

Widowed 856 30 53 26 9 30 47 44 42 31 35 38 17 79

Separated/Divorced 182 8 8 12 1 2 18 8 7 4 3 8 6 21

Not Stated 108 2 11 5 - - 6 4 7 3 1 1 11 5

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, Marital Status by Wart of Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Rural Citizens **

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³ ³ ³ Nusa³ Rovi-³ South³ North³ ³ ³ ³ ³ North³ ³ North

Age ³ ³ ³ Rovi-³ ana³ Ren-³ Ren-³ Kolo-³ Mbuin³ ³ Ngga-³ Van-³ ³Kolom-

Marital Status ³Kusaghe³Munda ³ ana³Lagoon³ dova³ dova³baghea³ Tusu³ Nono³ tokae³ gunu³ Noro³ banga

______

AGE

Total 1,741 2,383 1,695 3,566 2,198 1,481 1,536 2,292 2,683 2,367 2,212 - 2,006

Less than 5 yrs 274 329 247 576 311 265 238 338 396 407 326 - 270

5 to 9 years 275 263 241 489 288 210 217 308 366 353 278 - 253

10 to 14 years 260 254 231 490 256 153 163 317 355 286 249 - 277

15 to 19 years 156 394 131 529 233 126 136 179 245 257 190 - 328

20 to 24 years 130 270 142 234 203 122 116 222 251 161 245 - 198

25 to 29 years 135 229 150 238 186 148 123 197 247 198 199 - 153

30 to 34 years 120 144 117 245 157 104 143 165 178 182 172 - 105

35 to 39 years 92 116 100 195 109 91 103 140 145 120 124 - 123

40 to 44 years 75 68 86 149 110 72 67 104 106 88 68 - 90

45 to 49 years 70 76 55 100 85 46 48 69 81 81 89 - 64

50 to 54 years 43 73 45 89 60 27 48 66 93 49 52 - 47

55 to 59 years 36 51 38 68 54 27 23 51 64 55 71 - 31

60 to 64 years 29 49 42 59 41 39 34 42 52 41 55 - 26

65 years and over 46 67 70 105 105 51 77 94 104 89 94 - 41

Median 17.0 19.4 19.9 17.2 20.3 19.5 20.6 20.1 19.6 17.7 21.3 - 18.1

Youth Depend Ratio 94.4 59.5 83.2 84.2 71.4 82.3 76.6 80.7 79.2 87.8 70.5 - 70.2

Adult Depend Ratio 8.8 8.2 13.0 8.9 12.2 11.8 13.8 11.4 11.1 10.9 12.3 - 5.9

Dependency Ratio 103.2 67.7 96.2 93.1 83.6 94.1 90.3 92.1 90.3 98.7 82.8 - 76.1

Males 885 1,268 839 1,930 1,141 786 811 1,229 1,422 1,171 1,183 - 1,116

Less than 5 yrs 140 184 131 322 163 130 122 175 226 203 158 - 148

5 to 9 years 144 151 117 261 131 112 110 179 202 184 136 - 132

10 to 14 years 128 154 105 250 122 83 94 177 180 126 137 - 135

15 to 19 years 87 194 58 302 122 67 74 91 123 126 103 - 196

20 to 24 years 55 118 63 118 105 62 56 110 125 78 152 - 136

25 to 29 years 69 125 69 125 107 76 60 108 137 88 114 - 80

30 to 34 years 57 79 57 129 88 54 74 94 96 99 95 - 58

35 to 39 years 45 69 56 107 57 51 60 73 72 63 70 - 60

40 to 44 years 37 36 45 82 50 49 39 54 54 41 32 - 52

45 to 49 years 34 32 30 59 43 26 28 40 41 44 49 - 34

50 to 54 years 29 34 24 54 38 16 23 37 53 28 24 - 26

55 to 59 years 25 27 19 35 27 9 10 25 35 29 37 - 20

60 to 64 years 12 27 25 30 27 22 19 18 33 20 27 - 16

65 years and over 23 38 40 56 61 29 42 48 45 42 49 - 23

Median 16.8 18.7 20.7 17.2 21.5 20.1 20.5 19.6 19.2 17.9 21.9 - 18.6

Youth Depend Ratio 94.1 68.5 83.8 82.4 65.3 79.3 76.9 84.0 82.6 86.1 63.8 - 62.7

Adult Depend Ratio 8.0 9.1 15.4 8.5 13.8 12.4 14.4 10.4 10.6 10.4 11.2 - 5.9

Dependency Ratio 102.1 77.6 99.3 90.9 79.1 91.7 91.3 94.5 93.2 96.5 75.0 - 68.6

Females 856 1,115 856 1,636 1,057 695 725 1,063 1,261 1,196 1,029 - 890

Less than 5 yrs 134 145 116 254 148 135 116 163 170 204 168 - 122

5 to 9 years 131 112 124 228 157 98 107 129 164 169 142 - 121

10 to 14 years 132 100 126 240 134 70 69 140 175 160 112 - 142

15 to 19 years 69 200 73 227 111 59 62 88 122 131 87 - 132

20 to 24 years 75 152 79 116 98 60 60 112 126 83 93 - 62

25 to 29 years 66 104 81 113 79 72 63 89 110 110 85 - 73

30 to 34 years 63 65 60 116 69 50 69 71 82 83 77 - 47

35 to 39 years 47 47 44 88 52 40 43 67 73 57 54 - 63

40 to 44 years 38 32 41 67 60 23 28 50 52 47 36 - 38

45 to 49 years 36 44 25 41 42 20 20 29 40 37 40 - 30

50 to 54 years 14 39 21 35 22 11 25 29 40 21 28 - 21

55 to 59 years 11 24 19 33 27 18 13 26 29 26 34 - 11

60 to 64 years 17 22 17 29 14 17 15 24 19 21 28 - 10

65 years and over 23 29 30 49 44 22 35 46 59 47 45 - 18

Median 17.2 20.0 19.2 17.1 19.0 18.8 20.7 20.5 20.0 17.5 20.3 - 17.3

Youth Depend Ratio 94.7 50.5 82.6 86.4 78.4 85.8 76.2 77.0 75.5 89.6 79.0 - 80.7

Adult Depend Ratio 9.5 7.2 10.6 9.3 10.4 11.0 13.1 12.5 11.6 11.4 13.7 - 5.9

Dependency Ratio 104.3 57.7 93.2 95.7 88.8 96.9 89.3 89.5 87.1 101.0 92.7 - 86.6

Child/Woman Ratio 69.5 51.1 61.3 75.0 60.9 81.8 69.0 66.8 65.5 74.3 69.1 - 60.7

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 550 883 556 1,263 805 515 546 807 919 732 827 - 802

Never married 271 476 254 709 386 236 241 432 433 342 425 - 483

Married 260 375 284 511 398 260 274 363 463 378 382 - 306

Widowed 15 15 10 22 11 12 3 8 16 11 14 - 11

Separated/Divorced - 5 6 11 4 4 - 3 4 1 4 - 2

Not Stated 4 12 2 10 6 3 28 1 3 - 2 - -

Females, 12+ yr 548 824 571 1,061 706 433 470 713 847 763 671 - 593

Never married 235 361 233 437 257 138 164 279 318 299 243 - 248

Married 283 405 301 539 408 275 284 388 471 427 385 - 319

Widowed 27 37 18 67 27 15 16 37 44 30 37 - 20

Separated/Divorced - 10 17 10 7 3 - 5 11 6 5 - 2

Not Stated 3 11 2 8 7 2 6 4 3 1 1 - 4

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Urban Citizens **

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³ ³Outer ³Inner ³ ³ North³ Cent.³ South³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ South³

Age ³ ³Short-³Short-³ ³ Rano-³ Rano-³ Rano-³ ³ ³ ³Irrin-³ ³Kolob-³ Vona-

Marital Status ³ Total³ lands³ lands³ Simbo³ ngga³ ngga³ ngga³Vonunu³Mbilua³Ndovele³ ggila³ Gizo³angara³ vona

______

AGE

Total 6,324 ------2,908 - -

Less than 5 yrs 811 ------401 - -

5 to 9 years 629 ------345 - -

10 to 14 years 549 ------346 - -

15 to 19 years 649 ------332 - -

20 to 24 years 1,183 ------342 - -

25 to 29 years 909 ------268 - -

30 to 34 years 531 ------198 - -

35 to 39 years 353 ------183 - -

40 to 44 years 264 ------171 - -

45 to 49 years 169 ------111 - -

50 to 54 years 107 ------80 - -

55 to 59 years 68 ------51 - -

60 to 64 years 43 ------35 - -

65 years and over 59 ------45 - -

Median 22.2 ------20.4 - -

Youth Depend Ratio 47.0 ------62.9 - -

Adult Depend Ratio 2.4 ------4.6 - -

Dependency Ratio 49.4 ------67.5 - -

Males 3,651 ------1,545 - -

Less than 5 yrs 422 ------203 - -

5 to 9 years 308 ------185 - -

10 to 14 years 289 ------185 - -

15 to 19 years 339 ------164 - -

20 to 24 years 730 ------175 - -

25 to 29 years 603 ------148 - -

30 to 34 years 318 ------111 - -

35 to 39 years 218 ------94 - -

40 to 44 years 157 ------90 - -

45 to 49 years 107 ------67 - -

50 to 54 years 63 ------47 - -

55 to 59 years 41 ------33 - -

60 to 64 years 24 ------21 - -

65 years and over 32 ------22 - -

Median 23.2 ------21.0 - -

Youth Depend Ratio 39.6 ------61.7 - -

Adult Depend Ratio 2.2 ------4.6 - -

Dependency Ratio 41.7 ------66.3 - -

Females 2,673 ------1,363 - -

Less than 5 yrs 389 ------198 - -

5 to 9 years 321 ------160 - -

10 to 14 years 260 ------161 - -

15 to 19 years 310 ------168 - -

20 to 24 years 453 ------167 - -

25 to 29 years 306 ------120 - -

30 to 34 years 213 ------87 - -

35 to 39 years 135 ------89 - -

40 to 44 years 107 ------81 - -

45 to 49 years 62 ------44 - -

50 to 54 years 44 ------33 - -

55 to 59 years 27 ------18 - -

60 to 64 years 19 ------14 - -

65 years and over 27 ------23 - -

Median 20.6 ------19.8 - -

Youth Depend Ratio 58.5 ------64.3 - -

Adult Depend Ratio 2.8 ------4.6 - -

Dependency Ratio 61.3 ------68.9 - -

Child/Woman Ratio 51.1 ------53.0 - -

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 2,815 ------1,089 - -

Never married 1,493 ------499 - -

Married 1,274 ------566 - -

Widowed 13 ------10 - -

Separated/Divorced 22 ------8 - -

Not Stated 13 ------6 - -

Females, 12+ yr 1,868 ------948 - -

Never married 775 ------371 - -

Married 1,003 ------526 - -

Widowed 35 ------24 - -

Separated/Divorced 40 ------16 - -

Not Stated 15 ------11 - -

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, Marital Status by Wart of Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Urban Citizens **

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³ ³ ³ Nusa³ Rovi-³ South³ North³ ³ ³ ³ ³ North³ ³ North

Age ³ ³ ³ Rovi-³ ana³ Ren-³ Ren-³ Kolo-³ Mbuin³ ³ Ngga-³ Van-³ ³Kolom-

Marital Status ³Kusaghe³Munda ³ ana³Lagoon³ dova³ dova³baghea³ Tusu³ Nono³ tokae³ gunu³ Noro³ banga

______

AGE

Total ------3,416 -

Less than 5 yrs ------410 -

5 to 9 years ------284 -

10 to 14 years ------203 -

15 to 19 years ------317 -

20 to 24 years ------841 -

25 to 29 years ------641 -

30 to 34 years ------333 -

35 to 39 years ------170 -

40 to 44 years ------93 -

45 to 49 years ------58 -

50 to 54 years ------27 -

55 to 59 years ------17 -

60 to 64 years ------8 -

65 years and over ------14 -

Median ------22.9 -

Youth Depend Ratio ------35.9 -

Adult Depend Ratio ------.9 -

Dependency Ratio ------36.8 -

Males ------2,106 -

Less than 5 yrs ------219 -

5 to 9 years ------123 -

10 to 14 years ------104 -

15 to 19 years ------175 -

20 to 24 years ------555 -

25 to 29 years ------455 -

30 to 34 years ------207 -

35 to 39 years ------124 -

40 to 44 years ------67 -

45 to 49 years ------40 -

50 to 54 years ------16 -

55 to 59 years ------8 -

60 to 64 years ------3 -

65 years and over ------10 -

Median ------23.9 -

Youth Depend Ratio ------27.1 -

Adult Depend Ratio ------.8 -

Dependency Ratio ------27.9 -

Females ------1,310 -

Less than 5 yrs ------191 -

5 to 9 years ------161 -

10 to 14 years ------99 -

15 to 19 years ------142 -

20 to 24 years ------286 -

25 to 29 years ------186 -

30 to 34 years ------126 -

35 to 39 years ------46 -

40 to 44 years ------26 -

45 to 49 years ------18 -

50 to 54 years ------11 -

55 to 59 years ------9 -

60 to 64 years ------5 -

65 years and over ------4 -

Median ------21.1 -

Youth Depend Ratio ------53.1 -

Adult Depend Ratio ------1.1 -

Dependency Ratio ------54.1 -

Child/Woman Ratio ------49.4 -

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs ------1,726 -

Never married ------994 -

Married ------708 -

Widowed ------3 -

Separated/Divorced ------14 -

Not Stated ------7 -

Females, 12+ yr ------920 -

Never married ------404 -

Married ------477 -

Widowed ------11 -

Separated/Divorced ------24 -

Not Stated ------4 -

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Rural **

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³ ³Outer ³Inner ³ ³ North³ Cent.³ South³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ South³

Age ³ ³Short-³Short-³ ³ Rano-³ Rano-³ Rano-³ ³ ³ ³Irrin-³ ³Kolob-³ Vona-

Marital Status ³ Total³ lands³ lands³ Simbo³ ngga³ ngga³ ngga³Vonunu³Mbilua³Ndovele³ ggila³ Gizo³angara³ vona

______

AGE

Total 56,297 1,184 2,338 1,672 412 2,053 2,600 2,568 2,788 1,538 2,280 2,363 3,609 4,498

Less than 5 yrs 8,806 197 388 260 87 319 388 382 506 238 355 402 551 740

5 to 9 years 7,952 184 345 275 70 293 402 380 419 250 319 347 509 606

10 to 14 years 7,109 144 311 228 50 261 344 303 371 218 281 299 436 561

15 to 19 years 5,958 83 193 162 16 179 285 432 222 126 300 236 411 393

20 to 24 years 4,836 84 194 116 25 166 229 164 221 109 187 212 352 478

25 to 29 years 4,660 94 164 133 28 169 215 198 216 97 214 166 320 419

30 to 34 years 3,891 95 166 104 32 141 174 161 206 100 152 154 256 284

35 to 39 years 3,158 89 132 99 26 110 122 139 166 99 109 132 239 213

40 to 44 years 2,269 54 120 75 17 70 114 87 94 57 72 97 145 165

45 to 49 years 1,862 24 83 48 11 86 89 73 81 48 71 94 114 149

50 to 54 years 1,467 23 60 39 8 59 59 55 70 37 53 49 82 158

55 to 59 years 1,299 34 60 34 12 64 48 57 70 39 46 66 78 110

60 to 64 years 1,051 30 39 28 11 43 39 56 57 43 49 37 30 79

65 years and over 1,979 49 83 71 19 93 92 81 89 77 72 72 86 143

Median 18.6 19.0 18.2 17.3 14.9 19.3 17.9 17.5 17.2 17.5 18.1 17.8 18.8 19.4

Youth Depend Ratio 81.2 90.5 89.1 94.2 118.3 83.6 84.9 78.0 96.3 99.2 79.3 86.9 74.9 80.5

Adult Depend Ratio 10.3 13.6 10.4 12.2 17.1 13.0 9.8 10.0 10.8 16.9 10.0 9.0 5.8 9.4

Dependency Ratio 91.5 104.1 99.5 106.4 135.4 96.6 94.8 88.0 107.1 116.0 89.4 95.9 80.7 89.9

Males 29,448 595 1,208 888 202 1,011 1,339 1,332 1,430 778 1,184 1,207 2,010 2,310

Less than 5 yrs 4,580 102 216 150 35 150 201 184 265 124 171 186 297 388

5 to 9 years 4,141 98 178 148 37 154 197 192 224 130 166 183 264 304

10 to 14 years 3,675 79 158 119 30 131 181 151 195 114 142 139 243 298

15 to 19 years 3,195 47 106 82 8 83 146 260 122 72 160 133 242 182

20 to 24 years 2,463 28 89 62 9 83 110 88 105 53 100 109 211 237

25 to 29 years 2,381 40 84 65 14 78 108 83 99 42 115 84 171 220

30 to 34 years 2,021 44 74 51 13 72 89 82 99 47 77 78 143 146

35 to 39 years 1,694 47 79 54 14 52 64 79 87 57 58 68 125 108

40 to 44 years 1,206 31 54 39 6 36 65 48 42 23 39 53 88 93

45 to 49 years 970 10 47 27 8 31 39 32 46 20 42 50 66 68

50 to 54 years 800 9 32 19 6 28 31 27 38 16 25 27 48 87

55 to 59 years 701 20 34 17 8 39 31 34 36 20 22 31 46 56

60 to 64 years 556 14 20 16 6 26 22 27 27 17 23 18 16 48

65 years and over 1,065 26 37 39 8 48 55 45 45 43 44 48 50 75

Median 18.6 17.0 17.5 16.6 14.8 19.2 18.1 17.7 16.3 16.5 18.5 18.6 19.2 19.5

Youth Depend Ratio 80.3 101.1 92.2 100.2 118.6 86.7 84.8 71.9 101.5 105.1 75.1 80.3 70.5 82.7

Adult Depend Ratio 10.5 14.5 9.5 13.2 16.3 14.7 11.3 9.8 10.7 17.1 10.5 10.4 5.8 10.3

Dependency Ratio 90.8 115.6 101.7 113.5 134.9 101.4 96.0 81.7 112.2 122.3 85.6 90.7 76.3 93.0

Females 26,849 589 1,130 784 210 1,042 1,261 1,236 1,358 760 1,096 1,156 1,599 2,188

Less than 5 yrs 4,226 95 172 110 52 169 187 198 241 114 184 216 254 352

5 to 9 years 3,811 86 167 127 33 139 205 188 195 120 153 164 245 302

10 to 14 years 3,434 65 153 109 20 130 163 152 176 104 139 160 193 263

15 to 19 years 2,763 36 87 80 8 96 139 172 100 54 140 103 169 211

20 to 24 years 2,373 56 105 54 16 83 119 76 116 56 87 103 141 241

25 to 29 years 2,279 54 80 68 14 91 107 115 117 55 99 82 149 199

30 to 34 years 1,870 51 92 53 19 69 85 79 107 53 75 76 113 138

35 to 39 years 1,464 42 53 45 12 58 58 60 79 42 51 64 114 105

40 to 44 years 1,063 23 66 36 11 34 49 39 52 34 33 44 57 72

45 to 49 years 892 14 36 21 3 55 50 41 35 28 29 44 48 81

50 to 54 years 667 14 28 20 2 31 28 28 32 21 28 22 34 71

55 to 59 years 598 14 26 17 4 25 17 23 34 19 24 35 32 54

60 to 64 years 495 16 19 12 5 17 17 29 30 26 26 19 14 31

65 years and over 914 23 46 32 11 45 37 36 44 34 28 24 36 68

Median 18.5 21.1 19.2 17.9 15.0 19.3 17.7 17.3 18.4 18.9 17.6 16.8 18.2 19.2

Youth Depend Ratio 82.1 80.9 85.9 87.8 118.0 80.8 85.1 85.0 91.1 93.4 84.1 94.2 80.7 78.2

Adult Depend Ratio 10.1 12.8 11.3 11.2 18.0 11.4 8.3 10.3 11.0 16.6 9.5 7.5 5.8 8.4

Dependency Ratio 92.2 93.8 97.2 99.0 136.0 92.3 93.4 95.3 102.1 109.9 93.6 101.7 86.6 86.7

Child/Woman Ratio 69.3 71.4 74.8 72.8 104.8 65.6 63.9 65.6 83.5 73.9 69.1 77.9 69.7 70.7

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 19,355 364 749 540 119 652 863 904 865 483 795 786 1,365 1,508

Never married 9,438 144 322 252 50 293 431 490 417 220 401 338 666 698

Married 9,339 211 387 266 66 345 404 398 424 247 373 422 663 763

Widowed 311 8 18 8 3 5 13 15 13 11 17 18 8 25

Separated/Divorced 106 1 3 7 - 5 6 1 4 1 4 6 11 12

Not Stated 161 - 19 7 - 4 9 - 7 4 - 2 17 10

Females, 12+ yr 17,507 382 737 513 115 693 815 786 852 491 701 719 1,031 1,426

Never married 6,450 123 261 173 31 246 313 304 291 181 278 213 336 478

Married 9,899 218 403 297 74 415 431 426 505 272 383 458 660 842

Widowed 863 31 54 26 9 30 47 44 42 31 36 38 17 80

Separated/Divorced 184 8 8 12 1 2 18 8 7 4 3 9 7 21

Not Stated 111 2 11 5 - - 6 4 7 3 1 1 11 5

______

Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, Marital Status by Wart of Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Rural **

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³ ³ ³ Nusa³ Rovi-³ South³ North³ ³ ³ ³ ³ North³ ³ North

Age ³ ³ ³ Rovi-³ ana³ Ren-³ Ren-³ Kolo-³ Mbuin³ ³ Ngga-³ Van-³ ³Kolom-

Marital Status ³Kusaghe³Munda ³ ana³Lagoon³ dova³ dova³baghea³ Tusu³ Nono³ tokae³ gunu³ Noro³ banga

______

AGE

Total 1,746 2,428 1,710 3,599 2,207 1,500 1,540 2,328 2,696 2,377 2,251 - 2,012

Less than 5 yrs 274 334 247 578 311 266 238 341 396 409 329 - 270

5 to 9 years 277 265 243 490 289 211 217 308 366 355 279 - 253

10 to 14 years 260 259 232 490 256 155 163 317 355 286 252 - 277

15 to 19 years 156 398 134 530 233 126 136 181 245 257 194 - 330

20 to 24 years 130 271 142 235 203 122 116 223 251 161 247 - 198

25 to 29 years 136 240 152 240 186 149 123 198 249 199 201 - 154

30 to 34 years 121 150 120 252 159 107 144 166 180 184 177 - 106

35 to 39 years 93 118 100 196 111 94 105 142 147 122 131 - 124

40 to 44 years 75 68 87 152 111 77 67 108 106 88 73 - 90

45 to 49 years 70 80 56 107 87 49 48 75 84 81 90 - 64

50 to 54 years 43 74 45 95 61 27 48 76 95 49 54 - 48

55 to 59 years 36 53 39 70 54 27 23 54 66 55 73 - 31

60 to 64 years 29 49 42 59 41 39 34 43 52 41 55 - 26

65 years and over 46 69 71 105 105 51 78 96 104 90 96 - 41

Median 17.0 19.5 20.0 17.3 20.4 19.7 20.7 20.4 19.7 17.7 21.4 - 18.1

Youth Depend Ratio 94.3 59.1 82.5 83.0 71.0 81.2 76.3 79.0 78.5 87.8 69.4 - 69.9

Adult Depend Ratio 8.7 8.1 12.9 8.7 12.1 11.6 13.8 11.4 11.0 11.0 12.2 - 5.9

Dependency Ratio 103.0 67.2 95.4 91.7 83.2 92.8 90.1 90.4 89.5 98.7 81.5 - 75.7

Males 888 1,294 849 1,958 1,150 800 813 1,259 1,434 1,177 1,211 - 1,121

Less than 5 yrs 140 187 131 322 163 130 122 177 226 205 160 - 148

5 to 9 years 144 152 118 262 132 112 110 179 202 186 137 - 132

10 to 14 years 128 155 105 250 122 84 94 177 180 126 139 - 135

15 to 19 years 87 195 60 303 122 67 74 93 123 126 105 - 197

20 to 24 years 55 118 63 118 105 62 56 110 125 78 153 - 136

25 to 29 years 70 134 71 127 107 77 60 108 139 88 116 - 81

30 to 34 years 58 83 59 135 90 56 75 95 98 99 99 - 59

35 to 39 years 46 70 56 108 59 53 61 75 74 65 74 - 61

40 to 44 years 37 36 45 85 51 54 39 58 54 41 37 - 52

45 to 49 years 34 35 31 66 45 29 28 46 43 44 49 - 34

50 to 54 years 29 34 24 59 39 16 23 47 55 28 26 - 27

55 to 59 years 25 28 20 37 27 9 10 26 37 29 39 - 20

60 to 64 years 12 27 25 30 27 22 19 18 33 20 27 - 16

65 years and over 23 40 41 56 61 29 42 50 45 42 50 - 23

Median 16.8 18.9 20.8 17.4 21.7 20.6 20.6 20.2 19.4 17.8 22.1 - 18.7

Youth Depend Ratio 93.4 67.4 82.5 80.3 64.7 77.1 76.5 81.0 81.3 86.5 62.5 - 62.2

Adult Depend Ratio 7.9 9.1 15.4 8.3 13.6 12.1 14.3 10.3 10.4 10.4 11.0 - 5.8

Dependency Ratio 101.4 76.5 97.9 88.6 78.3 89.1 90.8 91.3 91.7 96.8 73.5 - 68.1

Females 858 1,134 861 1,641 1,057 700 727 1,069 1,262 1,200 1,040 - 891

Less than 5 yrs 134 147 116 256 148 136 116 164 170 204 169 - 122

5 to 9 years 133 113 125 228 157 99 107 129 164 169 142 - 121

10 to 14 years 132 104 127 240 134 71 69 140 175 160 113 - 142

15 to 19 years 69 203 74 227 111 59 62 88 122 131 89 - 133

20 to 24 years 75 153 79 117 98 60 60 113 126 83 94 - 62

25 to 29 years 66 106 81 113 79 72 63 90 110 111 85 - 73

30 to 34 years 63 67 61 117 69 51 69 71 82 85 78 - 47

35 to 39 years 47 48 44 88 52 41 44 67 73 57 57 - 63

40 to 44 years 38 32 42 67 60 23 28 50 52 47 36 - 38

45 to 49 years 36 45 25 41 42 20 20 29 41 37 41 - 30

50 to 54 years 14 40 21 36 22 11 25 29 40 21 28 - 21

55 to 59 years 11 25 19 33 27 18 13 28 29 26 34 - 11

60 to 64 years 17 22 17 29 14 17 15 25 19 21 28 - 10

65 years and over 23 29 30 49 44 22 36 46 59 48 46 - 18

Median 17.2 20.0 19.2 17.1 19.0 18.7 20.8 20.6 20.0 17.6 20.4 - 17.3

Youth Depend Ratio 95.2 50.6 82.5 86.3 78.4 86.2 76.0 76.6 75.4 89.1 78.2 - 80.5

Adult Depend Ratio 9.5 7.1 10.5 9.3 10.4 11.0 13.3 12.6 11.6 11.5 13.7 - 5.9

Dependency Ratio 104.8 57.7 93.0 95.6 88.8 97.2 89.3 89.2 87.0 100.7 91.9 - 86.4

Child/Woman Ratio 69.5 51.1 60.8 75.1 60.9 81.6 68.8 67.1 65.3 74.2 68.5 - 60.5

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 553 905 565 1,290 813 529 548 835 931 734 852 - 807

Never married 273 478 257 712 386 239 241 434 434 342 433 - 487

Married 261 386 288 535 406 271 276 388 474 380 398 - 307

Widowed 15 15 10 22 11 12 3 9 16 11 14 - 11

Separated/Divorced - 5 7 11 4 4 - 3 4 1 4 - 2

Not Stated 4 21 3 10 6 3 28 1 3 - 3 - -

Females, 12+ yr 548 838 575 1,064 706 435 472 718 848 767 681 - 594

Never married 235 364 235 437 257 138 164 279 318 300 246 - 249

Married 283 413 303 542 408 277 285 392 472 429 392 - 319

Widowed 27 38 18 67 27 15 17 37 44 31 37 - 20

Separated/Divorced - 10 17 10 7 3 - 5 11 6 5 - 2

Not Stated 3 13 2 8 7 2 6 5 3 1 1 - 4

______

Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Urban **

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³ ³Outer ³Inner ³ ³ North³ Cent.³ South³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ South³

Age ³ ³Short-³Short-³ ³ Rano-³ Rano-³ Rano-³ ³ ³ ³Irrin-³ ³Kolob-³ Vona-

Marital Status ³ Total³ lands³ lands³ Simbo³ ngga³ ngga³ ngga³Vonunu³Mbilua³Ndovele³ ggila³ Gizo³angara³ vona

______

AGE

Total 6,442 ------2,960 - -

Less than 5 yrs 814 ------403 - -

5 to 9 years 636 ------348 - -

10 to 14 years 553 ------348 - -

15 to 19 years 650 ------333 - -

20 to 24 years 1,191 ------348 - -

25 to 29 years 916 ------273 - -

30 to 34 years 543 ------205 - -

35 to 39 years 365 ------189 - -

40 to 44 years 285 ------179 - -

45 to 49 years 181 ------115 - -

50 to 54 years 124 ------84 - -

55 to 59 years 74 ------52 - -

60 to 64 years 49 ------37 - -

65 years and over 61 ------46 - -

Median 22.4 ------20.7 - -

Youth Depend Ratio 46.3 ------61.8 - -

Adult Depend Ratio 2.5 ------4.7 - -

Dependency Ratio 48.8 ------66.5 - -

Males 3,742 ------1,577 - -

Less than 5 yrs 423 ------204 - -

5 to 9 years 312 ------186 - -

10 to 14 years 292 ------187 - -

15 to 19 years 340 ------165 - -

20 to 24 years 735 ------178 - -

25 to 29 years 607 ------151 - -

30 to 34 years 327 ------115 - -

35 to 39 years 226 ------97 - -

40 to 44 years 174 ------94 - -

45 to 49 years 116 ------70 - -

50 to 54 years 80 ------51 - -

55 to 59 years 47 ------34 - -

60 to 64 years 29 ------22 - -

65 years and over 34 ------23 - -

Median 23.4 ------21.3 - -

Youth Depend Ratio 38.7 ------60.4 - -

Adult Depend Ratio 2.4 ------4.7 - -

Dependency Ratio 41.1 ------65.1 - -

Females 2,700 ------1,383 - -

Less than 5 yrs 391 ------199 - -

5 to 9 years 324 ------162 - -

10 to 14 years 261 ------161 - -

15 to 19 years 310 ------168 - -

20 to 24 years 456 ------170 - -

25 to 29 years 309 ------122 - -

30 to 34 years 216 ------90 - -

35 to 39 years 139 ------92 - -

40 to 44 years 111 ------85 - -

45 to 49 years 65 ------45 - -

50 to 54 years 44 ------33 - -

55 to 59 years 27 ------18 - -

60 to 64 years 20 ------15 - -

65 years and over 27 ------23 - -

Median 20.7 ------20.0 - -

Youth Depend Ratio 58.2 ------63.4 - -

Adult Depend Ratio 2.8 ------4.6 - -

Dependency Ratio 61.0 ------68.0 - -

Child/Woman Ratio 50.7 ------52.2 - -

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 2,899 ------1,118 - -

Never married 1,508 ------510 - -

Married 1,340 ------582 - -

Widowed 13 ------10 - -

Separated/Divorced 23 ------8 - -

Not Stated 15 ------8 - -

Females, 12+ yr 1,890 ------965 - -

Never married 778 ------373 - -

Married 1,019 ------539 - -

Widowed 35 ------24 - -

Separated/Divorced 42 ------17 - -

Not Stated 16 ------12 - -

______

Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, Marital Status by Wart of Enumeration, Western Province: 1999 ** Urban **

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³ ³ ³ Nusa³ Rovi-³ South³ North³ ³ ³ ³ ³ North³ ³ North

Age ³ ³ ³ Rovi-³ ana³ Ren-³ Ren-³ Kolo-³ Mbuin³ ³ Ngga-³ Van-³ ³Kolom-

Marital Status ³Kusaghe³Munda ³ ana³Lagoon³ dova³ dova³baghea³ Tusu³ Nono³ tokae³ gunu³ Noro³ banga

______

AGE

Total ------3,482 -

Less than 5 yrs ------411 -

5 to 9 years ------288 -

10 to 14 years ------205 -

15 to 19 years ------317 -

20 to 24 years ------843 -

25 to 29 years ------643 -

30 to 34 years ------338 -

35 to 39 years ------176 -

40 to 44 years ------106 -

45 to 49 years ------66 -

50 to 54 years ------40 -

55 to 59 years ------22 -

60 to 64 years ------12 -

65 years and over ------15 -

Median ------23.1 -

Youth Depend Ratio ------35.4 -

Adult Depend Ratio ------1.1 -

Dependency Ratio ------36.5 -

Males ------2,165 -

Less than 5 yrs ------219 -

5 to 9 years ------126 -

10 to 14 years ------105 -

15 to 19 years ------175 -

20 to 24 years ------557 -

25 to 29 years ------456 -

30 to 34 years ------212 -

35 to 39 years ------129 -

40 to 44 years ------80 -

45 to 49 years ------46 -

50 to 54 years ------29 -

55 to 59 years ------13 -

60 to 64 years ------7 -

65 years and over ------11 -

Median ------24.1 -

Youth Depend Ratio ------26.5 -

Adult Depend Ratio ------1.1 -

Dependency Ratio ------27.6 -

Females ------1,317 -

Less than 5 yrs ------192 -

5 to 9 years ------162 -

10 to 14 years ------100 -

15 to 19 years ------142 -

20 to 24 years ------286 -

25 to 29 years ------187 -

30 to 34 years ------126 -

35 to 39 years ------47 -

40 to 44 years ------26 -

45 to 49 years ------20 -

50 to 54 years ------11 -

55 to 59 years ------9 -

60 to 64 years ------5 -

65 years and over ------4 -

Median ------21.1 -

Youth Depend Ratio ------53.2 -

Adult Depend Ratio ------1.1 -

Dependency Ratio ------54.2 -

Child/Woman Ratio ------49.3 -

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs ------1,781 -

Never married ------998 -

Married ------758 -

Widowed ------3 -

Separated/Divorced ------15 -

Not Stated ------7 -

Females, 12+ yr ------925 -

Never married ------405 -

Married ------480 -

Widowed ------11 -

Separated/Divorced ------25 -

Not Stated ------4 -

______

Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-2. Household size, Fertility, and Orphanhood by Ward of Enumeration, Western Province: 1999

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³ ³Outer ³Inner ³ ³ North³ Cent.³ South³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ South³

Size, Fertility ³ ³Short-³Short-³ ³ Rano-³ Rano-³ Rano-³ ³ ³ ³Irrin-³ ³Kolob-³ Vona-

and Orphanhood ³ Total³ lands³ lands³ Simbo³ ngga³ ngga³ ngga³Vonunu³Mbilua³Ndovele³ ggila³ Gizo³angara³ vona

______

PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS

Total 9,992 215 367 261 56 333 456 366 460 254 382 866 638 724

1 person 389 7 15 3 2 8 33 9 7 9 19 33 41 14

2 persons 588 15 15 7 1 15 27 14 20 14 29 61 39 45

3 persons 955 23 30 22 2 40 42 26 50 21 41 85 57 79

4 persons 1,304 31 51 33 9 38 72 58 59 29 45 118 94 82

5 persons 1,524 36 51 51 1 46 59 60 63 38 59 128 109 133

6 persons 1,387 37 43 39 8 53 63 55 75 53 48 102 84 106

7 persons 1,138 26 38 33 8 33 51 35 75 16 44 106 65 74

8 persons 979 18 50 28 5 40 41 33 40 33 45 82 66 71

9 persons 499 9 22 13 6 25 27 20 27 16 14 43 23 25

10 or more persons 1,229 13 52 32 14 35 41 56 44 25 38 108 60 95

Median 6.17 5.88 6.50 6.37 7.63 6.37 5.92 6.29 6.41 6.30 5.97 6.08 5.81 6.08

FERTILITY

Females 12 to 19 2,953 35 82 76 8 94 134 170 96 54 137 266 162 196

Children ever born 359 1 10 14 - 17 13 9 15 9 13 39 31 33

Children surviving 351 1 10 14 - 17 13 9 15 9 13 39 31 31

Born in last year 141 1 5 5 - 8 9 7 5 1 5 12 14 13

Females 20 to 24 2,710 53 100 49 16 81 114 72 116 56 86 269 132 231

Children ever born 2,710 41 105 68 24 74 138 83 124 61 80 297 143 235

Children surviving 2,634 40 102 64 23 74 128 82 117 60 79 292 140 230

Born in last year 620 6 23 14 9 17 30 18 31 18 20 60 34 54