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LABOUR STATUS -2000 CENSUS

Percentage distribution of employed urban citizens by occupation, type of employment and sex, 2000 census

  Total employed Employed in wage job
Sector Persons Males Females Persons Males Females
             
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
             
Legislators, senior officials & Mangers 4.3 5.6 2.1 5.1 5.8 3.3
Professionals 6.0 5.7 6.6 9.0 7.2 13.9
Teaching & associate professional 10.8 11.8 9.1 15.7 14.6 18.6
Clerks 9.0 5.9 14.4 13.4 7.4 30.0
Service workers, shop & market sales workers 11.6 11.9 11.1 14.0 13.4 15.6
Agricultural, animal & fishery workers 21.3 14.5 33.1 1.2 1.4 0.8
Craft & building trade workers 11.8 17.2 2.6 15.3 19.8 2.5
Plant & machine operators & assemblers 5.5 8.2 0.8 7.6 9.7 1.7
Elementary occupations 19.6 19.2 20.3 18.8 20.7 13.7

Employed citizens by sector, type of employment activity and sex, 2000 census.

  Total Males Females
Sector Monetary Non monetary Monetary Non monetary Monetary Non monetary
             
Total 584,682 1,760,052 373,239 829,994 211,443 930,058
             
Urban 148,419 38,815 102,542 16,004 45,877 22,811
Rural 436,263 1,721,237 270,697 813,990 165,566 907,247

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