Kosrae State Census Report 2000 FSM Census of Population and Housing December 2002 Kosrae Branch Statistics Office Division of Statistics Department of Economic Affairs National Government Tofol, Kosrae 96944 Federated States of Micronesia 2000 FSM Census of Population and Housing Kosrae State Census Report December 2002 Kosrae Branch Statistics Office Division of Statistics Department of Economic Affairs National Government Tofol, Kosrae State Federated States of Micronesia i iii v vii ix x TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ................................................................................................................................................. iii GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.................................................................................................................................................. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MESSAGE.............................................................................................................................. vii PREFACE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………ix TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................................................................................................................... xi LIST OF TEXT TABLES................................................................................................................................................... xv LIST OF FIGURES............................................................................................................................................................ xxi LIST OF BASIC TABLES .............................................................................................................................................. xxiii SYMBOLS ....................................................................................................................................................................... xxiii MAPS ................................................................................................................................................................................ xxv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................ xxvii CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................... 1 Geographical Location, Climate and Physical Features...................................................................................... 1 Kosrae: A brief History of Census Taking .......................................................................................................... 1 Spanish Administration......................................................................................................................... 2 German Administration......................................................................................................................... 2 Japanese Administration....................................................................................................................... 3 American Administration...................................................................................................................... 4 The 2000 FSM Census........................................................................................................................................... 5 Planning and Preparation...................................................................................................................... 5 Enumeration.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Editing, Coding and Data Processing ................................................................................................... 6 Data Analysis and Report Writing........................................................................................................ 6 Geographic Distribution....................................................................................................................................... 6 Population Distribution Overtime......................................................................................................... 6 Population Density Overtime................................................................................................................. 8 Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................. 8 CHAPTER 2. AGE AND SEX STRUCTURE.................................................................................................................. 9 Introduction........................................................................................................................................................... 9 Data Description..................................................................................................................................................... 9 Analysis of Age and Sex Data............................................................................................................................... 9 Population Change and Intercensal Growth.......................................................................................................... 9 Age and Sex Distribution..................................................................................................................................... 10 Median Age........................................................................................................................................... 13 Sex Ratio................................................................................................................................................ 14 Dependency Ratio................................................................................................................................. 14 Accuracy of Age Reporting.................................................................................................................. 15 Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Kosrae Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs xi Table of Content 2000 FSM Census of Kosrae CHAPTER 3. HOUSEHOLD, FAMILIES, AND MARITAL STATUS........................................................................ 17 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 17 Definition............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Analysis of Household and Marital Status .......................................................................................................... 19 Households (and Family)..................................................................................................................... 19 Marital Status......................................................................................................................................... 21 Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................ 22 CHAPTER 4. FERTILITY ............................................................................................................................................... 23 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Data Description................................................................................................................................................... 23 Analysis of Fertility Data..................................................................................................................................... 23 Crude Birth Rate.................................................................................................................................... 23 Age Specific Fertility............................................................................................................................ 25 Fertility of Population Subgroups......................................................................................................... 27 Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................ 29 CHAPTER 5. MORTALITY............................................................................................................................................ 31 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Data Description................................................................................................................................................... 31 Analysis of Mortality Data................................................................................................................................... 31 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................................