OCCUPATION

Occupation

Occupation refers to the kind of work an individual does irrespective of the qualification or place of work. The census results revealed that 90.7% of households in Maracha district were defendant on subsistence farming as a main source of livelihood. The results also show that 4.2% of households had received remittances from abroad. 

 

 

 

Main source of livelihood

Households that received remittances

Constituency

Sub county

Total Households

Subsistence farming

Other sources

Percent depending on subsistence farming

Number

Percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maracha East

Maracha T/C

1,925

1,569

356

81.5

126

6.5

 

Oleba

5,819

5,341

478

91.8

257

4.4

 

Tara

2,599

2,506

93

96.4

51

2.0

 

Yivu

4,887

4,593

294

94.0

207

4.2

 

Nyadri

3,938

3,547

391

90.1

131

3.3

 

Sub total

19,168

17,556

1,612

91.6

772

4.0

Maracha

Oluvu

6,164

5,601

563

90.9

289

4.7

 

Oluffe

4,772

4,274

498

89.6

167

3.5

Kijomoro

6,180

5,483

697

88.7

305

4.9

Sub total

17,116

15,358

1,758

89.7

761

4.4

 

District total

36,284

32,914

3,370

90.7

1,533

4.2

 

Working status of the population by selected age groups 

The 2014 census results indicated that 83.4% of persons aged 15years and above were working. Child labor indicators showed that 48.5% of children aged 10-17 years were working. 

 

 

Persons aged 15+ years

Children aged 10 - 17 years

Constituency

Sub county

Working

Not working

Total

Working

Not working

Total

Maracha East

Maracha T/C

3,862

754

4,616

924

1,049

1,973

 

Oleba

11,973

3,825

15,798

1,502

5,247

6,749

 

Tara

7,962

319

8,281

3,099

475

3,574

 

Yivu

11,584

1,013

12,597

4,681

688

5,369

 

Nyadri

7,610

1,922

9,532

1,009

3,260

4,269

 

Sub total

42,991

7,833

50,824

11,215

10,719

21,934

Maracha East

Oluvu

11,534

3,246

14,780

2,862

3,643

6,505

 

Oluffe

10,900

819

11,719

4,063

898

4,961

 

Kijomoro

11,548

3,398

14,946

1,395

5,506

6,901

 

Sub total

33,982

7,463

41,445

8,320

10,047

18,367

 

District total

76,973

15,296

92,269

19,535

20,766

40,301