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.
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Main source of livelihood |
Households that received remittances |
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Constituency |
Sub county |
Total Households |
Subsistence farming |
Other sources |
Percent depending on subsistence farming |
Number |
Percent |
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Maracha East |
Maracha T/C |
1,925 |
1,569 |
356 |
81.5 |
126 |
6.5 |
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Oleba |
5,819 |
5,341 |
478 |
91.8 |
257 |
4.4 |
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Tara |
2,599 |
2,506 |
93 |
96.4 |
51 |
2.0 |
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Yivu |
4,887 |
4,593 |
294 |
94.0 |
207 |
4.2 |
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Nyadri |
3,938 |
3,547 |
391 |
90.1 |
131 |
3.3 |
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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 |
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Oluffe |
4,772 |
4,274 |
498 |
89.6 |
167 |
3.5 |
Kijomoro |
6,180 |
5,483 |
697 |
88.7 |
305 |
4.9 |
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Sub total |
17,116 |
15,358 |
1,758 |
89.7 |
761 |
4.4 |
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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.
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Persons aged 15+ years |
Children aged 10 - 17 years |
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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 |
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Oleba |
11,973 |
3,825 |
15,798 |
1,502 |
5,247 |
6,749 |
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Tara |
7,962 |
319 |
8,281 |
3,099 |
475 |
3,574 |
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Yivu |
11,584 |
1,013 |
12,597 |
4,681 |
688 |
5,369 |
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Nyadri |
7,610 |
1,922 |
9,532 |
1,009 |
3,260 |
4,269 |
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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 |
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Oluffe |
10,900 |
819 |
11,719 |
4,063 |
898 |
4,961 |
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Kijomoro |
11,548 |
3,398 |
14,946 |
1,395 |
5,506 |
6,901 |
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Sub total |
33,982 |
7,463 |
41,445 |
8,320 |
10,047 |
18,367 |
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District total |
76,973 |
15,296 |
92,269 |
19,535 |
20,766 |
40,301 |