Characteristic^ | New Guinea Islands | Momase | Southern | Highlands | ||||
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% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
 | n = 72 | n = 80 | n = 153 | n = 72 | n = 230 | n = 146 | n = 402 | n = 218 |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Under 25 | 50.8 (32) | 66.2 (51) | 61.9 (91) | 70.6 (48) | 48.1 (104) | 48.9 (68) | 45.9 (168) | 47.4 (91) |
25 and over | 49.2 (31) | 33.8 (26) | 38.1 (56) | 29.4 (20) | 51.9 (112) | 51.1 (71) | 54.1 (198) | 52.6 (101) |
Site | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
DWU | 31.9 (23) | 27.5 (22) | 35.9 (55) | 38.9 (28) | 12.2 (28) | 17.8 (26) | 25.1 (101) | 12.4 (27) |
PAU | 45.8 (33) | 56.3 (45) | 25.5 (39) | 33.3 (24) | 18.7 (43) | 19.9 (29) | 21.6 (87) | 26.6 (58) |
Porgera | 16.7 (12) | 8.8 (7) | 10.5 (16) | 12.5 (9) | 5.2 (12) | 6.2 (9) | 46.5 (187) | 60.6 (132) |
Popondetta | 5.6 (4) | 7.5 (6) | 28.1 (43) | 15.3 (11) | 63.9 (147) | 56.2 (82) | 6.7 (27) | 0.5 (1) |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Single | 70.8 (51) | 72.5 (58) | 71.9 (110) | 81.9 (59) | 56.5 (130) | 44.8 (65) | 55.7 (224) | 45.9 (100) |
Married | 27.8 (20) | 21.3 (17) | 26.8 (41) | 15.3 (11) | 40.9 (94) | 49.7 (72) | 42.3 (170) | 44 (96) |
Separated/Divorced | 1.4 (1) | 6.3 (5) | 1.4 (2) | 2.8 (2) | 2.6 (6) | 5.6 (8) | 1.9 (8) | 10.1 (22) |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Anglican | 1.4 (1) | 0 (0) | 6.3 (6) | 1.4 (1) | 36.1 (83) | 27.4 (40) | 0.5 (2) | 0 (0) |
Catholic | 31.9 (23) | 22.5 (18) | 21.1 (32) | 18.3 (13) | 6.1 (14) | 9.6 (14) | 14.4 (58) | 7.4 (16) |
Lutheran | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 28.3 (43) | 18.3 (13) | 1.7 (4) | 3.4 (5) | 13.7 (55) | 4.6 (10) |
Pentecostal | 8.3 (6) | 10 (8) | 24 (15.8) | 16 (22.5) | 27.4 (63) | 23.3 (34) | 24.1 (97) | 33.2 (72) |
Seventh day Adventist | 45.8 (33) | 55 (44) | 23.6 (40) | 33.8 (24) | 16.5 (38) | 20.5 (30) | 37.3 (150) | 51.2 (111) |
Other | 12.5 (9) | 12.5 (10) | 3.3 (5) | 5.6 (4) | 11.7 (27) | 15.8 (23) | 8.7 (35) | 3.7 (8) |
None | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.3 (2) | 0 (0) | 0.4 (1) | 0 (0) | 1.2 (5) | 0 (0) |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Primary School or less | 2.8 (2) | 0 (0) | 22.5 (34) | 8.7 (6) | 45.9 (105) | 25 (36) | 21.8 (87) | 6.6 (14) |
High/Secondary | 36.1 (26) | 75 (57) | 23.8 (36) | 75.4 (52) | 32.8 (75) | 54.9 (79) | 34.3 (137) | 58.7 (125) |
Voc/Tech college | 18.1 (13) | 11.8 (9) | 12.6 (19) | 8.7 (6) | 6.1 (14) | 12.5 (18) | 13.0 (52) | 28. (61) |
University | 43.1 (31) | 13.2 (10) | 41.1 (62) | 7.2 (5) | 15.3 (35) | 7.6 (11) | 31.0 (124) | 6.1 (13) |
Money earned by | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Subsistence | 1.5 (1) | 13 (1) | 4.9 (7) | 9.4 (6) | 15.5 (35) | 14.1 (19) | 9.0 (35) | 5.3 (11) |
Formal employment | 37.3 (25) | 27.3 (21) | 38.7 (55) | 14.1 (9) | 51.3 (116) | 43.7 (59) | 61.5 (205) | 57.4 (120) |
Dependent on family | 46.3 (31) | 70.1 (54) | 51.4 (73) | 70.3 (45) | 29.2 (66) | 41.5 (56) | 95.4 (132) | 34.4 (72) |
Student scholarship | 14.9 (10) | 1.3 (1) | 4.9 (7) | 6.3 (4) | 4.0 (9) | 0.7 (1) | 4.6 (18) | 2.9 (6) |
Number of wives# | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
0 | 70.8 (51) | Â | 73.7 (112) | Â | 59.4 (136) | Â | 56.5 (227) | Â |
1 | 29.2 (21) | 66.6 (10) | 25.7 (39) | 66.6 (6) | 37.1 (85) | 82.5 (47) | 31.3 (126) | 67.7 (63) |
More than 1 | 0 (0) | 33.3 (5) | 0.7 (1) | 33.3 (3) | 3.5 (8) | 17.5 (10) | 12.3 (49) | 32.3 (30) |
Number of Children | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
0 | 73.6 (53) | 75 (60) | 76.3 (116) | 80.6 (58) | 62.0 (142) | 82.5 (66) | 576 (230) | 50 (109) |
1 | 4.2 (3) | 6.3 (5) | 7.2 (11) | 1.4 (1) | 5.7 (13) | 11.0 (16) | 7.3 (29) | 12.4 (27) |
More than 1 | 22.2 (16) | 18.7 (15) | 16.4 (25) | 18 (13) | 32.3 (74) | 43.5 (66) | 35.1 (140) | 37.6 (82) |