Key indicators and Important tables of the population and households, Population and Housing Census 1990 and 2000
Indicators Important Tables Table1 Table2 Table3 Table4

Key indicators of the population and households, Population and Housing Census 1990 and 2000

Items
1990
2000
Demographic characteristics 
 
 
    Total population ('000)
54,548.5
60,916.4
    Population in Municipal Area (%)
29.4
31.1
    Sex ratio (males per 100 females)
98.5
97.1
    Median age (years)
24.6
29.2
    Population by age group
 
 
        0-14 years (%)
29.2
24.4
        15-59 years (%)
63.4
66.1
        60 years and over (%)
7.4
9.5
    Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years)
 
 
        Total
57.7
51.2
        0-14 years
46.1
36.8
        60 years and over
11.6
14.4
    Singulate mean age at first marriage (SMAM)
 
 
        Males
25.9
27.2
        Females
23.5
24.0
    Thai nationalities (%)
98.9
99.3
    Buddhists (%)
95.2
94.2
    Muslims (%)
4.1
4.6
    Muslims in the South (%) (per Southern population)
26.0
27.9
    Population speaking Khmer (%)
3.1
2.3
    Population speaking Malay (%)
2.1
2.2
    Population speaking hill tribe language (%)
0.6
1.2
Education 
 
 
    Average years of education attainment of population aged 15 years and over 
 5.7
7.2 
    Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)  
54.5
38.9
Employment characteristics of population  
 
 
        aged 15 years and over during last year
   
     Industry
   
    Population in the agricultural sector (%) 
66.8
56.2
Work status (%)
 
 
    Employers
0.8
1.3
    Own account workers
29.5
30.8
    Employees
27.0
35.9
    Unpaid family workers
42.7
31.9
    Members of producers' cooperatives
-
0.1
Fertility 
 
 
    Mean number of children ever born
   
       (per ever married woman 15-49 years) 
2.36
1.88
    Mean number of children still living
   
        (per ever married woman 15-49 years) 
2.28
1.83
Migration 
 
 
    Five-years migration (1995-2000)
 
 
       Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%)
6.9
6.2
    Lifetime migration
 
 
        Population who were born outside the province of residence (%)
14.4
19.4
Housing characteristics 
 
 
    Private households ('000)
12,317.8
15,877.2
    One-person households (%)
5.1
9.4
    Average household size
4.4
3.8
    Female headed households (%)
19.4
26.2
    Houses in non-permanent materials 3/ (%)
9.4
7.1
    Households with ownership 4/ (%)
87.4
82.4
    Households with sanitation 5/ (%)
86.1
97.8
    Households with safe drinking water 6/ (%)
80.3
92.6
    Households cooking with gas or electric (%)
38.9
65.6
    Households with televisions (%)
67.9
90.6
    Households with radios (%)
81.3
76.7

1/ Including persons who lived in Sanitary Districts which were reclassified as tambon municipalities in 1999.

2/ The 1970 Population and Housing Census.

3/ Non-permanent materials include local materials and waste or reused materials.

4/ Ownership includes owner or hire purchaser.

5/ Sanitary types of toilet include flush latrine or moulded bucket latrine.

6/ Safe drinking water includes bottled drinking water, tap water, rain water or private well.


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