Industry referred to the type of product produced or service rendered at the respondent’s work place. Information was collected only on the main product produced or service rendered in the establishment during the reference period.

Employment Status

Employment status refers to the status of a person in the establishment where he/she currently works or previously worked. Eight employment status categories were provided: employee, self-employed without employees, self-employed with employees, casual worker, contributing family worker, apprentice, domestic employee (house help). Persons who could not be classified under any of the above categories were classified as “other”.

Employment Sector

This refers to the sector in which a person worked. The employment sectors covered in the census were public, private formal, private informal, semi-public/parastatal, NGOs and international organizations.

Table 4.4 shows that agriculture including forestry and fishing is the main employment sector employing 66.7 percent of the economically active population 15 years and older. It is followed by mining and quarrying which employs 8.3 percent and wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles also employs 7.6 percent of the economically active population. However, wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (10.7%) and accommodation and food service activities (7.4%) employ relatively higher females with mining and quarrying remaining the main industry after agriculture employing 12.7 percent of males.

Employment Status

Data on employment status indicates that majority (67.0%) of the economically active population are self-employed without employees (Table 4.5). The percentage of contributing family workers is (13.6%) followed by employees (9.3%). Next are casual workers (4.6%) and self-employed without employee(s) (3.2%). Apprentice (1.4%) and domestic employees and house help (0.7%) are the least in the employment status of the district.

The table also indicates that a relatively large proportion of males (12.9%) compared to females (5.3%) are employees. Also, there are slightly more females who are self-employed (70.5%) than males (70.0%). In addition, more females (19.2%) than males (8.6%) are engaged as contributing family workers. There are also more apprentice females (2.0%) than males (0.8%).

Employment Sector

Table 4.6 shows that the private sector is the largest employer in the district, accounting for 96.6 percent of the economically active persons (private informal, 94.6% and private formal, 2.0%). The public sector, which is the second largest employer, accounts for only 3.0 percent. The private informal sector remains the largest employer of the working population irrespective of sex in the district.