Industry refers to the main economic activity of the establishment where the respondent works. Table 4.4 shows the distribution of the employed population 15 years and older by industry and sex. There are three main industrial activities in the district, namely: agriculture, forestry and fishing; wholesale/retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles and manufacturing. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the major industry employing 55.1 percent of the economically active population in the district, followed by wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (15.2%) and manufacturing (6.7%).

For the sexes, the table shows that a greater proportion of males (64.8%) are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing compared to females (46.1%). On the other hand, more females (23.9%) are employed in the wholesale and retail industry than males (5.9%). Similarly, a greater proportion of females are employed in the manufacturing (8.4%) and accommodation and food services industry (8.4% and 9.3% respectively) than males (4.8% and 1.4% respectively).

Employment Status

Table 4.5 shows the distribution of the employed population 15 years and older by employment status and sex. The table indicates that majority (74.4%) of the population is self-employed with or without employees, 13.2 employees and 8.4 percent, contributing family workers. Only a small proportion represents apprentices (1.9%), casual workers (1.0%) and domestic employees (0.5%). For the sexes, there are more females who are self-employed with or without employees than their male counterparts (78.0% vs. 70.4%), while there are more males in the employee category than females (18.9 % vs. 8.0 %).

With respect to sex distribution, table 4.4 indicates that a greater proportion of females are employed in the private informal sector accounting for 93.9 percent as compared to 88.1 percent of males in the same sector. More males (8.2%) than females (4.6%) are employed in the public (government) sector.