3.
Distribution of Women:
Figure IV-3d shows growth trends and projections for wowen of prime
children bearing age (15-44 years).
Once again, the district centers are
expected to experience the highest rate of growth.
Both the sub-district
centers and the intermediate areas are projected to grow at much lower rates.
The outer islands can expect a negative growth rate.
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In terms of total
numbers, the district. centers will have the greatest number of women in their
child-bearingyear, with 66 percent of all women aged 15-44 expected to be
living in the district center by 1982.
The intermediate areas, outer islands,
and: sub-district centers will follow in total numbers.
However, despite the
negative growth expected in the outer islands, women of prime child-bearing
age will actually constitute a slightly increasing proportion of that area's |
total population.
Conversely, even though the intermediate areas should ex-
perience a positive rate of growth through 1982 for women aged 15-44, this
population group is expectéd to constitute a slowly decreasing proportion of
the sub-districts' total population.
4, Distribution of the Elderly:
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