Table 1 below shows the distribution of the population of a country in various occupations.
Study it and answer the questions that follow.
| OCCUPATION | TOTAL |
| Shoe Production Banking Fish Processing Warehousing Mining Fish Farming Food Crop Production Baking Laundry |
30 million 37 million 19 million 12.2 million 16.1 million 10.8 million 15.6 million 19 million 10.3 million |
a) Calculate the size of the entire labour force in the country
b) What percentage of the labour force is engaged in the
(i) Primary sector
(ii) Secondary sector
(iii) Tertiary sector
c) Calculate the ratio of the workers in mining to the workers in shoe production
d) Calculate the percentage of the people engaged in warehousing
e) (i) Identify the type of economy depicted in the table
(ii) Give a reason for your answer in (e)(i)
Explanation
a) Labour force = (30 + 37 + 19 + 12.2 + 16.1 + 10.8 + 15.6 + 19 + 10.3) million = 170 million
b) (i) Primary sector = \(\frac {16.1 + 10.8 + 15.6 \times {100}} {170 \text {million}}\) = \(\frac {42.5} {170} \times {100}\) = 25%
(ii) Secondary sector = \(\frac {30 + 19 + 19 \times {100}} {170 \text {million}}\) = \(\frac {68} {170} \times {100}\) = 40%
(iii) Tertiary sector = \(\frac {37 + 12.2 + 10.3 \times {100}} {170 \text {million}}\) = \(\frac {59.5} {170} \times {100}\) = 35%
c) Mining : Shoe production = 16.1 : 30 or \(\frac {16.1} {30}\)
d) \(\frac{\text { Workers in warehousing X 100}}{\text {size of entire labour force}} = \frac {12.2 million \times 100}{170 million}\) = 7.17% or 7.2%
e)i. It is an advanced / developed / industrialized economy.
ii. Majority of the labor force ( which makes up 75%) is engaged in the secondary and tertiary sectors (that is 40% and 35% respectively).