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 ...

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Sector classification of the occupations

(a) Size of the entire labour force

Add every occupation: \(30 + 37 + 19 + 12.2 + 16.1 + 10.8 + 15.6 + 19 + 10.3 = 170\) million.

The labour force = 170 million workers.

(b) Percentage in each sector (each sector total divided by 170, times 100)

• (i) Primary: \(\dfrac{42.5}{170}\times 100 = 25\%\)
• (ii) Secondary: \(\dfrac{68.0}{170}\times 100 = 40\%\)
• (iii) Tertiary: \(\dfrac{59.5}{170}\times 100 = 35\%\)

(c) Ratio of mining workers to shoe-production workers

\(16.1 : 30 = 161 : 300\) (multiplying both by 10). Since 161 and 300 share no common factor, the ratio is 161 : 300.

(d) Percentage engaged in warehousing

\(\dfrac{12.2}{170}\times 100 = 7.18\%\) (approximately).

(e) Type of economy

(i) It is an industrialised (developed) mixed economy.

(ii) Reason: only 25% of the labour force is in primary (extractive/agricultural) production, while 75% is engaged in secondary and tertiary activities. A small primary share with large manufacturing and service sectors is the mark of an industrialised economy rather than a subsistence agrarian one.