TspProfiles Census PyinOoLwin 2014 ENG
TspProfiles Census PyinOoLwin 2014 ENG
Department of Population
Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population
October 2017
The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census
Department of Population
Office No.48
www.dop.gov.mm
October 2017
Figure 1 : Map of Mandalay Region, showing the townships
Pyin Oo Lwin Township Figures at a Glance 1
Total Population 255,508 2
Population males 128,027 (50.1%)
Population females 127,481 (49.9%)
Percentage of urban population 62.1%
Area (Km ) 2
1,978.1 3
Population density (per Km2) 129.2 persons
Median age 26.8 years
Number of wards 21
Number of village tracts 37
Number of private households 53,382
Percentage of female headed households 22.6%
Mean household size 4.3 persons 4
Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio 41.3
Child dependency ratio 34.9
Old dependency ratio 6.4
3 Settlement and Land Record Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, (2014-2015)
Fertility ........................................................................................................................................ 39
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Introduction
In April 2014, the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar conducted its latest
census, after three decades without a Population and Housing Census. In the post-independence period,
comprehensive population and housing censuses were only successfully undertaken in 1973, 1983 and
most recently in April 2014.
The results of the 2014 Census have been published so far in a number of volumes. The first was
the Provisional Results released in August 2014. The Census Main Results were launched in May 2015.
These included The Union Report, Highlights of the Main Results, and reports of each of the 15 States
and Regions. The reports on Occupation and Industry and Religion were launched in March 2016 and
July 2016, respectively. All the publications are available online at http://www.dop.gov.mm/ and http://
myanmar. unfpa.org/node/15104.
The current set of the 2014 Census publications comprise township and sub-township reports.
Their preparation involved collaborative efforts of the Department of Population and UNFPA. This report
contains selected demographic and socio-economic characteristics of Pyin Oo Lwin Township in Mandalay
Region. The information included in this report is the situation of 2014 March 29, Census night. Township
level information is very important. However, the level of confidence of township estimates is not the same
as Union level information. Some of the townships have relatively small populations; the interpretation of
these estimates should be made with caution. Some of the indicators, such as IMR/U5MR, were adopted
only after careful analysis considering a number of factors to ensure consistency in the results. Estimates
for townships with relatively small number of observations should not be taken as exact estimates of
the mortality level, but rather they should be regarded as reasonable indicators for the scale of mortality
risk they experience, an indication of which townships are better off and which are in a more vulnerable
situation.
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Census information on Pyin Oo Lwin Township
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(A) Demographic Characteristics
Males 128,027
Females 127,481
Number of wards 21
• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, there are equal to females and males with 100 males per 100 females.
• The majority of the people in the Township live in urban areas with only (62.1%).
• The population density of Pyin Oo Lwin Township is 129 persons per square kilometre.
• There are 4.3 persons living in each household in Pyin Oo Lwin Township. This is slightly smaller than
that of the Union average.
Note: * Includes both household population and institution population.
** Settlement and Land Record Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, (2014-2015)
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Table 1: Population and number of conventional households by sex by ward and village tract;
Pyin Oo Lwin Township (Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Region)
No. of Population
Sr Ward/Village Tract Conventional
households Total Males Females
Total 53,382 255,508 128,027 127,481
Ward 31,941 158,783 79,153 79,630
1 Yat Kwet Gyi (1)(W) 2,867 17,094 9,025 8,069
2 Yat Kwet Gyi (2)(W) 1,790 9,184 4,106 5,078
3 Yat Kwet Gyi (3)(W) 2,623 15,389 9,003 6,386
4 Yat Kwet Gyi (4)(W) 828 4,792 2,204 2,588
5 Yat Kwet Gyi (5)(W) 2,913 14,533 7,196 7,337
6 Yat Kwet Gyi (6)(W) 1,610 9,252 4,533 4,719
7 Yat Kwet Gyi (7)(W) 3,506 15,783 7,784 7,999
8 Pa Day Thar(W) 2,179 10,387 4,977 5,410
9 Nan Da Wun(W) 1,818 8,010 3,872 4,138
10 Yat Kwet Gyi (10)(W) 1,784 8,756 4,102 4,654
11 Yat Kwet Gyi (11)(W) 526 2,720 1,377 1,343
12 Yat Kwet Gyi (12)(W) 1,252 5,640 2,775 2,865
13 Yat Kwet Gyi (13)(W) 187 850 416 434
14 Yat Kwet Gyi (14)(W) 454 2,056 1,018 1,038
15 Yat Kwet Gyi (15)(W) 335 1,545 756 789
16 Yat Kwet Gyi (16)(W) 452 2,463 1,284 1,179
17 Yat Kwet Gyi (17)(W) 2,185 10,309 4,994 5,315
18 Yat Kwet Gyi (18)(W) 585 2,729 1,325 1,404
19 Yat Kwet Gyi (19)(W) 786 3,501 1,676 1,825
20 Yat Kwet Gyi (20)(W) 892 3,990 2,004 1,986
21 Yat Kwet Gyi (21)(W) 2,369 9,800 4,726 5,074
Village Tract 21,441 96,725 48,874 47,851
1 Pyin Sar(VT) 502 4,237 2,200 2,037
2 Thone Taung(VT) 1,082 6,254 3,015 3,239
3 Kan Gyi Kone (Aung Chan Thar)(VT) 1,312 5,703 2,949 2,754
4 Let Pan Kone(VT) 231 1,065 535 530
5 Sone Paw Haing(VT) 335 1,396 766 630
6 Lun Kaung(VT) 893 3,846 1,953 1,893
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Table 1: (Continued)
No. of Population
Sr Ward/Village Tract Conventional
households Total Males Females
7 Leik Kya(VT) 231 1,005 520 485
8 Shwe Chaung(VT) 300 1,315 689 626
9 Tha Pyay Kyin(VT) 340 1,371 679 692
10 Thaik Taw(VT) 803 3,771 1,999 1,772
11 Hpar Thin(VT) 440 1,837 922 915
12 Pein Hne Kone(VT) 398 1,622 794 828
13 Wet Wun(VT) 1,619 6,621 3,212 3,409
14 Pin Lein (East)(VT) 382 1,485 713 772
15 Pin Lein (Middle)(VT) 159 620 288 332
16 Tha Pyay Kone(VT) 91 365 176 189
17 Pway Kauk(VT) 277 1,258 632 626
18 Say Ta Lone(VT) 358 1,320 680 640
19 Htone Bo(VT) 712 3,347 1,713 1,634
20 Thet Kan Chaing(VT) 351 1,487 723 764
21 Thet Kan Kone (Hmyawt Taw)(VT) 126 505 245 260
22 Naung Pein Lay (Naung Pein)(VT) 281 1,213 612 601
23 Pan U Taung(VT) 714 3,075 1,514 1,561
24 Taung Kyun(VT) 309 1,379 705 674
25 Sin Lan(VT) 1,300 5,917 2,882 3,035
26 Inn Yar(VT) 562 2,532 1,294 1,238
27 Nar Lin (Pa Kin)(VT) 191 733 374 359
28 Ho Leik(VT) 820 3,200 1,611 1,589
29 Thin Ga Ton(VT) 224 876 430 446
30 Hmyin Taung(VT) 87 333 186 147
31 Naung Hlaing(VT) 893 3,597 1,876 1,721
32 Kone Thar Gyi(VT) 162 625 287 338
33 Kywe Nwar Dauk(VT) 2,174 9,730 4,654 5,076
34 Zee Pin Gyi(VT) 1,671 8,034 4,408 3,626
35 Pay Pin(VT) 639 3,113 1,700 1,413
36 Pauk Taw(VT) 100 394 208 186
37 Me Taw(VT) 372 1,544 730 814
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Figure 2: Population by broad age groups, Table 2: Population by 5-year age groups,
• The proportion of productive working population between 15 to 64 years of age in Pyin Oo Lwin
Township is 70.7 per cent.
• The proportion of children aged 14 and below together with the proportion of the elderly aged 65 and
over are less than the proportion of the working age group population.
• Fewer proportions of children and elderly reduce the dependency of those age groups on the working
age population.
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Figure 3: Population pyramid (Union, Mandalay Region, Pyin Oo Lwin District and Pyin Oo Lwin
Township)
• The birth rate has been noticeably declining in Pyin Oo Lwin Township since the last 15 years.
• The population has markedly declined from age group 20-24 onwards.
• Compared to Union level, there is a higher percentage of working age group 15-64 population in Pyin
Oo Lwin Township.
• Starting from age group 35-39, there are less males than females in all age groups.
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(B) Religion
• At the Union level, the composition of the population by religion is: 87.9% Buddhist, 6.2% Christian,
4.3% Islam, 0.5% Hindu, 0.8% Animist, 0.2% Other religion and 0.1% No religion.
• In Mandalay Region, it is 95.7% Buddhist, 1.1% Christian, 3.0% Islam, 0.2% Hindu, and less than
0.1% each for Animist, Other religion, and those with No religion respectively.
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(C) Education
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• School attendance in Pyin Oo Lwin Township drops after age 11 for both males and females.
• Compared to the Union, the school attendance of males and females in Pyin Oo Lwin Township is
higher than that of the Union at starting from school going age.
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Figure 7: Literacy rate, Mandalay Region (aged 15 and over)
Union : 89.5%
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Table 4: Youth literacy rate (15 - 24), Pyin Oo Lwin Township
Total Literacy
Sex Population Rate
(15 - 24) (15 - 24)
• The literacy rate of those aged 15 and over in Pyin Oo Lwin Township is 95.4 per cent. It is higher
than the literacy rate of Mandalay Region (93.8%) and the Union (89.5%). Female literacy rate is
93.4 per cent and for the males it is 97.5 per cent.
• The literacy rate for youth aged 15-24 is 98.3 per cent with 98.1 per cent for females and 98.5 per
cent for males in Pyin Oo Lwin Township.
Table 5: Population aged 25 and over by highest level of education completed, urban/rural and sex
Total 136,711 11,963 8.8 23,738 29,345 28,629 20,687 488 18,038 2,462 233 1,128
Urban 85,003 5,883 6.9 10,172 14,032 20,978 16,461 335 14,242 2,194 159 547
Rural 51,708 6,080 11.8 13,566 15,313 7,651 4,226 153 3,796 268 74 581
Males 65,645 4,200 6.4 9,693 13,807 15,624 11,165 356 8,222 1,743 162 673
Females 71,066 7,763 10.9 14,045 15,538 13,005 9,522 132 9,816 719 71 455
• Some 8.8 per cent of the population aged 25 and over have never been to school.
• Of the rural population aged 25 and over, 11.8 per cent have never been to school.
• There are 6.4 per cent of males aged 25 and over who have never attended school as against 10.9
per cent for females.
• Among those aged 25 and over, 21.5 per cent has completed primary school (grade 5) and only 13.2
per cent has completed university/college education.
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(D) Economic Characteristics
Table 6: Population aged 10 and over by labour force participation rate and unemployment rate by
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• Labour force participation rate for the population aged 15-64 in Pyin Oo Lwin Township is 69.3 per
cent.
• The labour force participation rate of females is 53.8 per cent and is much lower than that of their
male counterparts which is 84.7 per cent.
• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, labour force participation rate for the population aged 10-14 is 9.0 per
cent.
• The unemployment rate for those aged 15-64 in Pyin Oo Lwin Township is 2.2 per cent. There is
not much difference between males and females with unemployment rate for males (2.1%) and for
females (2.4%).
• The unemployment rate for young females aged 15-24 is 5.9 per cent.
Table 7: Population aged 10 and over not in the labour force by usual activity status and sex
• Among those aged 10 and over who are not in the labour force, 56.6 per cent of males are full time
students while 55.1 per cent of females are household workers.
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Table 8: Employed persons aged 15 - 64 by occupation by sex
Technicians and Associate Professionals 5,745 4,782 963 5.4 7.4 2.3
Services and Sales Workers 16,502 7,558 8,944 15.4 11.7 21.0
Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers 39,976 22,786 17,190 37.3 35.4 40.3
Craft and Related Trades Workers 14,579 11,009 3,570 13.6 17.1 8.4
Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers 5,325 4,536 789 5.0 7.0 1.9
Others - - - - - -
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• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, 37.3 per cent of the employed persons aged 15-64 are skilled agricultural,
forestry and fishery workers and is the highest proportion, followed by 15.4 per cent are services and
sales workers.
• Analysis by sex shows that 35.4 per cent of males and 40.3 per cent of females are skilled agricultural,
forestry and fishery workers.
• In Mandalay Region, 31.5 per cent are skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers and 14.8 per
cent are services and sales workers.
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Table 9: Employed persons aged 15 - 64 by industry by sex
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 44,506 25,333 19,173 41.6 39.3 45.0
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 303 292 11 0.3 0.5 *
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 326 300 26 0.3 0.5 0.1
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 10,980 5,430 5,550 10.3 8.4 13.0
Accommodation and food service activities 6,986 3,067 3,919 6.5 4.8 9.2
Professional, scientific and technical activities 257 155 102 0.2 0.2 0.2
Administrative and support service activities 1,187 664 523 1.1 1.0 1.2
Public administration including civil servants 6,865 5,535 1,330 6.4 8.6 3.1
Human health and social work activities 862 329 533 0.8 0.5 1.3
Arts, entertainment and recreation 399 264 135 0.4 0.4 0.3
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• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, the proportion of employed persons working in the industry of “Agriculture,
forestry and fishing” is the highest with 41.6 per cent.
• The second highest industry is “Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles”
at 10.3 per cent.
• There are 39.3 per cent of males and 45.0 per cent of females working in “Agriculture, forestry and
fishing” industry.
• In Mandalay Region, there are 39.4 per cent of employed population working in “Agriculture, forestry
and fishing” industry and 11.7 per cent in “Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and
motorcycles” industry.
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(E) Identity Cards
Table 10: Population aged 10 and over by type of identity card, urban/rural and sex
• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, 76.4 per cent of the population aged 10 and over have Citizenship Scrutiny
Card while 20.8 per cent have none.
• Analysis by sex shows that 20.8 per cent of males and 20.9 per cent of females do not have any type
of card.
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(F) Disability
Table 11: Population by disability prevalence rate and type of disability by sex by age group
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Table 11: (Continued)
90 + 89 59 30 33.7 11 16 17 8
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Table 11: (Continued)
• Two in every 100 persons in Pyin Oo Lwin Township have, at least, one form of disability.
• The prevalence of disability increases with age and it increases considerably after the age of 65.
• Difficulties with seeing and walking were the most commonly mentioned forms of disability in the
Township.
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(G) Housing Conditions and Household Amenities
Total 53,382 11.5 32.5 9.1 8.5 35.6 1.4 0.3 0.9
Urban 31,941 15.5 34.8 8.2 6.6 31.8 1.8 0.2 1.0
Rural 21,441 5.6 29.2 10.5 11.2 41.2 1.0 0.5 0.8
• The majority of the households in Pyin Oo Lwin Township are living in bamboo houses (35.6%)
followed by households in bungalow/brick houses (32.5%).
• Some 34.8 per cent of urban households live in bungalow/brick houses and 41.2 per cent of rural
households live in bamboo houses.
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Type of toilet
Union : 74.3%
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Table 13: Conventional households by type of toilet by urban/rural
• Some 95.7 per cent of the households in Pyin Oo Lwin Township have improved sanitation facilities
(flush toilet (3.1%), water seal (improved pit latrine) (92.6%)).
• Compared to other townships in Mandalay Region, Pyin Oo Lwin belongs to the highest proportion
group of households with improved sanitation facilities.
• The proportion of households with improved sanitation facilities in Mandalay Region is 79.8 per cent
while it is 74.3 per cent at the Union level.
• Some 2.4 per cent of the households in the township have no toilet facilities. For the entire Mandalay
Region, it is 15.7 per cent.
• In the rural areas of Pyin Oo Lwin Township, 4.9 per cent of the households have no toilet facilities.
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Source of drinking water
Figure 15: Proportion of households with access to improved source of drinking water
Union : 69.5%
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Table 14: Conventional households by source of drinking water by urban/rural
• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, 79.7 per cent of households use improved sources of drinking water (tap
water/piped, tube well, borehole, protected well/spring and bottled water/water purifier).
• Compared to other townships in Mandalay region, the proportion of households use improved sources
of drinking water is with in the range of (72-84) and it is also higher than the Union average (69.5%).
• Some 30.5 per cent of the households use water from protected well/spring and 25.0 per cent use
water from bottled water/water purifier.
• Some 20.3 per cent of the households use water from unimproved sources.
• In rural areas, 36.4 per cent of the households use water from unimproved sources for drinking water.
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Source of lighting
Union : 32.4%
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Table 15: Conventional households by source of lighting by urban/rural
• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, 64.3 per cent of the households use electricity for lighting. This proportion
belongs to the group (37-67) in electricity usage compared to other townships in Mandalay Region.
The percentage of households that use electricity in Mandalay Region is 39.4 per cent.
• In rural areas, 38.9 per cent of the households mainly use electricity for lighting.
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Type of cooking fuel
Union : 81.0%
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Table 16: Conventional households by type of cooking fuel by urban/rural
Kerosene * * *
• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, households mainly use wood-related fuels for cooking with 34.7 per cent
using firewood and 21.1 per cent using charcoal.
• Some 57.9 per cent of households in rural areas use firewood and 13.3 per cent use charcoal.
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Communication and related amenities
urban/rural
Total 53,382 34.1 72.1 5.2 67.1 7.5 10.7 12.1 0.5
Urban 31,941 28.9 79.5 6.8 74.0 10.9 13.1 9.5 0.8
• Some 72.1 per cent of the households in Pyin Oo Lwin Township have access to television and
is the highest among the access of communication and related amenities. Some 79.5 per cent of
households in urban areas have access to television, while the proportion for rural areas was 61.1
per cent.
• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, some 72.1 per cent of the households have access to television and about
one in three households (34.1%) reported having a radio.
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Figure 19: Proportion of households with access to mobile phone
Union : 32.9%
• Only 67.1 per cent of the households in Pyin Oo Lwin Township reported having mobile phones.
Compared to other townships in Mandalay Region, it is belong to the highest group.
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Transportation items
Mandalay Region 1,323,191 58,017 769,529 523,704 20,436 21,845 7,097 370,149
Pyin Oo Lwin District 214,948 7,856 126,369 59,027 5,264 10,722 4,270 48,190
• In Pyin Oo Lwin Township, 75.4 per cent of the households have motorcycle/moped as a means of
transport and it is the highest proportion, followed by 31.0 per cent of households having bicycle.
• Analysis by urban/rural residence, the majority of the households mainly use motorcycle/moped as
a means of transport.
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(H) Fertility and Mortality
Fertility
• For women aged 15-49, the total fertility rate is 2.0 children per woman and is lower than the total
fertility rate of 2.5 at the National level.
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Figure 21: Total fertility rate
Union : 2.5
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• The expectation of life at birth in Mandalay Region is 64.9 years and is slightly higher than that of
National level at 64.7 years.
• The female life expectancy at 70.2 years is higher than that of the males at 59.7 years.
• The Infant and Under 5 mortality rates in Pyin Oo Lwin District are lower than the Union average. The
Infant mortality in Pyin Oo Lwin District is 50 deaths under age one per 1,000 live births while Under
5 mortality is 58 deaths under age 5 per 1,000 live births.
• The Infant and Under 5 mortality rates in Pyin Oo Lwin Township are lower than those in Mandalay
Region and Pyin Oo Lwin District. The Infant mortality in Pyin Oo Lwin is 34 per 1,000 live births and
Under 5 mortality is 39 per 1,000 live births.
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• In Mandalay Region, there are 280 women dying while during pregnancy/delivery or within 42 days
of termination of pregnancy for every 100,000 live births.
• The maternal mortality ratio in Mandalay Region is lower than that of the Union level.
• Compared to the average maternal mortality ratio of 140 for Southeast Asian countries, the maternal
mortality ratio of 282 for Myanmar is high.
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Definitions and Concepts
Population: The population in this report corresponds to the de-facto population of Myanmar on Census
Night (see below).
Census Night: The night between the 29th and the 30th March 2014. Every person in Myanmar was
enumerated where they spent the Census Night.
Rural area: Areas classified by the Department of General Administration (GAD) as village tracts.
Generally these are areas with low population density and a land use which is predominantly agricultural.
Urban area: Areas classified by the GAD as wards. Generally these areas have an increased density of
building structures, population and better infrastructural development.
Population Density: The population density relates to the number of persons in a given administrative
area to the surface of the area, expressed in square kilometres (Km2). Areas covered by water are
excluded from the calculation.
Mean Household Size: The average number of persons per household (people living in households
divided by number of conventional households).
Sex ratio: The number of males for every 100 females in a population.
Dependency ratio: The total dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 years
and older than 64) to the population of working-age (age 15-64). Data are shown as the proportion
of dependents per 100 working-age population. Three different measures can be calculated: total
dependency ratio, child dependency ratio and old age dependency ratio.
Child Dependency Ratio: is the proportion of people younger than 15 years to the working age population
(15-64).
Old Dependency Ratio: is the proportion of people older than 64 years to the working age population
(15-64).
Ageing Index: The number of persons aged 65 years and over per 100 people under the age of 15 years.
Median Age: The age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups; that is, half the people
are younger than this age and half are older.
Education: Education is the process by which people learn through instruction and teaching. The 2014
MPHC placed an emphasis on literacy skills, school attendance and educational attainment. The other
categorisations used under education were:
(a) Literacy: The ability to read and write in any language with reasonable understanding.
(b) School attendance: The attendance at any regular educational institution or systematic instruction
at any level of education during the last 12 months. This included schooling at pre-primary,
primary, middle, high school and tertiary institutions of higher learning. The options were:
(a) Currently attending; (b) Attended previously; (c) Never attended.
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(c) Educational Attainment: The highest grade/standard/diploma/degree completed within the most
advanced level attended in the education system of the country where the education was received.
It covered both public and private institutions accredited by government.
Disability: Disability is a situation where a person is at a greater risk than the general population of
experiencing restrictions in performing routine activities (including activities of daily living) or participating
in roles (such as work) if no supportive measures are offered. The difficulties covered in the 2014 census
included:
(a) Walking difficulty (wheel chairs, crutches, limping, problems climbing steps);
(d) Mental/Intellectual difficulty (slow learning development making it hard to compete with their
counterparts at school, other mental conditions).
Identity card: An identity card is a document used to verify aspects of a person›s personal identity. There
are several types of identity cards issued by the Government of Myanmar, and national passports in the
case of foreigners.
Labour Force Status: According to the type of usual economic activities during the 12 months before
Census Night, all persons 10 years of age and over were classified as follows:
Labour Force: The Labour force is a general term covering “employed” and “unemployed” persons in the
population.
Employed: “Employed” persons refer to those who did any work during the time of the week before the
census date or worked for more than 6 months in the 12 months before the census date for pay or profit,
such as a wage, salary, allowance, business profit, etc. Also included in this category were persons
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working in family businesses, on a farm, in a store, in a private hospital etc., even though they were not
paid any wages.
Unemployed: “Unemployed” persons refer to those who had no work but were able to work and actually
seeking a job during the reference period, or at the time of the census enumeration.
Not in labour force: This category comprised persons who had no work and did not make any positive
efforts to find a job during the 6 months before the census date or were unable to work. This included full
time students, household work, elderly people, etc.
Employment Status: All employed persons were classified according to the economic activity status in
the place where they worked during the last 12 months or if they worked in more than one place, where
they worked most of the time. There were five employment categories:
(a) Employee (Government): those employed and working for government including in state
organisation institutions.
(b) Employee (Private organisation): those employed and working for private employers or private
organisations. All people in private companies, NGOs, international organisations, retail and
wholesale enterprises fell under this category.
(c) Employer: persons who during the reference period worked in their own business, which also
employed one or more other persons.
(d) Own account worker: self-employed persons who worked in their own business or worked in their
own/family business for family gain and did not have any employees.
(e) Unpaid family worker: persons who worked in a business, farm, trade or professional enterprise
operated by a member of the household/family and received no pay.
Labour force participation rate: The labour force participation rate is the ratio between the labour force
and the overall size of the total population of the same age range. This is an important indicator as it
portrays the proportion of the population that is economically active.
Labour force
Labour force (Employed + Unemployed)
= x 100
participation rate
Total Population
Unemployment rate: The percentage of the total labour force that is unemployed but actively seeking
employment and willing to work. These are people who are without work, looking for jobs and available
for work.
Unemployed
Unemployment rate = x 100
Labour force
(Employed + Unemployed)
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Employment to population ratio: A statistical ratio that measures the proportion of the country’s
working-age population (ages 15 to 64) that is employed. The International Labour Organization (ILO)
states that a person is considered employed if they have worked at least 1 hour in “gainful” employment
in the most recent week.
Employment to Employed
= x 100
population ratio Total Population
Occupation: Occupation refers to the kind of work an employed person did in the establishment during
the 12 months (reference period) before the census date. Put differently, occupation is the kind of work
done during the last 12 months by the person employed, regardless of the industry of the establishment.
In the 2014 Myanmar Census, field data collectors were instructed to collect a detailed description of the
work being done such as accounts clerk, data entry operator (clerk), legal secretary, domestic worker,
fisherman, human resource manager, etc. If an employed person was engaged in two or more jobs, the
kind of work was decided by the work in which he/she was mainly engaged in, that is in terms of time. The
occupational classification is based on the ISCO 2008.
Industry: Industry refers to the main activity of the establishment where an employed person usually
worked during the 12 months (reference period) before the census date. In the 2014 Myanmar Census,
industry was explained to the enumerators as the type of economic activity carried out at the person’s
place of work. It is defined in terms of the kind of goods produced or services supplied by the enterprise
in which the person works and not necessarily the specific duties or functions of the person’s job. For
example, a clerical officer working in stores within a factory that makes television sets. The industry
should be recorded as manufacture of electrical goods. If an employed person worked in two or more
establishments, “industry” was decided by the establishment where he/she worked most. The industrial
classification is based on the ISIC Revision 4.
Live Birth: A live birth is one where the infant shows one or more of the following signs of life immediately
after birth: crying or similar sounds, movement of the limbs or any other parts of the body and/or any
other tangible signs of life. The census was concerned only with children born alive. Also collected was
information on the last live birth of ever married female respondents.
Total fertility rate (TFR): The average number of children that a woman would give birth to if all women
lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to the current schedule of
age-specific fertility rates.
Age specific fertility rate (ASFR): The age-specific fertility rate measures the annual number of births to
women of a specified age or age group per 1,000 women in that age group. Unless otherwise specified,
the reference period for the age-specific fertility rates is the calendar year.
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List of Contributors
Contributors to the Mandalay Region, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Pyin Oo Lwin Township
Report
Daw Lin Lin Mar Staff Officer, Department of Population Generation of maps
Designer
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The Townships Reports
can be downloaded at :
www.dop.gov.mm
or
http://myanmar.unfpa.org/census
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