Table 12.  Economic Activity by Central Districts, PNG: 1990
	Total	Abau	Goilala	Kairuku - Hiri	Rigo	District not stated
Total
Total	97,471	21,661	19,900	20,526	20,040	15,344
Wage job	8,783	2,120	1,015	3,769	1,515	364
Paid business	447	70	85	111	164	17
Self employed	2,453	516	292	429	737	479
Paid farming	26,766	6,192	6,337	5,052	7,217	1,968
Subsistence farming	19,928	4,719	3,536	1,384	1,567	8,722
Student	17,211	3,918	4,096	4,505	3,162	1,530
Housework	11,902	2,513	2,379	2,683	3,318	1,009
Too old to work	2,519	484	428	426	758	423
Handicapped	660	155	136	124	208	37
Unemployed	4,587	722	940	1,672	930	323
Other	2,182	248	647	363	462	462
Household activity	33	4	9	8	2	10
Male
Total	50,601	11,143	9,814	11,338	10,465	7,841
Wage job	7,328	1,946	817	3,020	1,246	299
Paid business	388	60	71	94	149	14
Self employed	1,876	370	225	316	643	322
Paid farming	14,570	3,167	3,178	3,002	4,311	912
Subsistence farming	10,244	2,340	1,874	593	821	4,616
Student	9,763	2,264	2,265	2,599	1,694	941
Housework	439	136	116	61	85	41
Too old to work	1,203	196	209	195	375	228
Handicapped	383	85	78	69	132	19
Unemployed	3,135	434	629	1,173	700	199
Other	1,249	141	345	211	308	244
Household activity	23	4	7	5	1	6
Female
Total	46,870	10,518	10,086	9,188	9,575	7,503
Wage job	1,455	174	198	749	269	65
Paid business	59	10	14	17	15	3
Self employed	577	146	67	113	94	157
Paid farming	12,196	3,025	3,159	2,050	2,906	1,056
Subsistence farming	9,684	2,379	1,662	791	746	4,106
Student	7,448	1,654	1,831	1,906	1,468	589
Housework	11,463	2,377	2,263	2,622	3,233	968
Too old to work	1,316	288	219	231	383	195
Handicapped	277	70	58	55	76	18
Unemployed	1,452	288	311	499	230	124
Other	933	107	302	152	154	218
Household activity	10	0	2	3	1	4
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census