| Table 12. Economic Activity by East New Britain Districts, PNG: 1990 | |||||
| Total | Gazelle | Kokopo | Pomio | Rabaul | |
| Total | |||||
| Total | 128,429 | 32,828 | 19,845 | 75,756 | 0 |
| Wage job | 21,057 | 7,352 | 879 | 12,826 | 0 |
| Paid business | 990 | 384 | 81 | 525 | 0 |
| Self employed | 5,080 | 1,127 | 143 | 3,810 | 0 |
| Paid farming | 35,350 | 9,534 | 3,380 | 22,436 | 0 |
| Subsistence farming | 16,930 | 1,900 | 9,819 | 5,211 | 0 |
| Student | 23,948 | 6,548 | 2,546 | 14,854 | 0 |
| Housework | 11,419 | 2,412 | 1,513 | 7,494 | 0 |
| Too old to work | 2,895 | 654 | 524 | 1,717 | 0 |
| Handicapped | 584 | 146 | 85 | 353 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 6,604 | 1,647 | 230 | 4,727 | 0 |
| Other | 3,563 | 1,120 | 645 | 1,798 | 0 |
| Household activity | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Male | |||||
| Total | 69,997 | 18,545 | 9,471 | 41,981 | 0 |
| Wage job | 17,275 | 6,089 | 728 | 10,458 | 0 |
| Paid business | 748 | 265 | 52 | 431 | 0 |
| Self employed | 3,462 | 867 | 100 | 2,495 | 0 |
| Paid farming | 17,896 | 4,663 | 1,618 | 11,615 | 0 |
| Subsistence farming | 8,430 | 954 | 4,746 | 2,730 | 0 |
| Student | 13,061 | 3,473 | 1,404 | 8,184 | 0 |
| Housework | 607 | 124 | 76 | 407 | 0 |
| Too old to work | 1,336 | 305 | 209 | 822 | 0 |
| Handicapped | 339 | 85 | 48 | 206 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 4,885 | 1,163 | 148 | 3,574 | 0 |
| Other | 1,953 | 554 | 342 | 1,057 | 0 |
| Household activity | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Female | |||||
| Total | 58,432 | 14,283 | 10,374 | 33,775 | 0 |
| Wage job | 3,782 | 1,263 | 151 | 2,368 | 0 |
| Paid business | 242 | 119 | 29 | 94 | 0 |
| Self employed | 1,618 | 260 | 43 | 1,315 | 0 |
| Paid farming | 17,454 | 4,871 | 1,762 | 10,821 | 0 |
| Subsistence farming | 8,500 | 946 | 5,073 | 2,481 | 0 |
| Student | 10,887 | 3,075 | 1,142 | 6,670 | 0 |
| Housework | 10,812 | 2,288 | 1,437 | 7,087 | 0 |
| Too old to work | 1,559 | 349 | 315 | 895 | 0 |
| Handicapped | 245 | 61 | 37 | 147 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 1,719 | 484 | 82 | 1,153 | 0 |
| Other | 1,610 | 566 | 303 | 741 | 0 |
| Household activity | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||