| Table 12. Economic Activity by East Sepik Districts, PNG: 1990 | |||||||
| Total | Ambunti/Drekikier | Angoram | Maprik | Wewak | Wosera Gawi | Yangoru Saussia | |
| Total | |||||||
| Total | 174,518 | 32,127 | 43,692 | 77,732 | 20,967 | 0 | 0 |
| Wage job | 7,246 | 782 | 4,510 | 1,533 | 421 | 0 | 0 |
| Paid business | 1,123 | 294 | 393 | 320 | 116 | 0 | 0 |
| Self employed | 2,137 | 559 | 614 | 735 | 229 | 0 | 0 |
| Paid farming | 63,332 | 11,170 | 13,804 | 33,135 | 5,223 | 0 | 0 |
| Subsistence farming | 44,512 | 6,492 | 5,352 | 24,617 | 8,051 | 0 | 0 |
| Student | 23,533 | 3,970 | 8,172 | 9,032 | 2,359 | 0 | 0 |
| Housework | 13,846 | 5,357 | 3,747 | 2,554 | 2,188 | 0 | 0 |
| Too old to work | 4,468 | 969 | 1,344 | 1,667 | 488 | 0 | 0 |
| Handicapped | 917 | 186 | 233 | 385 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 7,114 | 770 | 4,162 | 1,467 | 715 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 6,109 | 1,551 | 1,287 | 2,230 | 1,041 | 0 | 0 |
| Household activity | 181 | 27 | 74 | 57 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Male | |||||||
| Total | 85,923 | 15,936 | 22,115 | 37,537 | 10,335 | 0 | 0 |
| Wage job | 5,693 | 645 | 3,462 | 1,228 | 358 | 0 | 0 |
| Paid business | 894 | 208 | 326 | 254 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
| Self employed | 1,520 | 411 | 470 | 453 | 186 | 0 | 0 |
| Paid farming | 29,490 | 5,861 | 6,150 | 15,028 | 2,451 | 0 | 0 |
| Subsistence farming | 23,675 | 4,188 | 2,840 | 12,208 | 4,439 | 0 | 0 |
| Student | 13,104 | 2,249 | 4,490 | 5,027 | 1,338 | 0 | 0 |
| Housework | 685 | 229 | 182 | 180 | 94 | 0 | 0 |
| Too old to work | 1,980 | 446 | 612 | 725 | 197 | 0 | 0 |
| Handicapped | 557 | 121 | 138 | 225 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 4,610 | 521 | 2,675 | 928 | 486 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 3,621 | 1,043 | 727 | 1,256 | 595 | 0 | 0 |
| Household activity | 94 | 14 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Female | |||||||
| Total | 88,595 | 16,191 | 21,577 | 40,195 | 10,632 | 0 | 0 |
| Wage job | 1,553 | 137 | 1,048 | 305 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| Paid business | 229 | 86 | 67 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Self employed | 617 | 148 | 144 | 282 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Paid farming | 33,842 | 5,309 | 7,654 | 18,107 | 2,772 | 0 | 0 |
| Subsistence farming | 20,837 | 2,304 | 2,512 | 12,409 | 3,612 | 0 | 0 |
| Student | 10,429 | 1,721 | 3,682 | 4,005 | 1,021 | 0 | 0 |
| Housework | 13,161 | 5,128 | 3,565 | 2,374 | 2,094 | 0 | 0 |
| Too old to work | 2,488 | 523 | 732 | 942 | 291 | 0 | 0 |
| Handicapped | 360 | 65 | 95 | 160 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 2,504 | 249 | 1,487 | 539 | 229 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 2,488 | 508 | 560 | 974 | 446 | 0 | 0 |
| Household activity | 87 | 13 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||||