Table 12.  Economic Activity by Enga Districts, PNG: 1990
	Total	Kandep	Kompiam	Lagaip/Pogera	Wabag	Wapenamanda	District NS
Total
Total	171,239	37,735	43,565	31,970	29,145	11,928	16,896
Wage job	8,596	1,651	2,868	1,505	715	1,498	359
Paid business	751	108	248	184	56	98	57
Self employed	4,916	504	834	896	173	997	1,512
Paid farming	56,858	18,866	11,786	8,896	10,249	2,415	4,646
Subsistence farming	50,600	6,673	13,627	9,737	10,508	3,861	6,194
Student	16,323	3,417	5,296	3,824	1,953	602	1,231
Housework	16,989	3,808	4,316	4,055	2,043	1,008	1,759
Too old to work	3,199	573	833	890	386	161	356
Handicapped	901	283	217	171	137	24	69
Unemployed	7,312	1,012	2,214	899	2,357	581	249
Other	4,672	837	1,303	851	563	680	438
Household activity	122	3	23	62	5	3	26
Male
Total	90,898	19,965	22,910	16,869	15,103	6,895	9,156
Wage job	7,562	1,480	2,440	1,292	656	1,378	316
Paid business	609	92	206	141	50	79	41
Self employed	3,558	418	638	701	117	708	976
Paid farming	28,834	9,582	5,768	4,776	5,084	1,163	2,461
Subsistence farming	26,653	3,733	6,937	5,240	5,295	2,127	3,321
Student	10,217	2,108	3,262	2,370	1,269	379	829
Housework	3,375	795	714	650	542	135	539
Too old to work	1,605	280	447	440	172	76	190
Handicapped	543	156	126	109	99	17	36
Unemployed	5,131	813	1,575	639	1,505	434	165
Other	2,742	508	784	474	312	397	267
Household activity	69	0	13	37	2	2	15
Female
Total	80,341	17,770	20,655	15,101	14,042	5,033	7,740
Wage job	1,034	171	428	213	59	120	43
Paid business	142	16	42	43	6	19	16
Self employed	1,358	86	196	195	56	289	536
Paid farming	28,024	9,284	6,018	4,120	5,165	1,252	2,185
Subsistence farming	23,947	2,940	6,690	4,497	5,213	1,734	2,873
Student	6,106	1,309	2,034	1,454	684	223	402
Housework	13,614	3,013	3,602	3,405	1,501	873	1,220
Too old to work	1,594	293	386	450	214	85	166
Handicapped	358	127	91	62	38	7	33
Unemployed	2,181	199	639	260	852	147	84
Other	1,930	329	519	377	251	283	171
Household activity	53	3	10	25	3	1	11
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census