| Table 12. Economic Activity by Gulf Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||
| Total | Kerema | Kikori | District not stated | |
| Total | ||||
| Total | 46,006 | 6,309 | 4,721 | 34,976 |
| Wage job | 2,546 | 624 | 263 | 1,659 |
| Paid business | 279 | 85 | 16 | 178 |
| Self employed | 2,141 | 403 | 56 | 1,682 |
| Paid farming | 12,159 | 1,833 | 1,325 | 9,001 |
| Subsistence farming | 10,066 | 689 | 583 | 8,794 |
| Student | 7,489 | 720 | 869 | 5,900 |
| Housework | 7,431 | 1,304 | 962 | 5,165 |
| Too old to work | 1,021 | 171 | 156 | 694 |
| Handicapped | 286 | 40 | 31 | 215 |
| Unemployed | 1,307 | 274 | 119 | 914 |
| Other | 1,272 | 164 | 337 | 771 |
| Household activity | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Male | ||||
| Total | 23,382 | 3,314 | 2,211 | 17,857 |
| Wage job | 2,178 | 592 | 224 | 1,362 |
| Paid business | 256 | 80 | 13 | 163 |
| Self employed | 1,511 | 251 | 47 | 1,213 |
| Paid farming | 6,987 | 1,153 | 761 | 5,073 |
| Subsistence farming | 5,692 | 417 | 373 | 4,902 |
| Student | 4,384 | 398 | 472 | 3,514 |
| Housework | 232 | 67 | 17 | 148 |
| Too old to work | 344 | 53 | 49 | 242 |
| Handicapped | 153 | 21 | 15 | 117 |
| Unemployed | 918 | 206 | 62 | 650 |
| Other | 723 | 76 | 175 | 472 |
| Household activity | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Female | ||||
| Total | 22,624 | 2,995 | 2,510 | 17,119 |
| Wage job | 368 | 32 | 39 | 297 |
| Paid business | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Self employed | 630 | 152 | 9 | 469 |
| Paid farming | 5,172 | 680 | 564 | 3,928 |
| Subsistence farming | 4,374 | 272 | 210 | 3,892 |
| Student | 3,105 | 322 | 397 | 2,386 |
| Housework | 7,199 | 1,237 | 945 | 5,017 |
| Too old to work | 677 | 118 | 107 | 452 |
| Handicapped | 133 | 19 | 16 | 98 |
| Unemployed | 389 | 68 | 57 | 264 |
| Other | 549 | 88 | 162 | 299 |
| Household activity | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||