| Table 12. Economic Activity by Madang Districts, PNG: 1990 | |||||||
| Total | Bogia | Madang | Middle Ramu | Rai Coast | Sumkar | Usino Bundi | |
| Total | |||||||
| Total | 170,353 | 15,394 | 60,371 | 33,982 | 21,403 | 18,894 | 20,309 |
| Wage job | 14,754 | 323 | 7,974 | 1,108 | 312 | 3,125 | 1,912 |
| Paid business | 1,302 | 126 | 514 | 326 | 86 | 45 | 205 |
| Self employed | 5,423 | 281 | 1,977 | 724 | 1,341 | 282 | 818 |
| Paid farming | 47,237 | 4,975 | 15,612 | 12,179 | 4,006 | 5,020 | 5,445 |
| Subsistence farming | 37,420 | 4,841 | 7,687 | 8,819 | 8,483 | 4,463 | 3,127 |
| Student | 24,263 | 1,921 | 10,709 | 4,521 | 1,784 | 1,907 | 3,421 |
| Housework | 19,388 | 1,591 | 5,294 | 3,598 | 3,768 | 2,114 | 3,023 |
| Too old to work | 4,266 | 431 | 1,644 | 899 | 365 | 353 | 574 |
| Handicapped | 824 | 71 | 239 | 232 | 54 | 89 | 139 |
| Unemployed | 7,795 | 187 | 4,814 | 933 | 507 | 551 | 803 |
| Other | 7,575 | 636 | 3,890 | 632 | 669 | 908 | 840 |
| Household activity | 106 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 2 |
| Male | |||||||
| Total | 90,726 | 7,695 | 32,533 | 17,405 | 10,963 | 11,245 | 10,885 |
| Wage job | 12,330 | 287 | 6,340 | 971 | 272 | 2,729 | 1,731 |
| Paid business | 1,099 | 95 | 418 | 307 | 65 | 36 | 178 |
| Self employed | 4,190 | 198 | 1,372 | 592 | 1,066 | 228 | 734 |
| Paid farming | 24,679 | 2,696 | 7,610 | 6,086 | 2,157 | 2,971 | 3,159 |
| Subsistence farming | 20,279 | 2,404 | 3,810 | 5,096 | 4,979 | 2,229 | 1,761 |
| Student | 14,435 | 1,158 | 6,183 | 2,654 | 1,200 | 1,339 | 1,901 |
| Housework | 1,354 | 103 | 274 | 174 | 298 | 447 | 58 |
| Too old to work | 1,919 | 182 | 769 | 393 | 148 | 182 | 245 |
| Handicapped | 491 | 45 | 139 | 141 | 32 | 54 | 80 |
| Unemployed | 5,448 | 129 | 3,422 | 597 | 332 | 407 | 561 |
| Other | 4,432 | 391 | 2,186 | 387 | 394 | 598 | 476 |
| Household activity | 70 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 1 |
| Female | |||||||
| Total | 79,627 | 7,699 | 27,838 | 16,577 | 10,440 | 7,649 | 9,424 |
| Wage job | 2,424 | 36 | 1,634 | 137 | 40 | 396 | 181 |
| Paid business | 203 | 31 | 96 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 27 |
| Self employed | 1,233 | 83 | 605 | 132 | 275 | 54 | 84 |
| Paid farming | 22,558 | 2,279 | 8,002 | 6,093 | 1,849 | 2,049 | 2,286 |
| Subsistence farming | 17,141 | 2,437 | 3,877 | 3,723 | 3,504 | 2,234 | 1,366 |
| Student | 9,828 | 763 | 4,526 | 1,867 | 584 | 568 | 1,520 |
| Housework | 18,034 | 1,488 | 5,020 | 3,424 | 3,470 | 1,667 | 2,965 |
| Too old to work | 2,347 | 249 | 875 | 506 | 217 | 171 | 329 |
| Handicapped | 333 | 26 | 100 | 91 | 22 | 35 | 59 |
| Unemployed | 2,347 | 58 | 1,392 | 336 | 175 | 144 | 242 |
| Other | 3,143 | 245 | 1,704 | 245 | 275 | 310 | 364 |
| Household activity | 36 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||||