| Table 1. Sex and Relationship by Milne Bay Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||||
| Total | Alotau District | Samarai-Murua | Kiriwina-Goodenough | Esa'ala | District not stated | |
| Total | ||||||
| Total | 158,780 | 21,020 | 26,899 | 14,149 | 49,279 | 47,433 |
| Head | 28,983 | 3,799 | 4,673 | 2,270 | 9,910 | 8,331 |
| Spouse | 20,704 | 2,663 | 3,220 | 1,537 | 6,804 | 6,480 |
| Child | 62,579 | 8,794 | 9,718 | 4,958 | 20,635 | 18,474 |
| Adopted child | 6,664 | 977 | 803 | 503 | 1,689 | 2,692 |
| Other relative | 35,897 | 4,392 | 7,322 | 4,039 | 9,460 | 10,684 |
| Non relative | 3,953 | 395 | 1,163 | 842 | 781 | 772 |
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 82,510 | 10,285 | 14,955 | 7,409 | 25,222 | 24,639 |
| Head | 23,459 | 3,015 | 3,993 | 1,862 | 7,638 | 6,951 |
| Spouse | 960 | 52 | 102 | 37 | 426 | 343 |
| Child | 32,882 | 4,471 | 5,249 | 2,534 | 10,861 | 9,767 |
| Adopted child | 3,664 | 573 | 410 | 277 | 929 | 1,475 |
| Other relative | 19,160 | 2,052 | 4,389 | 2,183 | 4,914 | 5,622 |
| Non relative | 2,385 | 122 | 812 | 516 | 454 | 481 |
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 76,270 | 10,735 | 11,944 | 6,740 | 24,057 | 22,794 |
| Head | 5,524 | 784 | 680 | 408 | 2,272 | 1,380 |
| Spouse | 19,744 | 2,611 | 3,118 | 1,500 | 6,378 | 6,137 |
| Child | 29,697 | 4,323 | 4,469 | 2,424 | 9,774 | 8,707 |
| Adopted child | 3,000 | 404 | 393 | 226 | 760 | 1,217 |
| Other relative | 16,737 | 2,340 | 2,933 | 1,856 | 4,546 | 5,062 |
| Non relative | 1,568 | 273 | 351 | 326 | 327 | 291 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||||