Table 12.  Economic Activity by Milne Bay Districts, PNG: 1990
	Total	Alotau District	Samarai-Murua	Kiriwina-Goodenough	Esa'ala	District not stated
Total
Total	110,443	14,836	19,630	10,165	33,160	32,652
Wage job	8,008	424	4,032	624	1,029	1,899
Paid business	554	36	141	51	151	175
Self employed	2,054	202	470	362	356	664
Paid farming	29,240	4,252	5,441	2,682	11,885	4,980
Subsistence farming	28,574	4,086	1,521	2,086	9,802	11,079
Student	17,081	2,472	3,408	1,839	4,927	4,435
Housework	15,768	2,026	2,494	1,979	2,978	6,291
Too old to work	2,827	387	509	327	739	865
Handicapped	601	83	75	58	207	178
Unemployed	2,948	408	1,019	58	476	987
Other	2,736	447	519	98	587	1,085
Household activity	52	13	1	1	23	14
Male
Total	57,298	7,156	11,107	5,333	16,745	16,957
Wage job	6,350	267	3,198	498	802	1,585
Paid business	435	32	101	47	121	134
Self employed	1,578	147	383	284	237	527
Paid farming	16,580	2,103	3,070	1,675	6,333	3,399
Subsistence farming	17,518	2,565	1,055	1,412	5,425	7,061
Student	8,928	1,214	1,785	938	2,607	2,384
Housework	735	100	182	164	138	151
Too old to work	1,300	152	230	179	332	407
Handicapped	335	31	50	29	122	103
Unemployed	1,895	251	698	43	290	613
Other	1,615	288	354	63	324	586
Household activity	29	6	1	1	14	7
Female
Total	53,145	7,680	8,523	4,832	16,415	15,695
Wage job	1,658	157	834	126	227	314
Paid business	119	4	40	4	30	41
Self employed	476	55	87	78	119	137
Paid farming	12,660	2,149	2,371	1,007	5,552	1,581
Subsistence farming	11,056	1,521	466	674	4,377	4,018
Student	8,153	1,258	1,623	901	2,320	2,051
Housework	15,033	1,926	2,312	1,815	2,840	6,140
Too old to work	1,527	235	279	148	407	458
Handicapped	266	52	25	29	85	75
Unemployed	1,053	157	321	15	186	374
Other	1,121	159	165	35	263	499
Household activity	23	7	0	0	9	7
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census