| Table 12. Economic Activity by Morobe Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||||||||
| Total | Bulolo | Finschafen | Huon | Kabwum | Lae | Markham | Menyamya | Nawae | Tawae/Siassi | |
| Total | ||||||||||
| Total | 266,306 | 33,509 | 27,429 | 25,526 | 109,016 | 26,378 | 11,726 | 25,699 | 7,023 | 0 |
| Wage job | 28,659 | 1,038 | 485 | 500 | 22,273 | 492 | 818 | 2,851 | 202 | 0 |
| Paid business | 1,704 | 149 | 109 | 116 | 760 | 81 | 194 | 252 | 43 | 0 |
| Self employed | 7,815 | 784 | 583 | 621 | 2,542 | 345 | 474 | 2,401 | 65 | 0 |
| Paid farming | 66,364 | 10,280 | 5,416 | 10,550 | 15,974 | 9,812 | 4,112 | 7,513 | 2,707 | 0 |
| Subsistence farming | 57,444 | 10,835 | 11,565 | 6,112 | 12,566 | 8,191 | 2,966 | 2,990 | 2,219 | 0 |
| Student | 41,823 | 5,944 | 4,114 | 3,557 | 19,636 | 2,108 | 1,450 | 3,864 | 1,150 | 0 |
| Housework | 25,663 | 1,566 | 1,896 | 1,779 | 14,978 | 2,508 | 569 | 2,211 | 156 | 0 |
| Too old to work | 6,511 | 1,039 | 1,020 | 657 | 2,408 | 383 | 346 | 406 | 252 | 0 |
| Handicapped | 1,306 | 216 | 128 | 238 | 498 | 26 | 59 | 100 | 41 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 20,251 | 537 | 880 | 494 | 14,152 | 1,183 | 561 | 2,428 | 16 | 0 |
| Other | 8,590 | 1,087 | 1,176 | 897 | 3,192 | 1,223 | 174 | 670 | 171 | 0 |
| Household activity | 176 | 34 | 57 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Male | ||||||||||
| Total | 138,824 | 16,033 | 12,437 | 12,781 | 60,475 | 13,359 | 6,135 | 14,089 | 3,515 | 0 |
| Wage job | 23,818 | 869 | 405 | 422 | 18,229 | 425 | 759 | 2,561 | 148 | 0 |
| Paid business | 1,476 | 136 | 91 | 103 | 656 | 69 | 178 | 205 | 38 | 0 |
| Self employed | 5,889 | 563 | 449 | 490 | 1,766 | 292 | 453 | 1,827 | 49 | 0 |
| Paid farming | 31,986 | 4,917 | 2,381 | 5,198 | 7,762 | 5,374 | 1,862 | 3,178 | 1,314 | 0 |
| Subsistence farming | 27,014 | 4,752 | 5,019 | 3,057 | 6,252 | 4,071 | 1,281 | 1,520 | 1,062 | 0 |
| Student | 24,741 | 3,320 | 2,343 | 2,181 | 11,704 | 1,445 | 846 | 2,261 | 641 | 0 |
| Housework | 1,508 | 80 | 144 | 107 | 942 | 82 | 78 | 67 | 8 | 0 |
| Too old to work | 2,713 | 374 | 393 | 242 | 1,074 | 153 | 160 | 185 | 132 | 0 |
| Handicapped | 730 | 114 | 69 | 126 | 296 | 13 | 31 | 61 | 20 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 14,087 | 346 | 540 | 352 | 9,926 | 719 | 382 | 1,810 | 12 | 0 |
| Other | 4,772 | 547 | 582 | 500 | 1,844 | 699 | 103 | 406 | 91 | 0 |
| Household activity | 90 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Female | ||||||||||
| Total | 127,482 | 17,476 | 14,992 | 12,745 | 48,541 | 13,019 | 5,591 | 11,610 | 3,508 | 0 |
| Wage job | 4,841 | 169 | 80 | 78 | 4,044 | 67 | 59 | 290 | 54 | 0 |
| Paid business | 228 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 104 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 5 | 0 |
| Self employed | 1,926 | 221 | 134 | 131 | 776 | 53 | 21 | 574 | 16 | 0 |
| Paid farming | 34,378 | 5,363 | 3,035 | 5,352 | 8,212 | 4,438 | 2,250 | 4,335 | 1,393 | 0 |
| Subsistence farming | 30,430 | 6,083 | 6,546 | 3,055 | 6,314 | 4,120 | 1,685 | 1,470 | 1,157 | 0 |
| Student | 17,082 | 2,624 | 1,771 | 1,376 | 7,932 | 663 | 604 | 1,603 | 509 | 0 |
| Housework | 24,155 | 1,486 | 1,752 | 1,672 | 14,036 | 2,426 | 491 | 2,144 | 148 | 0 |
| Too old to work | 3,798 | 665 | 627 | 415 | 1,334 | 230 | 186 | 221 | 120 | 0 |
| Handicapped | 576 | 102 | 59 | 112 | 202 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 21 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 6,164 | 191 | 340 | 142 | 4,226 | 464 | 179 | 618 | 4 | 0 |
| Other | 3,818 | 540 | 594 | 397 | 1,348 | 524 | 71 | 264 | 80 | 0 |
| Household activity | 86 | 19 | 36 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||||||||