Table 12.  Economic Activity by Northern Oro Districts, PNG: 1990
	Total	Ijivitari	Sohe	District not stated
Total
Total	65,331	8,270	36,371	20,690
Wage job	5,911	742	4,520	649
Paid business	335	40	220	75
Self employed	1,591	114	1,140	337
Paid farming	19,627	2,597	10,596	6,434
Subsistence farming	13,451	2,764	3,428	7,259
Student	10,081	1,254	5,818	3,009
Housework	6,721	356	4,859	1,506
Too old to work	1,532	151	874	507
Handicapped	382	57	189	136
Unemployed	3,842	154	3,377	311
Other	1,850	40	1,347	463
Household activity	8	1	3	4
Male
Total	34,577	4,377	19,629	10,571
Wage job	4,860	622	3,670	568
Paid business	285	35	192	58
Self employed	1,199	104	871	224
Paid farming	10,535	1,303	5,895	3,337
Subsistence farming	7,090	1,323	1,993	3,774
Student	5,827	703	3,361	1,763
Housework	242	42	127	73
Too old to work	692	72	388	232
Handicapped	212	31	113	68
Unemployed	2,535	110	2,230	195
Other	1,097	31	788	278
Household activity	3	1	1	1
Female
Total	30,754	3,893	16,742	10,119
Wage job	1,051	120	850	81
Paid business	50	5	28	17
Self employed	392	10	269	113
Paid farming	9,092	1,294	4,701	3,097
Subsistence farming	6,361	1,441	1,435	3,485
Student	4,254	551	2,457	1,246
Housework	6,479	314	4,732	1,433
Too old to work	840	79	486	275
Handicapped	170	26	76	68
Unemployed	1,307	44	1,147	116
Other	753	9	559	185
Household activity	5	0	2	3
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census