Table 12.  Economic Activity by Southern Highlands Districts, PNG: 1990
	Total	Ialibu/Pangia	Imbonggu	Kagua/Erave	Mendi/Munihu	Nipa/Kutubu
Total
Total	216,697	27,824	37,855	113,716	16,931	20,371
Wage job	7,565	520	1,495	4,152	422	976
Paid business	727	51	216	371	47	42
Self employed	2,291	312	472	892	405	210
Paid farming	53,422	3,288	8,602	32,758	2,166	6,608
Subsistence farming	94,055	17,077	16,129	47,956	7,174	5,719
Student	20,268	1,743	3,258	10,275	2,120	2,872
Housework	16,732	2,239	4,003	5,711	2,509	2,270
Too old to work	4,982	881	787	2,177	599	538
Handicapped	841	71	244	340	98	88
Unemployed	7,275	678	1,138	4,197	612	650
Other	8,365	961	1,496	4,764	779	365
Household activity	174	3	15	123	0	33
Male
Total	109,383	13,698	19,877	56,491	8,477	10,840
Wage job	6,500	456	1,302	3,496	376	870
Paid business	567	47	174	269	41	36
Self employed	1,768	215	390	699	287	177
Paid farming	25,547	1,611	4,110	15,275	1,107	3,444
Subsistence farming	48,097	8,491	8,998	23,438	4,031	3,139
Student	11,862	1,006	2,005	5,915	1,271	1,665
Housework	2,795	433	732	837	243	550
Too old to work	2,099	401	359	864	236	239
Handicapped	481	46	144	185	46	60
Unemployed	4,592	427	724	2,654	403	384
Other	4,973	562	930	2,791	436	254
Household activity	102	3	9	68	0	22
Female
Total	107,314	14,126	17,978	57,225	8,454	9,531
Wage job	1,065	64	193	656	46	106
Paid business	160	4	42	102	6	6
Self employed	523	97	82	193	118	33
Paid farming	27,875	1,677	4,492	17,483	1,059	3,164
Subsistence farming	45,958	8,586	7,131	24,518	3,143	2,580
Student	8,406	737	1,253	4,360	849	1,207
Housework	13,937	1,806	3,271	4,874	2,266	1,720
Too old to work	2,883	480	428	1,313	363	299
Handicapped	360	25	100	155	52	28
Unemployed	2,683	251	414	1,543	209	266
Other	3,392	399	566	1,973	343	111
Household activity	72	0	6	55	0	11
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census