Table 12.  Economic Activity by West Sepik Districts, PNG: 1990
	Total	Aitape/Lumi	Nuku	Telefomin	Vanimo/Green River	NS
Total
Total	94,757	16,422	11,594	15,068	14,563	37,110
Wage job	3,998	786	1,893	273	360	686
Paid business	414	169	62	43	50	90
Self employed	1,078	269	116	105	112	476
Paid farming	28,271	4,540	1,912	3,364	3,641	14,814
Subsistence farming	31,340	2,666	1,989	6,982	7,511	12,192
Student	12,117	2,810	1,993	1,346	1,630	4,338
Housework	8,483	3,075	1,476	1,676	571	1,685
Too old to work	2,108	547	312	341	242	666
Handicapped	333	81	42	38	35	137
Unemployed	3,230	785	1,291	456	91	607
Other	3,283	682	496	428	274	1,403
Household activity	102	12	12	16	46	16
Male
Total	49,892	8,408	6,507	8,242	8,139	18,596
Wage job	3,373	627	1,634	242	312	558
Paid business	309	112	56	38	39	64
Self employed	717	186	102	85	54	290
Paid farming	14,780	2,875	981	1,872	1,896	7,156
Subsistence farming	17,765	1,716	1,138	4,240	4,339	6,332
Student	7,382	1,599	1,205	935	1,041	2,602
Housework	336	100	19	64	58	95
Too old to work	918	229	150	141	118	280
Handicapped	196	45	20	25	23	83
Unemployed	2,174	520	896	314	55	389
Other	1,882	392	299	274	176	741
Household activity	60	7	7	12	28	6
Female
Total	44,865	8,014	5,087	6,826	6,424	18,514
Wage job	625	159	259	31	48	128
Paid business	105	57	6	5	11	26
Self employed	361	83	14	20	58	186
Paid farming	13,491	1,665	931	1,492	1,745	7,658
Subsistence farming	13,575	950	851	2,742	3,172	5,860
Student	4,735	1,211	788	411	589	1,736
Housework	8,147	2,975	1,457	1,612	513	1,590
Too old to work	1,190	318	162	200	124	386
Handicapped	137	36	22	13	12	54
Unemployed	1,056	265	395	142	36	218
Other	1,401	290	197	154	98	662
Household activity	42	5	5	4	18	10
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census