Table 12.  Economic Activity by Western Districts, PNG: 1990
	Districts
	Total	Middle Fly	North Fly	South Fly
Total
Total	38,633	16,066	5,141	17,426
Wage job	2,527	1,402	263	862
Paid business	491	101	60	330
Self employed	1,204	187	106	911
Paid farming	9,183	4,004	1,015	4,164
Subsistence farming	8,282	2,553	2,008	3,721
Student	6,844	2,891	902	3,051
Housework	5,528	2,729	515	2,284
Too old to work	977	444	78	455
Handicapped	149	71	21	57
Unemployed	2,250	1,331	56	863
Other	1,194	352	117	725
Household activity	4	1	0	3
Male
Total	19,247	7,988	2,578	8,681
Wage job	2,100	1,124	233	743
Paid business	397	78	54	265
Self employed	919	154	80	685
Paid farming	4,793	2,252	510	2,031
Subsistence farming	4,139	1,285	1,001	1,853
Student	3,716	1,581	467	1,668
Housework	397	134	49	214
Too old to work	414	190	48	176
Handicapped	77	42	10	25
Unemployed	1,595	915	45	635
Other	699	233	81	385
Household activity	1	0	0	1
Female
Total	19,386	8,078	2,563	8,745
Wage job	427	278	30	119
Paid business	94	23	6	65
Self employed	285	33	26	226
Paid farming	4,390	1,752	505	2,133
Subsistence farming	4,143	1,268	1,007	1,868
Student	3,128	1,310	435	1,383
Housework	5,131	2,595	466	2,070
Too old to work	563	254	30	279
Handicapped	72	29	11	32
Unemployed	655	416	11	228
Other	495	119	36	340
Household activity	3	1	0	2
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census