Table 12.  Economic Activity by Western Highlands Districts, PNG: 1990
	Total	Dei	Mt Hagen	Mul/Baiyer	Tambul/Nebilyer
Total
Total	239,917	139,433	57,383	43,101	0
Wage job	21,708	14,413	6,124	1,171	0
Paid business	927	563	214	150	0
Self employed	6,619	3,268	2,236	1,115	0
Paid farming	71,007	43,743	18,904	8,360	0
Subsistence farming	44,025	20,881	8,484	14,660	0
Student	26,186	16,858	5,421	3,907	0
Housework	41,679	22,718	9,590	9,371	0
Too old to work	7,101	4,035	1,703	1,363	0
Handicapped	1,129	641	295	193	0
Unemployed	8,415	5,391	1,820	1,204	0
Other	10,913	6,819	2,502	1,592	0
Household activity	208	103	90	15	0
Male
Total	128,216	74,373	31,484	22,359	0
Wage job	17,280	11,638	4,585	1,057	0
Paid business	764	457	175	132	0
Self employed	4,815	2,448	1,605	762	0
Paid farming	41,043	24,874	11,291	4,878	0
Subsistence farming	27,619	13,010	5,357	9,252	0
Student	15,720	9,876	3,423	2,421	0
Housework	4,973	2,278	1,222	1,473	0
Too old to work	3,224	1,757	835	632	0
Handicapped	691	389	194	108	0
Unemployed	5507	3568	1184	755	0
Other	6450	4018	1551	881	0
Household activity	130	60	62	8	0
Female
Total	111701	65060	25899	20742	0
Wage job	4428	2775	1539	114	0
Paid business	163	106	39	18	0
Self employed	1804	820	631	353	0
Paid farming	29964	18869	7613	3482	0
Subsistence farming	16406	7871	3127	5408	0
Student	10466	6982	1998	1486	0
Housework	36706	20440	8368	7898	0
Too old to work	3877	2278	868	731	0
Handicapped	438	252	101	85	0
Unemployed	2908	1823	636	449	0
Other	4463	2801	951	711	0
Household activity	78	43	28	7	0
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census