Table 13. Looking for Work and Non-economic Activity by District, Bougainville: 2000
	Total	North Bougainville	Central Bougainville	South Bougainville
Total	42,894	15,052	11,018	16,824
Looking for work	4,320	1,262	2,161	897
Not looking	38,574	13,790	8,857	15,927
Males	22,882	7,835	5,977	9,070
Looking for work	2,381	670	1,220	491
Not looking	20,501	7,165	4,757	8,579
Females	20,012	7,217	5,041	7,754
Looking for work	1,939	592	941	406
Not looking	18,073	6,625	4,100	7,348
REASON NOT WORKING
Total	43,261	14,683	11,356	17,222
Housework	8,060	3,219	2,043	2,798
Studying	20,221	5,429	6,182	8,610
Waiting for a job	341	104	126	111
Looking for a job	502	169	185	148
Too young	4,712	2,338	682	1,692
Too old	1,661	719	251	691
Sick	2,496	992	640	864
Disabled	522	148	154	220
Other	4,746	1,565	1,093	2,088
Males	23,015	7,570	6,177	9,268
Housework	3,140	1,203	797	1,140
Studying	10,903	2,881	3,392	4,630
Waiting for a job	274	82	98	94
Looking for a job	444	141	171	132
Too young	2,828	1,368	447	1,013
Too old	753	330	108	315
Sick	1,462	571	351	540
Disabled	341	96	119	126
Other	2,870	898	694	1,278
Females	20,246	7,113	5,179	7,954
Housework	4,920	2,016	1,246	1,658
Studying	9,318	2,548	2,790	3,980
Waiting for a job	67	22	28	17
Looking for a job	58	28	14	16
Too young	1,884	970	235	679
Too old	908	389	143	376
Sick	1,034	421	289	324
Disabled	181	52	35	94
Other	1,876	667	399	810
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census