| Table 2. Marital Status by District, Southern Highlands: 2000 | |||||||
| Ialibu/ | Kagua/ | Mendi/ | Nipa/ | ||||
| Total | Pangia | Imbonggu | Erave | Munihu | Kutubu | NS | |
| Total | 543,990 | 50,671 | 59,793 | 187,665 | 96,077 | 97,825 | 51,959 |
| Never married | 331,294 | 29,452 | 36,274 | 114,657 | 58,674 | 60,320 | 31,917 |
| Married | 189,974 | 19,301 | 21,145 | 64,861 | 33,793 | 33,869 | 17,005 |
| Separated | 6,134 | 346 | 577 | 2,116 | 984 | 946 | 1,165 |
| Divorced | 5,221 | 402 | 611 | 1,618 | 1,099 | 826 | 665 |
| Widowed | 11,367 | 1,170 | 1,186 | 4,413 | 1,527 | 1,864 | 1,207 |
| Males | 276,992 | 25,883 | 30,774 | 95,915 | 48,834 | 49,451 | 26,135 |
| Never married | 183,448 | 16,266 | 20,187 | 63,940 | 32,209 | 33,247 | 17,599 |
| Married | 87,123 | 9,078 | 9,949 | 29,647 | 15,568 | 15,188 | 7,693 |
| Separated | 2,104 | 118 | 182 | 683 | 389 | 381 | 351 |
| Divorced | 1,929 | 144 | 218 | 661 | 356 | 297 | 253 |
| Widowed | 2,388 | 277 | 238 | 984 | 312 | 338 | 239 |
| Females | 266,998 | 24,788 | 29,019 | 91,750 | 47,243 | 48,374 | 25,824 |
| Never married | 147,846 | 13,186 | 16,087 | 50,717 | 26,465 | 27,073 | 14,318 |
| Married | 102,851 | 10,223 | 11,196 | 35,214 | 18,225 | 18,681 | 9,312 |
| Separated | 4,030 | 228 | 395 | 1,433 | 595 | 565 | 814 |
| Divorced | 3,292 | 258 | 393 | 957 | 743 | 529 | 412 |
| Widowed | 8,979 | 893 | 948 | 3,429 | 1,215 | 1,526 | 968 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||||