Table 12.  Occupation by District, Southern Highlands: 2000                
    Ialibu/   Kagua/ Mendi/ Nipa/  
  Total Pangia Imbonggu Erave Munihu Kutubu NS
     Total 545,848 50,751 60,019 188,177 96,353 98,472 52,076
Armed forces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators 461 36 49 127 110 56 83
Legislators NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corporation managers 116 9 23 19 48 8 9
General managers 79 11 18 17 19 5 9
Physics Maths 38 6 5 8 16 1 2
Life science health 306 34 42 69 98 52 11
Teaching professionals 1,274 182 243 323 255 183 88
Other professionals 200 20 43 26 73 21 17
Physical Science Engineer 195 16 24 45 64 25 21
Life science techs 664 57 59 135 159 99 155
Teaching assts 1,023 107 182 293 264 75 102
Other associate professionals 1,579 213 196 449 364 190 167
Clerks in offices 722 113 123 154 217 67 48
Other office clerks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Customer clerks 277 75 53 40 74 7 28
Service workers 1,353 270 204 270 336 133 140
Sales personnel 2,248 237 367 479 640 259 266
Marget agriculture fishing 31,430 2,309 5,823 9,351 5,845 4,488 3,614
Subsistence 229,322 21,281 21,568 86,853 36,191 43,451 19,978
Building crafts 4,694 278 715 1,380 720 416 1,185
Metal crafts 717 82 135 137 197 54 112
Precision handicrafts 68 31 10 5 11 6 5
Other crafts 822 147 285 95 78 61 156
Plant machine operators 145 25 32 29 33 14 12
Stationary machine operators 36 4 10 9 7 4 2
Drivers operators 880 99 226 148 233 54 120
Elementary occupations 12,433 1,188 1,457 2,686 2,782 1,664 2,656
Agriculture and fishing 190 42 27 52 39 16 14
Labourers 171 11 44 35 42 22 17
NR 1,294 172 164 246 377 145 190
NA 253,111 23,696 27,892 84,697 47,061 46,896 22,869
    Males 277,978 25,905 30,933 96,185 48,951 49,829 26,175
Armed forces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators 444 36 47 123 105 55 78
Legislators NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corporation managers 108 9 21 17 44 8 9
General managers 68 9 18 13 18 3 7
Physics Maths 35 6 5 7 15 1 1
Life science health 128 16 15 24 35 27 11
Teaching professionals 951 131 175 259 175 144 67
Other professionals 169 17 36 20 63 18 15
Physical Science Engineer 165 13 22 36 58 21 15
Life science techs 270 28 20 67 65 39 51
Teaching assts 719 72 117 213 180 57 80
Other associate professionals 1,412 197 175 420 303 168 149
Clerks in offices 443 71 62 116 116 49 29
Other office clerks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Customer clerks 173 56 23 28 42 5 19
Service workers 843 107 138 166 250 75 107
Sales personnel 1,232 127 201 273 313 135 183
Marget agriculture fishing 15,877 1,373 3,000 4,563 2,982 2,252 1,707
Subsistence 105,781 9,570 9,778 40,720 16,640 20,334 8,739
Building crafts 4,376 269 674 1,328 677 388 1,040
Metal crafts 704 81 133 136 193 54 107
Precision handicrafts 44 17 9 2 6 5 5
Other crafts 443 91 229 31 34 12 46
Plant machine operators 144 25 32 28 33 14 12
Stationary machine operators 31 4 8 8 6 3 2
Drivers operators 876 99 223 148 232 54 120
Elementary occupations 5,465 465 606 1,180 1,267 714 1,233
Agriculture and fishing 130 32 17 35 26 9 11
Labourers 157 11 39 33 37 22 15
NR 801 102 93 169 224 98 115
NA 135,989 12,871 15,017 46,022 24,812 25,065 12,202
     Females 267,870 24,846 29,086 91,992 47,402 48,643 25,901
Armed forces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators 17 0 2 4 5 1 5
Legislators NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corporation managers 8 0 2 2 4 0 0
General managers 11 2 0 4 1 2 2
Physics Maths 3 0 0 1 1 0 1
Life science health 178 18 27 45 63 25 0
Teaching professionals 323 51 68 64 80 39 21
Other professionals 31 3 7 6 10 3 2
Physical Science Engineer 30 3 2 9 6 4 6
Life science techs 394 29 39 68 94 60 104
Teaching assts 304 35 65 80 84 18 22
Other associate professionals 167 16 21 29 61 22 18
Clerks in offices 279 42 61 38 101 18 19
Other office clerks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Customer clerks 104 19 30 12 32 2 9
Service workers 510 163 66 104 86 58 33
Sales personnel 1,016 110 166 206 327 124 83
Marget agriculture fishing 15,553 936 2,823 4,788 2,863 2,236 1,907
Subsistence 123,541 11,711 11,790 46,133 19,551 23,117 11,239
Building crafts 318 9 41 52 43 28 145
Metal crafts 13 1 2 1 4 0 5
Precision handicrafts 24 14 1 3 5 1 0
Other crafts 379 56 56 64 44 49 110
Plant machine operators 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Stationary machine operators 5 0 2 1 1 1 0
Drivers operators 4 0 3 0 1 0 0
Elementary occupations 6,968 723 851 1,506 1,515 950 1,423
Agriculture and fishing 60 10 10 17 13 7 3
Labourers 14 0 5 2 5 0 2
NR 493 70 71 77 153 47 75
NA 117,122 10,825 12,875 38,675 22,249 21,831 10,667
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census