Table 13. Looking for Work and Non-economic Activity by District, Western Highlands: 2000
	Total	Dei	Mt Hagen	Mul/Baiyer	Tambul/Nebilyer
Total	93,453	26,429	25,256	17,417	24,351
Looking for work	18,575	5,170	6,922	2,604	3,879
Not looking	74,878	21,259	18,334	14,813	20,472
Males	49,668	14,141	12,724	9,556	13,247
Looking for work	10,048	2,794	3,789	1,373	2,092
Not looking	39,620	11,347	8,935	8,183	11,155
Females	43,785	12,288	12,532	7,861	11,104
Looking for work	8,527	2,376	3,133	1,231	1,787
Not looking	35,258	9,912	9,399	6,630	9,317
REASON NOT WORKING
Total	94,996	27,193	25,507	17,704	24,592
Housework	23,512	6,775	7,273	3,377	6,087
Studying	20,236	6,089	7,127	3,065	3,955
Waiting for a job	1,139	340	409	170	220
Looking for a job	4,340	815	2,725	294	506
Too young	17,650	4,997	2,586	4,425	5,642
Too old	5,857	1,736	1,119	1,283	1,719
Sick	7,856	2,317	1,076	2,342	2,121
Disabled	1,337	417	222	293	405
Other	13,069	3,707	2,970	2,455	3,937
Males	50,420	14,506	12,852	9,725	13,337
Housework	8,717	2,855	1,882	1,391	2,589
Studying	11,840	3,543	4,015	1,919	2,363
Waiting for a job	830	239	314	131	146
Looking for a job	3,209	592	2,002	226	389
Too young	10,319	2,912	1,498	2,608	3,301
Too old	2,847	821	556	632	838
Sick	4,235	1,213	610	1,258	1,154
Disabled	819	254	137	177	251
Other	7,604	2,077	1,838	1,383	2,306
Females	44,576	12,687	12,655	7,979	11,255
Housework	14,795	3,920	5,391	1,986	3,498
Studying	8,396	2,546	3,112	1,146	1,592
Waiting for a job	309	101	95	39	74
Looking for a job	1,131	223	723	68	117
Too young	7,331	2,085	1,088	1,817	2,341
Too old	3,010	915	563	651	881
Sick	3,621	1,104	466	1,084	967
Disabled	518	163	85	116	154
Other	5,465	1,630	1,132	1,072	1,631
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census