Table 12.  Economic Activity by Madang Districts, PNG: 1990
  Total      Bogia      Madang      Middle Ramu      Rai Coast      Sumkar      Usino Bundi
   Total
Total 170,353 15,394 60,371 33,982 21,403 18,894 20,309
Wage job 14,754 323 7,974 1,108 312 3,125 1,912
Paid business 1,302 126 514 326 86 45 205
Self employed 5,423 281 1,977 724 1,341 282 818
Paid farming 47,237 4,975 15,612 12,179 4,006 5,020 5,445
Subsistence farming 37,420 4,841 7,687 8,819 8,483 4,463 3,127
Student 24,263 1,921 10,709 4,521 1,784 1,907 3,421
Housework 19,388 1,591 5,294 3,598 3,768 2,114 3,023
Too old to work 4,266 431 1,644 899 365 353 574
Handicapped 824 71 239 232 54 89 139
Unemployed 7,795 187 4,814 933 507 551 803
Other 7,575 636 3,890 632 669 908 840
Household activity 106 11 17 11 28 37 2
   Male
Total 90,726 7,695 32,533 17,405 10,963 11,245 10,885
Wage job 12,330 287 6,340 971 272 2,729 1,731
Paid business 1,099 95 418 307 65 36 178
Self employed 4,190 198 1,372 592 1,066 228 734
Paid farming 24,679 2,696 7,610 6,086 2,157 2,971 3,159
Subsistence farming 20,279 2,404 3,810 5,096 4,979 2,229 1,761
Student 14,435 1,158 6,183 2,654 1,200 1,339 1,901
Housework 1,354 103 274 174 298 447 58
Too old to work 1,919 182 769 393 148 182 245
Handicapped 491 45 139 141 32 54 80
Unemployed 5,448 129 3,422 597 332 407 561
Other 4,432 391 2,186 387 394 598 476
Household activity 70 7 10 7 20 25 1
   Female
Total 79,627 7,699 27,838 16,577 10,440 7,649 9,424
Wage job 2,424 36 1,634 137 40 396 181
Paid business 203 31 96 19 21 9 27
Self employed 1,233 83 605 132 275 54 84
Paid farming 22,558 2,279 8,002 6,093 1,849 2,049 2,286
Subsistence farming 17,141 2,437 3,877 3,723 3,504 2,234 1,366
Student 9,828 763 4,526 1,867 584 568 1,520
Housework 18,034 1,488 5,020 3,424 3,470 1,667 2,965
Too old to work 2,347 249 875 506 217 171 329
Handicapped 333 26 100 91 22 35 59
Unemployed 2,347 58 1,392 336 175 144 242
Other 3,143 245 1,704 245 275 310 364
Household activity 36 4 7 4 8 12 1
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census