Table 12.  Economic Activity by Morobe Districts, PNG: 1990
  Total      Bulolo      Finschafen      Huon      Kabwum      Lae      Markham      Menyamya      Nawae      Tawae/Siassi
   Total
Total 266,306 33,509 27,429 25,526 109,016 26,378 11,726 25,699 7,023 0
Wage job 28,659 1,038 485 500 22,273 492 818 2,851 202 0
Paid business 1,704 149 109 116 760 81 194 252 43 0
Self employed 7,815 784 583 621 2,542 345 474 2,401 65 0
Paid farming 66,364 10,280 5,416 10,550 15,974 9,812 4,112 7,513 2,707 0
Subsistence farming 57,444 10,835 11,565 6,112 12,566 8,191 2,966 2,990 2,219 0
Student 41,823 5,944 4,114 3,557 19,636 2,108 1,450 3,864 1,150 0
Housework 25,663 1,566 1,896 1,779 14,978 2,508 569 2,211 156 0
Too old to work 6,511 1,039 1,020 657 2,408 383 346 406 252 0
Handicapped 1,306 216 128 238 498 26 59 100 41 0
Unemployed 20,251 537 880 494 14,152 1,183 561 2,428 16 0
Other 8,590 1,087 1,176 897 3,192 1,223 174 670 171 0
Household activity 176 34 57 5 37 26 3 13 1 0
   Male
Total 138,824 16,033 12,437 12,781 60,475 13,359 6,135 14,089 3,515 0
Wage job 23,818 869 405 422 18,229 425 759 2,561 148 0
Paid business 1,476 136 91 103 656 69 178 205 38 0
Self employed 5,889 563 449 490 1,766 292 453 1,827 49 0
Paid farming 31,986 4,917 2,381 5,198 7,762 5,374 1,862 3,178 1,314 0
Subsistence farming 27,014 4,752 5,019 3,057 6,252 4,071 1,281 1,520 1,062 0
Student 24,741 3,320 2,343 2,181 11,704 1,445 846 2,261 641 0
Housework 1,508 80 144 107 942 82 78 67 8 0
Too old to work 2,713 374 393 242 1,074 153 160 185 132 0
Handicapped 730 114 69 126 296 13 31 61 20 0
Unemployed 14,087 346 540 352 9,926 719 382 1,810 12 0
Other 4,772 547 582 500 1,844 699 103 406 91 0
Household activity 90 15 21 3 24 17 2 8 0 0
   Female
Total 127,482 17,476 14,992 12,745 48,541 13,019 5,591 11,610 3,508 0
Wage job 4,841 169 80 78 4,044 67 59 290 54 0
Paid business 228 13 18 13 104 12 16 47 5 0
Self employed 1,926 221 134 131 776 53 21 574 16 0
Paid farming 34,378 5,363 3,035 5,352 8,212 4,438 2,250 4,335 1,393 0
Subsistence farming 30,430 6,083 6,546 3,055 6,314 4,120 1,685 1,470 1,157 0
Student 17,082 2,624 1,771 1,376 7,932 663 604 1,603 509 0
Housework 24,155 1,486 1,752 1,672 14,036 2,426 491 2,144 148 0
Too old to work 3,798 665 627 415 1,334 230 186 221 120 0
Handicapped 576 102 59 112 202 13 28 39 21 0
Unemployed 6,164 191 340 142 4,226 464 179 618 4 0
Other 3,818 540 594 397 1,348 524 71 264 80 0
Household activity 86 19 36 2 13 9 1 5 1 0
Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census