Malawi 2015-16

Table 5.3.1 Trends in age-specific fertility rates
Age-specific fertility rates for 5 year periods before the survey,
by mother’s age at the time of the birth, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Mother’s
age at birth
Number of years preceding survey
0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19
15-19 137 158 172 169
20-24 227 265 294 296
25-29 202 242 275 279
30-34 165 220 235 [260]
35-39 117 167 [201]
40-44 58 [107]
45-49 [21]
Note: Age-specific fertility rates are per 1,000 women. Estimates
in brackets are truncated. Rates exclude the month of interview.
Table 5.3.2 Trends in age-specific and total fertility rates
Age specific and total fertility rates (TFR) for the 3 year period before several surveys, according to mother’s
age at the time of the birth, Malawi DHS 1989-16
Mother’s age
at birth
1992 MDHS
1989-1992
2000 MDHS
1997-2000
2004 MDHS
2001-2004
2010 MDHS
2007-2010
2015-16 MDHS
2012/03-2015/16
15-19 161 172 162 152 136
20-24 287 305 293 269 216
25-29 268 272 254 238 193
30-34 255 219 222 206 157
35-39 197 167 163 162 114
40-44 120 94 80 82 53
45-49 58 41 35 33 18
TFR 15-49 6.7 6.3 6.0 5.7 4.4
Notes: Age-specific fertility rates are per 1,000 women. Rates for age group 45-49 may be slightly biased
due to truncation.
Table 5.4 Children ever born and living
Percent distribution of all women and currently married women age 15-49 by number of children ever born, mean number of children ever born and mean
number of living children, according to age group, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Number of children ever born
Age group 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+
ALL WOMEN
Total
Number
of women
Mean
number of
children
ever born
Mean
number of
living
children
15-19 77.8 20.5 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 5,263 0.24 0.22
20-24 21.3 37.7 30.6 8.9 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 5,159 1.32 1.24
25-29 5.3 11.7 28.0 31.2 16.9 5.4 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0 3,953 2.65 2.46
30-34 1.6 4.2 11.1 23.1 27.3 21.0 7.9 2.7 1.0 0.2 0.0 100.0 3,668 3.86 3.52
35-39 1.2 2.5 5.1 11.6 19.3 23.3 19.8 9.8 5.0 1.9 0.7 100.0 2,924 4.92 4.37
40-44 1.0 2.2 5.1 8.4 11.6 16.5 19.0 16.6 10.4 5.5 3.7 100.0 2,029 5.68 4.84
45-49 1.2 2.6 6.1 5.5 9.1 11.1 14.5 17.5 13.6 9.0 9.9 100.0 1,567 6.29 5.20
Total 22.5 15.5 14.3 12.8 10.9 8.9 6.2 4.1 2.5 1.3 1.0 100.0 24,562 2.79 2.48
CURRENTLY MARRIED WOMEN
15-19 37.6 56.9 5.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 1,235 0.68 0.63
20-24 9.2 41.0 37.1 10.8 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 3,653 1.55 1.46
25-29 2.0 11.0 29.3 32.4 18.2 5.6 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0 3,216 2.77 2.58
30-34 0.7 3.3 10.5 22.5 28.4 22.2 8.2 2.9 1.0 0.2 0.0 100.0 2,990 3.96 3.63
35-39 1.1 2.0 4.4 11.0 19.6 24.7 19.4 10.1 5.1 2.0 0.7 100.0 2,321 4.99 4.46
40-44 0.8 1.9 4.0 7.1 10.6 16.4 19.6 17.6 11.7 5.9 4.4 100.0 1,556 5.89 5.07
45-49 1.0 2.4 5.6 5.4 8.5 10.7 14.8 16.8 14.0 9.6 11.0 100.0 1,160 6.41 5.31
Total 5.8 17.1 18.0 15.8 13.7 11.2 7.5 5.0 3.1 1.6 1.3 100.0 16,130 3.44 3.08
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