Malawi 2015-16

Table 3.9.2 Health insurance coverage: Men .......................................................................... 48
Table 3.10.1 Tobacco smoking: Women .................................................................................. 49
Table 3.10.2 Tobacco smoking: Men ........................................................................................ 50
Table 3.11 Average number of cigarettes smoked daily: Men .............................................. 51
Table 3.12 Smokeless tobacco use ......................................................................................... 51
Table 3.13.1 Knowledge and attitude concerning tuberculosis: Women .................................. 52
Table 3.13.2 Knowledge and attitude concerning tuberculosis: Men ....................................... 53
Figure 3.1 Education of survey respondents ......................................................................... 32
Figure 3.2 Secondary education by household wealth .......................................................... 32
Figure 3.3 Exposure to mass media ....................................................................................... 33
Figure 3.4 Employment status by residence .......................................................................... 34
Figure 3.5 Occupation ........................................................................................................... 35
4 MARRIAGE AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY .................................................................................. 55
Table 4.1 Current marital status ........................................................................................... 60
Table 4.2.1 Number of women’s co-wives ............................................................................. 60
Table 4.2.2 Number of men’s wives ....................................................................................... 61
Table 4.3 Age at first marriage ............................................................................................ 62
Table 4.4 Median age at first marriage according to background characteristics ................ 63
Table 4.5 Age at first sexual intercourse .............................................................................. 64
Table 4.6 Median age at first sexual intercourse according to background characteristics . 65
Table 4.7.1 Recent sexual activity: Women ............................................................................ 66
Table 4.7.2 Recent sexual activity: Men ................................................................................. 67
Figure 4.1 Marital status ........................................................................................................ 56
Figure 4.2 Polygyny by region .............................................................................................. 56
Figure 4.3 Women’s median age at marriage by education .................................................. 57
Figure 4.4 Median age at first sex and first marriage ............................................................ 58
5 FERTILITY ................................................................................................................................... 69
Table 5.1 Current fertility .................................................................................................... 76
Table 5.2 Fertility by background characteristics ................................................................ 76
Table 5.3.1 Trends in age-specific fertility rates ..................................................................... 77
Table 5.3.2 Trends in age-specific and total fertility rates ...................................................... 77
Table 5.4 Children ever born and living .............................................................................. 77
Table 5.5 Birth intervals ...................................................................................................... 78
Table 5.6 Postpartum amenorrhea, abstinence, and insusceptibility .................................... 79
Table 5.7 Median duration of amenorrhea, postpartum abstinence, and postpartum
insusceptibility ..................................................................................................... 79
Table 5.8 Menopause ........................................................................................................... 80
Table 5.9 Age at first birth ................................................................................................... 80
Table 5.10 Median age at first birth ....................................................................................... 81
Table 5.11 Teenage pregnancy and motherhood ................................................................... 81
Figure 5.1 Trends in fertility by residence ............................................................................ 70
Figure 5.2 Trends in age-specific fertility ............................................................................. 70
Figure 5.3 Fertility by household wealth ............................................................................... 70
Figure 5.4 Birth intervals ...................................................................................................... 71
Figure 5.5 Median age at birth by education ......................................................................... 73
Figure 5.6 Teenage pregnancy and motherhood by region ................................................... 74
Figure 5.7 Teenage pregnancy and motherhood by household wealth ................................. 74
Figure 5.8 Sexual and reproductive health behaviours before age 15 ................................... 74
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