Malawi 2015-16

Table 7.5 Source of modern contraception methods
Percent distribution of users of modern contraceptive methods age 15-49 by most recent source of method, according to method, Malawi
DHS 2015-16
Source
Female
sterilisation Pill IUD Injectables Implants
Male
condom
Public sector 67.9 81.3 70.4 86.5 81.0 52.7 79.4
Government hospital 28.7 13.4 17.9 12.3 13.8 9.0 15.6
Government health centre 39.2 43.7 45.0 57.0 58.4 31.6 51.7
Government health post/outreach 0.0 6.0 4.8 7.6 5.0 3.9 5.3
Mobile clinic 0.0 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.6 1.7 2.2
Health Surveillance Assistant (HSA) 0.0 13.6 0.3 6.4 1.0 6.2 4.3
Community Based Distribution
Agents (CBDA)/door to door 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3
Christian Health Association of
Malawi (CHAM)/Mission 5.4 2.3 2.4 4.8 3.0 3.2 4.3
CHAM/Mission hospital 4.5 1.1 0.3 2.1 0.7 1.7 2.2
CHAM/Mission health centre 0.9 1.2 1.8 2.3 2.0 1.2 1.9
CHAM/Mission mobile clinic 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2
CHAM/Mission door to door 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Private medical sector 2.8 12.5 5.8 6.8 6.2 5.4 6.1
Private hospital/clinic 2.8 10.5 3.0 5.9 5.5 3.3 5.2
Private pharmacy 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.2
Private doctor 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.1
Private mobile clinic 0.0 0.2 1.3 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4
Private CBDA/door to door 0.0 1.0 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2
Other private medical sector 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Banja La Mtsogolo (BLM) 23.4 2.8 21.5 1.5 9.6 2.0 7.6
Other source 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 35.3 2.4
Shop 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 30.5 1.8
Other 1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 6.2 0.7
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of women 2,044 427 197 5,525 2,200 631 11,070
Note: Total includes other modern methods but excludes lactational amenorrhea method (LAM).
1
Other includes Malawi AIDS Counselling and Resource Organisation (MACRO), Youth Drop-In Centre, church, friend/relative, and
other sources.
Total
Table 7.6 Use of social marketing brand pills and condoms
Percentage of pill and condom users age 15-49 using a specific social marketing brand, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic
Percentage
using
Lofeminol
Among pill users Among condom users 1
Percentage
using
Microgynon
Percentage
using
Ovrette
Number of
women
Percentage
using
Chishango
Percentage
using
Manyuchi
Percentage
using
Silvertouch
Percentage
using Care
(female
condom)
Percentage
using Public
sector
condoms
Number of
women
Residence
Urban 13.8 76.9 6.7 112 35.3 23.4 10.0 2.9 21.7 158
Rural 13.2 81.0 5.7 268 46.7 12.9 7.8 3.2 29.4 391
Region
Northern 21.4 76.1 2.4 56 48.4 6.4 11.4 3.1 30.5 88
Central 7.4 84.1 6.7 163 47.9 16.8 11.3 3.1 15.9 195
Southern 16.6 76.7 6.4 161 38.5 18.5 5.3 3.1 34.3 266
Education
No education (14.2) (85.8) (0.0) 45 (34.5) (3.2) (10.1) (6.3) (46.0) 37
Primary 15.2 77.2 7.6 204 48.3 9.9 7.1 2.5 32.1 270
Secondary 11.8 82.3 3.2 111 41.3 25.3 6.2 1.8 21.5 201
More than secondary * * * 20 (29.4) (21.1) (26.4) (10.7) (5.7) 42
Wealth quintile
Lowest (16.5) (77.8) (5.7) 59 36.9 10.3 14.9 0.0 37.9 76
Second 14.5 81.9 3.5 59 53.2 5.4 5.6 3.9 31.9 84
Middle 15.5 78.1 6.3 66 41.5 14.8 8.5 3.1 32.1 94
Fourth 8.3 81.9 9.8 58 41.7 21.2 6.8 2.9 27.5 100
Highest 12.6 79.6 5.4 139 43.5 20.5 7.9 4.1 18.4 195
Total 13.4 79.8 6.0 380 43.4 15.9 8.4 3.1 27.2 549
Notes: Table excludes pill and condom users who do not know the brand name. Condom use is based on women’s reports. Figures in parentheses are based on
25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.
1
Among condom users not also using the pill.
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