Malawi 2015-16

Table 7.13 Decision-making about family planning
Among currently married women age 15-49 who are current users of family planning, percent distribution by who makes the decision to use family planning,
among currently married women who are not currently using family planning, percent distribution by who makes the decision not to use family planning, according
to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Among currently married women who are
current users of family planning
Among currently married women who are not
using family planning
Background
characteristic
Mainly
wife
Wife and
husband
jointly
Mainly
husband
Other/
don’t
know/
missing
Total
Number
of women
Mainly
wife
Wife and
husband
jointly
Mainly
husband
Other/
don’t
know/
missing
Total
Number
of women
Age
15-19 8.4 82.9 8.3 0.3 100.0 470 20.9 63.9 9.1 6.1 100.0 451
20-24 9.5 83.0 7.2 0.3 100.0 2,031 28.7 59.5 8.6 3.2 100.0 1,048
25-29 11.0 81.9 6.7 0.5 100.0 1,998 32.5 55.0 9.2 3.4 100.0 886
30-34 14.5 78.5 5.9 1.0 100.0 1,947 36.2 52.2 9.1 2.5 100.0 800
35-39 13.8 79.0 5.9 1.2 100.0 1,548 33.2 54.8 7.6 4.5 100.0 642
40-44 18.0 74.8 5.6 1.6 100.0 960 32.1 52.6 9.6 5.7 100.0 572
45-49 16.9 73.0 6.2 3.9 100.0 599 30.8 57.1 6.0 6.1 100.0 545
Number of living
children
0 13.4 70.1 11.2 5.3 100.0 51 19.0 67.7 6.6 6.7 100.0 542
1-2 10.3 82.8 6.0 0.9 100.0 3,561 29.7 57.9 8.4 4.1 100.0 1,835
3-4 13.3 79.0 6.9 0.9 100.0 3,382 34.0 53.2 9.4 3.4 100.0 1,442
5+ 15.7 76.7 6.4 1.2 100.0 2,559 35.5 51.9 8.7 3.9 100.0 1,125
Residence
Urban 16.6 80.3 2.2 0.9 100.0 1,649 29.4 62.0 5.3 3.3 100.0 733
Rural 12.0 79.6 7.3 1.0 100.0 7,904 31.4 55.2 9.1 4.3 100.0 4,211
Region
Northern 12.4 78.0 8.2 1.4 100.0 1,125 19.9 67.0 9.3 3.8 100.0 662
Central 10.4 84.2 4.5 1.0 100.0 4,453 28.1 60.2 5.7 5.9 100.0 1,779
Southern 15.7 75.3 8.2 0.9 100.0 3,975 36.1 50.5 10.3 3.0 100.0 2,502
Education
No education 16.7 73.3 8.3 1.6 100.0 1,251 40.5 46.3 9.4 3.8 100.0 888
Primary 12.6 79.7 6.8 0.9 100.0 6,227 29.7 57.2 8.7 4.4 100.0 3,067
Secondary 10.5 83.8 4.9 0.7 100.0 1,846 27.5 61.0 7.6 3.9 100.0 872
More than secondary 16.0 81.8 0.5 1.7 100.0 228 22.2 71.4 4.8 1.7 100.0 117
Wealth quintile
Lowest 13.1 78.1 8.1 0.7 100.0 1,626 34.6 52.6 9.2 3.6 100.0 1,021
Second 13.8 77.4 7.7 1.2 100.0 1,988 29.4 55.8 8.9 5.9 100.0 988
Middle 11.1 80.3 7.2 1.3 100.0 1,904 32.9 53.8 9.6 3.7 100.0 986
Fourth 12.8 80.3 6.0 0.9 100.0 1,911 31.7 55.6 8.7 4.0 100.0 953
Highest 13.1 82.2 3.8 0.9 100.0 2,122 26.8 63.4 6.4 3.5 100.0 996
Total 12.8 79.7 6.5 1.0 100.0 9,552 31.1 56.2 8.5 4.2 100.0 4,944
Note: Table excludes women who are currently pregnant.
Table 7.14 Future use of contraception
Percent distribution of currently married women age 15-49 who are not using a contraceptive method by
intention to use in the future, according to number of living children, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Number of living children 1
Intention to use in the future 0 1 2 3 4+
Total
Intends to use 74.4 78.5 74.9 69.1 59.2 69.3
Unsure 4.8 4.2 3.5 4.0 3.6 3.9
Does not intend to use 20.7 17.3 21.7 26.9 37.2 26.8
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of women 542 1,422 1,289 1,064 2,260 6,578
1
Includes current pregnancy.
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