Malawi 2015-16

Figure 14.1 HIV prevalence by age ....................................................................................... 230
Figure 14.2 Trends in HIV prevalence .................................................................................. 231
Figure 14.3 HIV prevalence by residence and sex ................................................................ 231
Figure 14.4 HIV prevalence by region .................................................................................. 232
Figure 14.5 HIV prevalence by number of lifetime partners ................................................ 232
Figure 14.6 HIV prevalence in couples ................................................................................. 233
15 ADULT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY ............................................................................. 245
Table 15.1 Completeness of information on siblings ........................................................... 249
Table 15.2 Adult mortality rates .......................................................................................... 249
Table 15.3 Adult mortality probabilities .............................................................................. 249
Table 15.4 Maternal mortality ............................................................................................. 250
Figure 15.1 Adult mortality rates by age ............................................................................... 246
Figure 15.2 Trends in pregnancy-related mortality ratio (PRMR) with confidence
intervals .............................................................................................................. 248
16 WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT ................................................................................................ 251
Table 16.1 Employment and cash earnings of currently married women and men ............. 262
Table 16.2.1 Control over women’s cash earnings and relative magnitude of women’s
cash earnings ...................................................................................................... 263
Table 16.2.2 Control over men’s cash earnings ...................................................................... 264
Table 16.3 Women’s control over their own earnings and over those of their husbands .... 264
Table 16.4.1 Ownership of assets: Women ............................................................................. 265
Table 16.4.2 Ownership of assets: Men .................................................................................. 265
Table 16.5.1 Ownership of title or deed for house: Women ................................................... 266
Table 16.5.2 Ownership of title or deed for house: Men ........................................................ 267
Table 16.6.1 Ownership of title or deed for land: Women ..................................................... 268
Table 16.6.2 Ownership of title or deed for land: Men ........................................................... 268
Table 16.7.1 Ownership and use of bank accounts and mobile phones: Women ................... 269
Table 16.7.2 Ownership and use of bank accounts and mobile phones: Men ........................ 269
Table 16.8 Participation in decision making ........................................................................ 270
Table 16.9.1 Women’s participation in decision making by background characteristics ....... 270
Table 16.9.2 Men’s participation in decision making by background characteristics ............ 271
Table 16.10.1 Attitude toward wife beating: Women ............................................................... 272
Table 16.10.2 Attitude toward wife beating: Men .................................................................... 273
Table 16.11 Attitudes toward negotiating safer sexual relations with husband ..................... 274
Table 16.12 Ability to negotiate sexual relations with husband ............................................ 275
Table 16.13 Indicators of women’s empowerment ................................................................ 275
Table 16.14 Current use of contraception by women’s empowerment .................................. 276
Table 16.15 Ideal number of children and unmet need for family planning by women’s
empowerment ..................................................................................................... 276
Table 16.16 Reproductive health care by women’s empowerment ....................................... 277
Table 16.17 Early childhood mortality rates by indicators of women’s empowerment ........ 277
Figure 16.1 Employment by age ........................................................................................... 252
Figure 16.2 Control over woman’s earnings ......................................................................... 253
Figure 16.3 Ownership of assets ........................................................................................... 254
Figure 16.4 Women’s participation in decision making........................................................ 256
Figure 16.5 Men’s participation in decision making ............................................................. 257
Figure 16.6 Attitudes towards wife beating .......................................................................... 258
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