Malawi 2015-16

Table 16.2.2 Control over men’s cash earnings
Percent distributions of currently married men age 15-49 who receive cash earnings and of currently married women age 15-49 whose husbands receive cash
earnings, by person who decides how husband’s cash earnings are used, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Men
Women
Person who decides how husband’s cash
earnings are used:
Person who decides how husband’s cash
earnings are used:
Background
characteristic
Mainly
wife
Husband
and wife
jointly
Mainly
husband
Other
Total
Number
of men
Mainly
wife
Husband
and wife
jointly
Mainly
husband
Other
Total
Number
of women
Age
15-19 (10.6) (59.9) (29.5) (0.0) 100.0 37 7.8 46.3 44.9 1.0 100.0 1,193
20-24 6.3 51.2 42.4 0.1 100.0 358 6.9 48.3 44.6 0.2 100.0 3,549
25-29 7.7 55.8 36.3 0.1 100.0 549 7.7 48.3 43.9 0.2 100.0 3,139
30-34 7.3 58.3 34.4 0.0 100.0 612 8.6 47.4 43.9 0.0 100.0 2,912
35-39 5.1 59.2 35.7 0.0 100.0 592 7.8 49.2 43.0 0.0 100.0 2,253
40-44 10.4 58.6 31.0 0.0 100.0 392 8.9 48.0 43.1 0.0 100.0 1,496
45-49 6.8 58.4 34.8 0.0 100.0 284 8.7 44.9 46.1 0.3 100.0 1,113
Number of living
children
0 8.7 51.0 40.2 0.1 100.0 198 9.6 48.9 40.9 0.5 100.0 1,041
1-2 6.9 55.8 37.2 0.0 100.0 1,024 8.0 49.9 41.8 0.3 100.0 5,889
3-4 5.5 62.7 31.8 0.1 100.0 865 7.7 47.0 45.2 0.1 100.0 5,044
5+ 9.3 54.3 36.5 0.0 100.0 736 7.5 45.3 47.1 0.1 100.0 3,682
Residence
Urban 7.6 64.6 27.8 0.0 100.0 625 11.1 58.0 30.8 0.0 100.0 2,550
Rural 7.1 55.1 37.8 0.0 100.0 2,199 7.3 45.8 46.7 0.2 100.0 13,105
Region
Northern 6.4 56.8 36.7 0.1 100.0 389 12.8 40.6 46.2 0.4 100.0 1,946
Central 4.1 61.4 34.4 0.1 100.0 1,170 6.1 49.5 44.3 0.1 100.0 6,811
Southern 10.4 53.3 36.3 0.0 100.0 1,266 8.3 48.2 43.2 0.2 100.0 6,898
Education
No education 8.0 56.5 35.1 0.4 100.0 190 8.0 41.1 50.8 0.1 100.0 2,219
Primary 6.5 51.8 41.7 0.0 100.0 1,549 7.5 45.8 46.5 0.3 100.0 10,078
Secondary 8.9 63.0 28.1 0.0 100.0 861 8.9 56.9 34.2 0.0 100.0 2,995
More than secondary 5.3 72.6 22.1 0.0 100.0 224 10.7 71.0 18.3 0.0 100.0 363
Wealth quintile
Lowest 7.8 53.6 38.6 0.0 100.0 446 8.3 42.1 49.3 0.2 100.0 2,901
Second 8.8 52.4 38.6 0.2 100.0 521 7.2 45.8 46.8 0.2 100.0 3,285
Middle 7.9 53.5 38.6 0.0 100.0 540 7.9 46.1 46.0 0.1 100.0 3,105
Fourth 5.3 59.2 35.4 0.0 100.0 581 7.4 46.9 45.5 0.2 100.0 3,062
Highest 6.7 63.8 29.5 0.0 100.0 737 8.7 57.4 33.7 0.2 100.0 3,302
Total 15-49 7.2 57.2 35.6 0.0 100.0 2,824 7.9 47.8 44.1 0.2 100.0 15,655
50-54 3.5 60.0 36.4 0.0 100.0 202 na na na na na na
Total 15-54 7.0 57.4 35.6 0.0 100.0 3,026 na na na na na na
na = Not applicable.
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
Table 16.3 Women’s control over their own earnings and over those of their husbands
Percent distribution of currently married women age 15-49 with cash earnings in the last 12 months by person who decides how the wife’s cash earnings are used;
and percent distribution of currently married women age 15-49 whose husbands have cash earnings by person who decides how the husband’s cash earnings are
used, according to the relation between wife’s and husband’s cash earnings, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Women’s earnings relative
to husband’s earnings
Person who decides how wife’s cash
earnings are used:
Mainly
wife
Wife and
husband
jointly
Mainly
husband
Other
Total
Number
of women
Person who decides how husband’s cash
earnings are used:
Mainly
wife
Wife and
husband
jointly
Mainly
husband
Other
Total
Number
of women
More than husband 43.2 40.5 16.2 0.0 100.0 334 21.9 46.8 31.3 0.0 100.0 334
Less than husband 31.1 42.1 26.8 0.1 100.0 3,032 8.2 44.8 46.9 0.0 100.0 3,032
Same as husband 10.6 64.3 25.2 0.0 100.0 619 4.6 63.8 31.6 0.0 100.0 619
Husband has no cash
earnings or did not work 13.4 79.8 6.7 0.0 100.0 262 na na na na na na
Woman worked but has
no cash earnings na na na na na na 6.7 51.9 41.1 0.2 100.0 7,145
Woman did not work na na na na na na 8.8 41.5 49.5 0.3 100.0 4,441
Don’t know/missing 49.5 34.7 15.9 0.0 100.0 84 17.4 31.0 51.6 0.0 100.0 84
Total 1 28.4 47.3 24.3 0.1 100.0 4,332 7.9 47.8 44.1 0.2 100.0 15,655
na = Not applicable.
1
Includes cases where a woman does not know whether she earned more or less than her husband.
264 • Women’s Empowerment