Malawi 2015-16

Table 16.4.1 Ownership of assets: Women
Percent distribution of women age 15-49 by ownership of housing and land, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic Alone Jointly
Percentage who own a house:
Alone and
jointly
Percentage
who do not
own a
house Total Alone Jointly
Percentage who own land:
Alone and
jointly
Percentage
who do not
own land
Total
Number of
women
Age
15-19 10.2 8.0 0.9 80.8 100.0 12.8 7.2 1.0 79.1 100.0 5,263
20-24 29.8 21.1 2.9 46.3 100.0 33.0 19.5 2.4 45.1 100.0 5,159
25-29 37.9 24.5 3.5 34.1 100.0 40.5 21.5 3.0 35.0 100.0 3,953
30-34 42.1 28.4 3.5 26.0 100.0 44.0 23.9 2.4 29.6 100.0 3,668
35-39 48.7 27.4 3.5 20.5 100.0 48.7 23.2 3.0 25.1 100.0 2,924
40-44 54.2 26.7 3.7 15.4 100.0 53.3 22.8 3.3 20.6 100.0 2,029
45-49 57.7 25.7 3.7 12.9 100.0 57.2 21.4 2.9 18.5 100.0 1,567
Residence
Urban 19.4 10.2 1.3 69.1 100.0 15.9 7.7 0.8 75.5 100.0 4,496
Rural 38.2 23.9 3.2 34.6 100.0 41.2 21.1 2.7 34.9 100.0 20,066
Region
Northern 39.9 19.1 1.6 39.5 100.0 40.1 18.4 1.6 39.9 100.0 2,838
Central 32.9 23.3 3.0 40.8 100.0 34.0 20.8 2.0 43.2 100.0 10,529
Southern 35.2 20.3 3.1 41.4 100.0 38.2 16.8 2.9 42.1 100.0 11,194
Education
No education 52.4 26.2 3.7 17.7 100.0 51.1 23.2 3.0 22.7 100.0 2,977
Primary 37.3 23.6 3.1 35.9 100.0 40.0 20.4 2.6 37.0 100.0 15,245
Secondary 21.1 14.3 1.9 62.7 100.0 22.7 13.1 1.7 62.5 100.0 5,598
More than secondary 14.9 11.2 1.1 72.7 100.0 13.2 7.3 1.2 78.3 100.0 742
Wealth quintile
Lowest 49.3 22.5 3.0 25.1 100.0 49.7 20.0 2.8 27.5 100.0 4,745
Second 40.1 27.3 3.5 29.1 100.0 42.1 24.1 2.9 31.0 100.0 4,692
Middle 38.0 25.0 3.4 33.6 100.0 40.8 21.4 2.8 34.9 100.0 4,635
Fourth 29.9 22.0 2.9 45.2 100.0 35.4 19.4 2.1 43.0 100.0 4,680
Highest 20.0 12.4 1.8 65.8 100.0 19.1 10.5 1.5 69.0 100.0 5,810
Total 34.8 21.4 2.9 40.9 100.0 36.6 18.7 2.4 42.3 100.0 24,562
Table 16.4.2 Ownership of assets: Men
Percent distribution of men age 15-49 by ownership of housing and land, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic Alone Jointly
Percentage who own a house:
Alone and
jointly
Percentage
who do not
own a
house Total Alone Jointly
Percentage who own land:
Alone and
jointly
Percentage
who do not
own land
Total
Number of
men
Age
15-19 11.0 4.8 0.4 83.8 100.0 9.9 5.0 0.2 84.9 100.0 1,818
20-24 32.1 7.4 1.5 59.1 100.0 32.7 6.4 1.4 59.5 100.0 1,408
25-29 50.4 9.4 2.0 38.2 100.0 51.5 10.9 1.9 35.7 100.0 1,022
30-34 60.1 10.3 1.8 27.8 100.0 56.3 10.7 1.2 31.9 100.0 925
35-39 63.7 10.2 1.8 24.3 100.0 61.9 9.4 2.5 26.2 100.0 882
40-44 69.0 13.8 2.0 15.3 100.0 67.4 10.3 2.6 19.8 100.0 624
45-49 73.4 12.0 3.6 11.0 100.0 69.7 8.4 2.8 19.1 100.0 450
Residence
Urban 17.6 10.5 1.0 71.0 100.0 19.8 8.2 0.7 71.3 100.0 1,340
Rural 48.5 8.1 1.7 41.6 100.0 46.7 8.0 1.7 43.6 100.0 5,788
Region
Northern 46.9 2.4 0.9 49.9 100.0 54.5 2.7 0.8 42.0 100.0 922
Central 45.0 10.8 1.4 42.8 100.0 42.4 9.6 1.1 46.9 100.0 3,176
Southern 39.0 8.2 1.9 50.9 100.0 36.9 8.1 2.1 52.9 100.0 3,030
Education
No education 62.7 9.8 2.3 25.2 100.0 57.4 11.6 1.8 29.2 100.0 375
Primary 47.9 8.3 1.4 42.4 100.0 44.9 7.6 1.6 45.9 100.0 4,153
Secondary 33.1 8.1 1.6 57.1 100.0 35.0 7.7 1.1 56.2 100.0 2,249
More than secondary 20.9 14.0 1.8 63.3 100.0 28.4 12.9 1.7 56.9 100.0 351
Wealth quintile
Lowest 57.0 10.4 1.3 31.3 100.0 53.8 9.6 1.3 35.3 100.0 1,134
Second 55.5 9.4 1.5 33.7 100.0 50.0 9.6 2.4 38.0 100.0 1,325
Middle 49.8 9.1 1.6 39.5 100.0 47.0 7.5 1.8 43.8 100.0 1,409
Fourth 40.6 6.5 1.9 51.0 100.0 42.5 7.2 1.1 49.2 100.0 1,462
Highest 20.6 8.1 1.4 70.0 100.0 22.8 7.2 1.0 69.0 100.0 1,798
Total 15-49 42.7 8.6 1.5 47.2 100.0 41.6 8.1 1.5 48.8 100.0 7,128
50-54 70.8 13.6 2.8 12.8 100.0 68.3 10.9 3.5 17.3 100.0 350
Total 15-54 44.0 8.8 1.6 45.6 100.0 42.9 8.2 1.6 47.3 100.0 7,478
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