Malawi 2015-16

Table 16.5.2 Ownership of title or deed for house: Men
Among men age 15-49 who own a house, percent distribution by whether the house owned has a title or deed and
whether or not the man’s name appears on the title or deed, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-
16
House has a title or deed and:
Background
characteristic
Man’s name is
on title/deed
Man’s name is
not on
title/deed
Does not have
a title/deed
Don’t know/
missing
Total
Number of
men who own
a house 1
Age
15-19 6.1 3.5 87.6 2.8 100.0 294
20-24 1.1 1.7 97.1 0.1 100.0 576
25-29 2.1 1.4 96.2 0.3 100.0 632
30-34 3.2 0.8 95.9 0.2 100.0 668
35-39 6.8 0.4 92.5 0.4 100.0 668
40-44 4.1 0.4 94.9 0.6 100.0 528
45-49 8.1 1.6 89.9 0.3 100.0 400
Residence
Urban 25.7 8.8 63.7 1.7 100.0 389
Rural 1.7 0.3 97.6 0.4 100.0 3,377
Region
Northern 5.0 0.5 94.3 0.3 100.0 462
Central 5.2 1.8 92.4 0.6 100.0 1,816
Southern 2.8 0.7 96.1 0.4 100.0 1,489
Education
No education 1.2 0.0 98.8 0.0 100.0 281
Primary 2.2 0.2 97.0 0.5 100.0 2,393
Secondary 5.3 3.4 90.7 0.6 100.0 964
More than secondary 39.2 5.0 55.8 0.0 100.0 129
Wealth quintile
Lowest 0.0 0.0 99.7 0.3 100.0 779
Second 1.2 0.4 98.4 0.1 100.0 878
Middle 1.1 0.3 98.1 0.5 100.0 853
Fourth 2.4 1.0 96.0 0.7 100.0 717
Highest 22.6 5.9 70.2 1.3 100.0 540
Total 15-49 4.2 1.2 94.1 0.5 100.0 3,766
50-54 6.3 1.0 92.8 0.0 100.0 305
Total 15-54 4.4 1.2 94.0 0.5 100.0 4,071
1
Includes alone, joint, or alone and joint ownership.
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