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Table <strong>16</strong>.7.1 Ownership and use of bank accounts and mobile phones: Women<br />

Percentage of women age 15-49 who use an account in a bank or other financial institution and<br />

percentage who own a mobile phone; among women who own a mobile phone, percentage who use the<br />

phone for financial transactions, according to background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Use a bank<br />

account<br />

Own a mobile<br />

phone<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Use mobile<br />

phone for<br />

financial<br />

transactions<br />

Number of<br />

women who<br />

own a mobile<br />

phone<br />

Age<br />

15-19 1.7 <strong>16</strong>.1 5,263 22.3 847<br />

20-24 8.7 34.2 5,159 29.3 1,762<br />

25-29 13.4 40.8 3,953 31.0 1,614<br />

30-34 12.9 40.4 3,668 27.2 1,480<br />

35-39 13.3 39.1 2,924 25.3 1,144<br />

40-44 11.8 35.1 2,029 24.7 712<br />

45-49 11.7 32.4 1,567 25.7 507<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 28.2 63.9 4,496 39.2 2,872<br />

Rural 5.4 25.9 20,066 20.7 5,194<br />

Region<br />

Northern 12.4 42.8 2,838 21.0 1,215<br />

Central 10.5 31.5 10,529 28.5 3,3<strong>16</strong><br />

Southern 8.1 31.6 11,194 28.3 3,536<br />

Education<br />

No education 1.9 14.7 2,977 14.8 437<br />

Primary 4.2 24.4 15,245 17.5 3,725<br />

Secondary 18.2 56.9 5,598 33.2 3,183<br />

More than secondary 85.9 97.3 742 59.4 721<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 1.1 7.2 4,745 19.0 340<br />

Second 2.2 17.2 4,692 <strong>16</strong>.0 808<br />

Middle 3.8 25.5 4,635 18.3 1,182<br />

Fourth 6.9 37.7 4,680 20.1 1,763<br />

Highest 29.3 68.4 5,810 36.2 3,973<br />

Total 9.6 32.8 24,562 27.3 8,066<br />

Table <strong>16</strong>.7.2 Ownership and use of bank accounts and mobile phones: Men<br />

Percentage of men age 15-49 who use an account in a bank or other financial institution and percentage<br />

who own a mobile phone; among men who own a mobile phone, percentage who use the phone for<br />

financial transactions, according to background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Use a bank<br />

account<br />

Own a mobile<br />

phone<br />

Number of<br />

men<br />

Use mobile<br />

phone for<br />

financial<br />

transactions<br />

Number of<br />

men who own<br />

a mobile<br />

phone<br />

Age<br />

15-19 3.1 24.7 1,818 15.5 449<br />

20-24 11.9 53.5 1,408 31.1 753<br />

25-29 23.7 64.1 1,022 34.4 655<br />

30-34 26.2 61.7 925 33.8 571<br />

35-39 29.4 70.3 882 32.6 621<br />

40-44 23.4 62.0 624 30.0 386<br />

45-49 27.5 62.9 450 30.3 283<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 43.2 73.8 1,340 52.6 989<br />

Rural 11.4 47.1 5,788 22.2 2,729<br />

Region<br />

Northern 18.8 59.1 922 25.9 546<br />

Central 19.6 52.4 3,176 33.6 1,665<br />

Southern 14.6 49.7 3,030 28.2 1,506<br />

Education<br />

No education 4.1 33.8 375 15.3 127<br />

Primary 7.2 40.1 4,153 17.9 1,665<br />

Secondary 26.9 70.6 2,249 34.7 1,588<br />

More than secondary 90.2 96.1 351 76.0 338<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 1.9 <strong>16</strong>.5 1,134 14.6 187<br />

Second 3.6 40.8 1,325 12.2 541<br />

Middle 8.3 51.8 1,409 21.1 730<br />

Fourth 17.5 59.8 1,462 22.0 874<br />

Highest 44.2 77.1 1,798 49.5 1,386<br />

Total 15-49 17.4 52.2 7,128 30.3 3,717<br />

50-54 21.7 50.1 350 27.1 175<br />

Total 15-54 17.6 52.1 7,478 30.1 3,893<br />

Women’s Empowerment • 269

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