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Table 17.8 Marital control exercised by husbands<br />

Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 whose husbands/partners have ever demonstrated specific types of controlling behaviours, according to<br />

background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Is jealous or<br />

angry if she<br />

talks to other<br />

men<br />

Frequently<br />

accuses her of<br />

being<br />

unfaithful<br />

Does not<br />

permit her to<br />

meet her<br />

female friends<br />

Percentage of women whose husband/partner:<br />

Tries to limit<br />

her contact<br />

with her family<br />

Insists on<br />

knowing where<br />

she is at all<br />

times<br />

Displays three<br />

or more of the<br />

specific<br />

behaviours<br />

Displays none<br />

of the specific<br />

behaviours<br />

Number of<br />

ever-married<br />

women<br />

Age<br />

15-19 43.9 21.1 10.2 11.9 61.0 20.4 32.0 357<br />

20-24 47.8 22.9 15.2 9.9 59.1 23.4 29.7 1,047<br />

25-29 52.2 22.9 12.9 12.3 62.6 24.7 26.7 1,006<br />

30-39 54.2 24.8 12.2 10.3 61.3 24.7 26.0 1,675<br />

40-49 46.7 23.3 12.3 9.3 55.2 23.0 32.7 899<br />

Religion<br />

Anglican 51.5 23.7 10.5 12.5 59.1 23.6 27.4 857<br />

Catholic 51.6 23.0 14.4 8.7 60.6 25.7 29.1 742<br />

CCAP 1 45.0 14.9 9.3 8.2 61.4 18.5 26.0 110<br />

Muslim 46.4 21.6 15.2 10.5 58.3 21.1 30.7 315<br />

Seventh Day Adventist/<br />

Baptist 50.9 26.4 13.9 11.1 61.1 26.0 27.4 2,258<br />

Other Christian 48.2 15.7 9.9 8.6 56.4 <strong>16</strong>.9 33.2 673<br />

No religion (58.1) (37.6) (<strong>16</strong>.9) (8.9) (84.1) (24.5) (13.4) 28<br />

Ethnic group<br />

Chewa 52.3 26.5 12.5 10.5 66.6 26.3 22.9 1,694<br />

Lomwe 56.6 27.3 14.9 17.0 55.1 27.7 28.9 427<br />

Mang’anja 51.8 23.8 <strong>16</strong>.1 11.2 59.4 24.3 26.7 987<br />

Ngoni 46.4 19.0 12.9 11.4 76.0 21.7 17.7 92<br />

Nkhonde 49.9 18.0 12.3 10.2 53.8 19.5 34.7 733<br />

Nyanja 49.9 19.0 9.7 10.4 58.5 24.6 32.2 <strong>16</strong>4<br />

Sena 37.9 21.4 2.5 2.4 61.1 13.9 29.4 47<br />

Tonga 42.2 19.6 8.5 5.4 51.1 19.6 40.1 577<br />

Tombuka 40.5 27.4 14.5 10.2 51.7 20.3 35.2 132<br />

Yao 42.1 <strong>16</strong>.4 8.9 11.9 63.4 19.4 29.2 50<br />

Other 54.6 28.0 15.7 13.3 71.4 30.6 22.4 80<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 49.8 18.0 11.3 7.6 58.8 19.8 29.4 833<br />

Rural 50.5 24.6 13.1 11.1 60.2 24.6 28.4 4,151<br />

Region<br />

Northern 55.5 28.8 <strong>16</strong>.6 17.2 57.4 28.5 29.4 597<br />

Central 51.4 24.8 11.9 9.2 66.9 25.2 23.0 2,084<br />

Southern 48.1 21.0 12.7 10.0 54.4 21.3 33.4 2,303<br />

Marital status<br />

Married or living together 48.4 20.5 10.8 8.9 59.6 20.8 29.1 4,171<br />

Divorced/separated/<br />

widowed 60.5 38.9 23.1 19.0 62.2 39.6 25.5 813<br />

Number of living<br />

children<br />

0 49.4 20.0 14.7 11.8 66.8 22.9 25.2 315<br />

1-2 48.0 22.1 12.7 10.2 58.8 21.7 30.3 1,865<br />

3-4 50.9 24.3 12.7 10.4 60.6 24.9 27.6 1,652<br />

5+ 53.6 25.6 12.8 10.8 59.1 26.1 27.9 1,152<br />

Employment<br />

Employed for cash 53.7 25.2 13.8 10.5 62.0 26.2 27.1 1,466<br />

Employed not for cash 52.7 24.0 12.3 10.0 63.0 24.5 25.1 2,212<br />

Not employed 42.5 20.7 12.6 11.5 52.7 20.0 36.0 1,306<br />

Education<br />

No education 45.4 26.0 12.9 11.2 55.4 23.4 33.2 7<strong>16</strong><br />

Primary 51.3 25.1 13.4 11.2 60.5 25.2 27.2 3,179<br />

Secondary 52.3 18.0 12.2 8.8 63.4 22.0 28.0 959<br />

More than secondary 39.9 11.6 2.9 3.6 48.6 7.4 40.3 130<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 52.8 30.4 14.3 13.8 58.0 28.6 29.3 1,059<br />

Second 52.3 26.7 14.6 11.3 63.1 27.4 26.0 1,002<br />

Middle 47.3 20.7 11.3 8.5 57.7 19.0 29.2 970<br />

Fourth 49.5 21.8 12.1 10.5 60.5 23.4 29.7 906<br />

Highest 49.5 17.6 11.6 8.4 60.7 20.4 28.6 1,047<br />

Woman afraid of<br />

husband/partner<br />

Most of the time afraid 73.4 48.7 25.7 24.8 76.9 49.7 11.3 966<br />

Sometimes afraid 52.8 23.7 13.0 10.2 60.7 23.9 27.0 1,767<br />

Never afraid 38.5 12.5 7.2 4.7 52.2 12.6 37.2 2,250<br />

Total 50.3 23.5 12.8 10.5 60.0 23.8 28.6 4,984<br />

Note: Husband/partner refers to the current husband/partner for currently married women and the most recent husband/partner for divorced, separated, or<br />

widowed women. Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.<br />

1<br />

Church of Central Africa Presbyterian<br />

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