Malawi 2015-16

Table A-2.7 Hand washing: Districts
Percentage of households in which the place most often used for washing hands was observed by whether the location was fixed or mobile and total percentage of
households in which the place for hand washing was observed; and among households in which the place for hand washing was observed, percent distribution by
availability of water, soap and other cleansing agents, according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
Percentage of households in which
place for washing hands was
observed:
And place
for handwashing
was in
fixed place
And place
for handwashing
was mobile
Total
Number of
households
Among households where place for hand washing was observed, percentage with:
Soap and
water 1
Water and
cleansing
agent 2
other than
soap only Water only
Soap but
no water 3
Cleansing
agent other
than soap
only 2
No water,
no soap,
no other
cleansing
agent
Total
Number of
households
with place
for hand
washing
observed
Northern
Chitipa 28.6 54.5 83.1 270 6.0 0.5 15.2 4.7 1.3 72.3 100.0 224
Karonga 20.2 61.4 81.6 512 24.7 0.8 41.5 3.0 0.0 30.0 100.0 418
Likoma 32.7 59.9 92.7 19 21.0 0.2 42.0 2.8 0.0 34.0 100.0 18
Mzimba 23.6 69.2 92.8 1,515 13.8 0.3 34.0 2.6 0.1 49.2 100.0 1,406
Nkhata Bay 23.9 68.1 92.0 349 9.0 0.2 16.6 4.7 0.3 69.3 100.0 321
Rumphi 35.1 60.6 95.6 295 15.9 0.7 23.6 9.1 0.6 50.1 100.0 282
Total 24.7 65.5 90.2 2,960 14.6 0.4 30.5 3.8 0.3 50.5 100.0 2,670
Central
Dedza 15.5 75.5 91.0 1,212 15.3 1.4 48.0 2.8 0.1 32.4 100.0 1,103
Dowa 19.1 65.8 84.9 1,179 7.5 3.1 33.5 0.6 0.3 55.0 100.0 1,002
Kasungu 22.8 69.1 91.9 1,045 13.8 1.7 19.7 12.2 1.8 50.9 100.0 961
Lilongwe 14.8 60.9 75.7 3,998 9.9 1.1 16.9 0.8 2.0 69.3 100.0 3,026
Mchinji 7.1 78.7 85.8 766 10.4 0.8 34.3 1.4 0.0 53.1 100.0 657
Nkhotakota 30.2 63.2 93.4 523 10.7 2.3 31.4 1.6 0.6 53.3 100.0 488
Ntcheu 9.9 56.8 66.7 1,014 5.7 2.5 24.4 1.7 0.8 64.9 100.0 676
Ntchisi 21.0 57.8 78.8 473 3.1 1.1 23.1 0.9 0.5 71.3 100.0 373
Salima 22.3 67.0 89.4 742 9.3 2.0 36.5 1.7 0.4 50.1 100.0 663
Total 16.6 65.1 81.7 10,952 10.1 1.6 27.3 2.5 1.0 57.4 100.0 8,949
Southern
Balaka 51.5 39.1 90.6 671 14.7 4.0 38.0 2.9 0.7 39.7 100.0 608
Blantyre 15.8 79.2 95.0 1,999 9.1 0.6 18.0 1.6 0.2 70.5 100.0 1,900
Chikhwawa 23.9 64.1 88.0 853 10.7 2.9 26.5 3.3 0.8 55.9 100.0 751
Chiradzulu 13.3 66.6 79.9 608 13.3 2.2 30.2 0.6 0.3 53.4 100.0 485
Machinga 28.0 58.0 86.1 991 14.5 2.2 23.7 3.7 1.8 54.1 100.0 853
Mangochi 32.0 38.9 70.8 1,656 12.4 0.3 50.2 2.2 0.6 34.4 100.0 1,173
Mulanje 15.8 71.2 86.9 1,243 4.4 1.9 16.1 3.7 0.9 73.0 100.0 1,080
Mwanza 8.8 56.8 65.6 204 4.9 0.2 32.3 0.4 0.0 62.3 100.0 134
Neno 9.8 55.3 65.1 261 3.9 0.8 11.9 4.9 0.8 77.7 100.0 170
Nsanje 20.1 70.9 91.0 426 6.1 3.3 13.1 1.5 0.5 75.5 100.0 387
Phalombe 14.4 66.9 81.3 700 2.6 3.1 11.7 2.9 1.2 78.5 100.0 569
Thyolo 10.2 67.9 78.1 1,297 12.6 3.4 27.3 1.6 1.6 53.5 100.0 1,013
Zomba 18.1 62.0 80.1 1,542 8.6 2.9 17.1 4.3 3.4 63.8 100.0 1,235
Total 20.8 62.4 83.2 12,449 9.7 2.1 24.6 2.6 1.1 59.8 100.0 10,358
Total 19.5 63.9 83.4 26,361 10.5 1.7 26.4 2.7 1.0 57.7 100.0 21,977
1
Soap includes soap or detergent in bar, liquid, powder or paste form. This column includes households with soap and water only as well as those that had soap and
water and another cleansing agent.
2
Cleansing agents other than soap include locally available materials such as ash, mud or sand
3
Includes households with soap only as well as those with soap and another cleansing agent
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