Malawi 2015-16

Table A-2.11 Children’s living arrangements and orphanhood: Districts
Percent distribution of de jure children under age 18 by living arrangements and survival status of parents, the percentage of children not living with a biological
parent, and the percentage of children with one or both parents dead, according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
Living
with both
parents
Living with mother
but not with father
Father
alive
Father
dead
Living with father
but not with
mother
Mother
alive
Mother
dead
Both
alive
Not living with either parent
Only
father
alive
Only
mother
alive
Both
dead
Missing
information
on
father/
mother
Total
Percentage
not
living
with a
biological
parent
Percentage
with
one or
both
parents
dead 1
Number
of
children
Northern
Chitipa 57.9 10.6 4.1 4.6 0.8 13.5 1.9 4.0 2.2 0.4 100.0 21.5 13.1 1,409
Karonga 58.4 10.2 4.1 4.6 0.8 13.3 1.9 4.0 2.2 0.4 100.0 21.5 13.1 1,365
Likoma 44.2 21.1 4.5 5.0 0.7 17.6 1.2 3.6 1.5 0.7 100.0 23.8 11.4 43
Mzimba 55.5 11.9 4.7 2.8 1.0 18.7 0.9 2.1 1.6 0.8 100.0 23.3 10.3 4,007
Nkhata Bay 40.6 17.6 2.2 3.7 0.3 24.6 2.0 5.1 2.9 0.7 100.0 34.7 12.8 999
Rumphi 56.2 13.8 3.0 4.4 0.4 17.8 0.9 2.5 0.7 0.3 100.0 21.9 7.6 783
Total 54.5 12.6 4.0 3.6 0.8 18.0 1.2 2.9 1.8 0.6 100.0 23.8 10.8 7,868
Central
Dedza 52.3 22.2 5.0 1.1 0.2 13.6 1.5 2.1 1.5 0.3 100.0 18.8 10.5 2,810
Dowa 61.6 15.1 2.6 3.0 1.2 11.7 1.0 2.2 1.2 0.2 100.0 16.2 8.3 2,678
Kasungu 63.5 11.6 3.6 3.5 0.9 12.2 1.2 1.8 1.3 0.4 100.0 16.5 8.8 2,718
Lilongwe 58.7 17.9 3.7 2.5 0.4 11.1 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.2 100.0 16.6 9.6 8,589
Mchinji 57.4 19.3 3.6 3.0 0.7 11.3 1.6 1.5 1.3 0.3 100.0 15.7 8.7 1,966
Nkhotakota 53.6 19.1 4.7 2.6 0.4 15.2 1.1 1.7 1.4 0.0 100.0 19.5 9.4 1,460
Ntcheu 51.8 24.7 6.1 1.1 0.4 10.1 1.7 1.9 1.8 0.5 100.0 15.4 11.8 2,307
Ntchisi 66.7 14.8 2.6 3.0 0.5 8.7 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.2 100.0 12.2 6.5 1,204
Salima 49.1 24.3 4.6 1.5 0.7 14.1 2.5 1.7 1.2 0.3 100.0 19.5 10.8 2,084
Total 57.4 18.6 4.0 2.4 0.6 11.8 1.8 1.9 1.3 0.3 100.0 16.8 9.6 25,817
Southern
Balaka 44.7 23.0 5.2 1.4 0.7 16.3 2.1 2.6 3.6 0.4 100.0 24.7 14.4 1,714
Blantyre 52.0 21.9 4.4 2.8 0.2 11.0 1.7 2.5 3.0 0.5 100.0 18.2 11.8 4,169
Chikhwawa 62.2 10.7 4.5 3.7 1.1 10.5 1.2 3.3 2.3 0.6 100.0 17.2 12.7 2,075
Chiradzulu 47.0 26.6 5.9 0.7 0.1 13.0 1.8 2.8 2.1 0.0 100.0 19.6 12.7 1,325
Machinga 48.8 23.9 4.8 0.7 0.3 14.6 1.9 3.0 1.4 0.6 100.0 20.9 11.5 2,721
Mangochi 41.4 24.7 6.0 1.8 0.5 17.5 2.0 2.9 2.9 0.3 100.0 25.3 14.3 4,655
Mulanje 41.9 26.5 7.0 0.8 0.4 14.7 2.7 3.1 2.5 0.4 100.0 23.0 15.8 3,086
Mwanza 57.6 19.4 4.3 1.8 0.6 10.5 2.0 1.8 1.9 0.2 100.0 16.2 10.6 457
Neno 54.0 21.1 5.6 1.5 0.0 11.9 1.7 2.5 1.4 0.3 100.0 17.5 11.2 659
Nsanje 52.9 16.9 6.3 4.4 1.2 9.5 1.2 2.9 4.6 0.2 100.0 18.1 16.1 1,116
Phalombe 49.0 23.4 7.1 1.0 0.7 11.8 3.0 1.9 1.8 0.4 100.0 18.4 14.5 1,880
Thyolo 43.8 26.3 5.3 1.5 0.1 14.5 2.6 3.0 2.8 0.1 100.0 22.9 13.8 2,860
Zomba 49.1 23.0 6.2 1.0 0.6 12.7 1.7 2.8 2.6 0.3 100.0 19.8 14.1 3,575
Total 48.0 22.9 5.6 1.7 0.5 13.6 2.0 2.8 2.6 0.4 100.0 21.0 13.6 30,294
Total