Malawi 2015-16

Table A-3.6.2 Employment status: Men by districts
Percent distribution of men age 15-49 by employment status, according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
Employed in the 12 months
preceding the survey
Currently
employed 1
Not employed
in the 12
months
preceding the
survey
Not currently
employed Total Number of men
Northern
Chitipa 94.9 2.0 3.1 100.0 73
Karonga 88.6 3.7 7.7 100.0 149
Likoma 82.5 6.7 10.7 100.0 6
Mzimba 70.7 4.5 24.8 100.0 493
Nkhata Bay 78.4 4.4 17.2 100.0 108
Rumphi 80.6 4.9 14.5 100.0 94
Total 77.5 4.2 18.3 100.0 922
Central
Dedza 81.2 3.6 15.2 100.0 306
Dowa 78.4 14.9 6.7 100.0 342
Kasungu 66.3 19.2 14.5 100.0 323
Lilongwe 89.6 3.6 6.8 100.0 1,192
Mchinji 94.8 0.9 4.3 100.0 252
Nkhotakota 73.4 1.7 24.9 100.0 156
Ntcheu 85.9 2.8 11.3 100.0 264
Ntchisi 78.8 13.0 8.2 100.0 143
Salima 92.2 3.5 4.4 100.0 198
Total 84.2 6.5 9.4 100.0 3,176
Southern
Balaka 86.9 5.0 8.2 100.0 149
Blantyre 66.7 0.8 32.5 100.0 542
Chikhwawa 87.7 1.7 10.6 100.0 224
Chiradzulu 75.2 5.5 19.3 100.0 130
Machinga 88.7 5.8 5.5 100.0 190
Mangochi 76.1 3.2 20.7 100.0 398
Mulanje 78.1 6.5 15.4 100.0 294
Mwanza 52.5 3.9 43.6 100.0 51
Neno 83.1 2.2 14.7 100.0 70
Nsanje 68.2 4.2 27.6 100.0 104
Phalombe 89.8 1.9 8.3 100.0 176
Thyolo 87.1 3.0 9.8 100.0 289
Zomba 83.3 4.8 11.8 100.0 415
Total 79.1 3.5 17.4 100.0 3,030
Total 81.1 4.9 14.0 100.0 7,128
1
“Currently employed” is defined as having done work in the past seven days. Includes persons who did
not work in the past seven days but who are regularly employed and were absent from work for leave,
illness, vacation, or any other such reason.
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