Malawi 2015-16

Table A-3.8.1 Type of earnings: Women by districts
Percent distribution of women age 15-49 employed in the 12 months before the survey by type of earnings,
according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
Cash only
Type of earnings
Cash and inkind
In-kind only Not paid Total
Number of
women
employed
during the
last 12
months
Northern
Chitipa 14.6 0.5 0.3 84.6 100.0 169
Karonga 39.6 10.5 1.1 48.8 100.0 273
Likoma 83.3 0.0 0.0 16.7 100.0 10
Mzimba 41.7 5.0 0.2 53.2 100.0 727
Nkhata Bay 12.5 2.7 0.2 84.5 100.0 232
Rumphi 50.7 4.0 1.6 43.7 100.0 208
Total 35.7 5.0 0.5 58.8 100.0 1,620
Central
Dedza 11.4 6.3 5.3 77.0 100.0 993
Dowa 25.0 16.5 2.1 56.4 100.0 739
Kasungu 23.7 6.2 1.9 68.1 100.0 748
Lilongwe 40.4 13.0 4.2 42.4 100.0 3,279
Mchinji 12.7 9.4 9.0 68.9 100.0 642
Nkhotakota 37.5 4.1 3.8 54.6 100.0 291
Ntcheu 18.7 4.5 22.8 54.0 100.0 754
Ntchisi 23.3 6.0 0.2 70.5 100.0 205
Salima 29.9 12.1 9.6 48.5 100.0 432
Total 28.5 10.2 6.2 55.0 100.0 8,083
Southern
Balaka 44.6 4.0 0.4 51.1 100.0 398
Blantyre 60.2 6.8 2.8 30.2 100.0 993
Chikhwawa 33.9 12.4 0.2 53.5 100.0 370
Chiradzulu 32.7 2.8 0.5 63.9 100.0 378
Machinga 23.8 6.1 0.6 69.4 100.0 588
Mangochi 22.0 1.4 0.9 75.7 100.0 642
Mulanje 33.9 2.7 0.6 62.8 100.0 744
Mwanza 32.5 2.9 0.7 63.9 100.0 99
Neno 20.8 9.9 2.7 66.6 100.0 155
Nsanje 29.7 5.0 3.5 61.8 100.0 219
Phalombe 14.1 1.7 1.1 83.0 100.0 559
Thyolo 17.1 1.9 0.2 80.8 100.0 747
Zomba 42.1 5.3 2.1 50.6 100.0 893
Total 33.4 4.5 1.3 60.8 100.0 6,783
Total 31.3 7.4 3.6 57.7 100.0 16,485
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