Malawi 2015-16

Table A-4.4 Median age at first marriage: Districts
Median age at first marriage among women age 20-49
and age 25-49, and median age at first marriage
among men age 25-54, according to district, Malawi
DHS 2015-16
Women age
Men
age
District 20-49 25-49 25-54
Northern
Chitipa 18.2 18.1 22.6
Karonga 18.1 18.2 24.3
Likoma 19.7 19.4 a
Mzimba 18.2 18.1 23.7
Nkhata Bay 18.1 18.0 23.3
Rumphi 18.3 18.2 23.3
Total 18.2 18.2 23.6
Central
Dedza 18.4 18.2 22.5
Dowa 19.0 18.9 23.0
Kasungu 18.4 18.2 23.1
Lilongwe 19.1 18.9 23.7
Mchinji 18.2 18.1 21.8
Nkhotakota 18.9 18.6 24.0
Ntcheu 18.3 18.3 23.9
Ntchisi 18.7 18.7 23.0
Salima 18.0 18.0 23.2
Total 18.7 18.6 23.2
Southern
Balaka 18.1 17.9 22.4
Blantyre 19.0 18.8 24.4
Chikhwawa 18.0 18.1 22.7
Chiradzulu 18.0 18.0 23.6
Machinga 17.5 17.6 23.0
Mangochi 17.7 17.6 21.9
Mulanje 17.3 17.1 22.7
Mwanza 18.1 18.1 22.6
Neno 17.9 17.8 22.8
Nsanje 18.1 18.0 23.2
Phalombe 17.0 17.0 21.7
Thyolo 17.6 17.5 22.0
Zomba 17.7 17.7 22.5
Total 17.9 17.8 22.7
Total 18.3 18.2 23.0
Note: The age at first marriage is the age at which the
respondent began living with her/his first
spouse/partner
a = Omitted because less than 50 percent of the
respondents began living with their spouse/partners
for the first time before reaching the beginning of the
age group
336 • Appendix A