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Table A-4.7.1 Recent sexual activity: Women by district<br />

Percent distribution of women age 15-49 by timing of last sexual intercourse, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Timing of last sexual intercourse<br />

Never had<br />

Within the past<br />

4 weeks Within 1 year 1<br />

One or more<br />

years Missing<br />

sexual<br />

intercourse Total<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 62.4 14.1 9.0 0.0 14.4 100.0 236<br />

Karonga 60.3 <strong>16</strong>.0 12.6 0.0 11.1 100.0 470<br />

Likoma 47.3 24.4 15.6 0.0 12.7 100.0 20<br />

Mzimba 53.3 19.1 14.9 0.0 12.7 100.0 1,490<br />

Nkhata Bay 49.2 23.6 <strong>16</strong>.3 0.0 11.0 100.0 328<br />

Rumphi 55.8 17.9 13.0 0.0 13.3 100.0 295<br />

Total 55.0 18.6 14.0 0.0 12.5 100.0 2,838<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 53.9 <strong>16</strong>.5 15.1 0.0 14.5 100.0 1,090<br />

Dowa 61.1 9.3 12.4 0.1 17.1 100.0 1,084<br />

Kasungu 59.9 13.3 11.4 0.0 15.3 100.0 995<br />

Lilongwe 59.8 17.2 11.1 0.0 11.9 100.0 4,072<br />

Mchinji 64.3 <strong>16</strong>.5 10.4 0.0 8.8 100.0 709<br />

Nkhotakota 52.3 19.9 13.3 0.0 14.4 100.0 541<br />

Ntcheu 49.2 20.9 18.2 0.0 11.8 100.0 936<br />

Ntchisi 64.0 12.6 9.6 0.0 13.7 100.0 434<br />

Salima 54.4 20.1 15.6 0.0 9.8 100.0 667<br />

Total 58.2 <strong>16</strong>.4 12.6 0.0 12.9 100.0 10,529<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 46.9 27.6 13.6 0.0 11.9 100.0 602<br />

Blantyre 49.2 23.5 13.0 0.1 14.2 100.0 2,067<br />

Chikhwawa 54.7 20.0 13.7 0.3 11.3 100.0 682<br />

Chiradzulu 51.3 25.8 12.7 0.0 10.2 100.0 518<br />

Machinga 53.2 29.0 9.6 0.0 8.2 100.0 808<br />

Mangochi 48.5 26.7 <strong>16</strong>.2 0.0 8.6 100.0 1,561<br />

Mulanje 52.2 27.5 12.7 0.1 7.4 100.0 1,052<br />

Mwanza 55.0 19.6 12.0 0.0 13.3 100.0 171<br />

Neno 50.5 22.4 13.4 0.0 13.7 100.0 246<br />

Nsanje 48.6 29.8 14.4 0.0 7.2 100.0 348<br />

Phalombe 57.6 21.2 12.0 0.0 9.2 100.0 659<br />

Thyolo 48.6 25.4 14.2 0.0 11.8 100.0 1,123<br />

Zomba 56.7 23.8 10.6 0.0 8.8 100.0 1,357<br />

Total 51.4 25.0 13.1 0.0 10.4 100.0 11,194<br />

Total 54.7 20.6 13.0 0.0 11.7 100.0 24,562<br />

1<br />

Excludes women who had sexual intercourse within the last 4 weeks<br />

338 • Appendix A

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