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CHAPTER 6<br />

FERTILITY PREFERENCES<br />

Table A-6.4 Mean ideal number of<br />

children: Districts<br />

Mean ideal number of children for all women<br />

age 15-49, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS<br />

<strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Mean<br />

Number of<br />

women 1<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 4.0 232<br />

Karonga 4.1 466<br />

Likoma 3.5 20<br />

Mzimba 3.5 1,458<br />

Nkhata Bay 3.6 326<br />

Rumphi 3.7 289<br />

Total 3.7 2,790<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 3.7 1,067<br />

Dowa 3.6 1,072<br />

Kasungu 3.7 991<br />

Lilongwe 3.5 4,028<br />

Mchinji 3.6 690<br />

Nkhotakota 3.9 536<br />

Ntcheu 3.5 933<br />

Ntchisi 3.8 428<br />

Salima 4.0 652<br />

Total 3.6 10,397<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 3.7 588<br />

Blantyre 3.2 2,037<br />

Chikhwawa 3.7 673<br />

Chiradzulu 3.3 514<br />

Machinga 4.1 807<br />

Mangochi 4.2 1,501<br />

Mulanje 3.6 1,049<br />

Mwanza 3.7 170<br />

Neno 3.9 244<br />

Nsanje 4.1 345<br />

Phalombe 3.9 656<br />

Thyolo 3.5 1,113<br />

Zomba 3.5 1,355<br />

Total 3.7 11,052<br />

Total 3.7 24,240<br />

1<br />

Number of women who gave a numeric<br />

response<br />

344 • Appendix A

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