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Table A-13.13 Premarital sexual intercourse among young people: Districts<br />

Among never-married women and men age 15-24, percentage who have never had sexual intercourse,<br />

according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Percentage who<br />

have never had<br />

sexual intercourse<br />

Women age 15-24 Men age 15-24<br />

Number of never<br />

married women<br />

Percentage who<br />

have never had<br />

sexual intercourse<br />

Number of never<br />

married men<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 86.5 39 62.0 21<br />

Karonga 71.8 71 44.5 46<br />

Likoma 45.2 5 33.4 3<br />

Mzimba 71.9 250 45.2 183<br />

Nkhata Bay 63.8 55 48.4 42<br />

Rumphi 66.3 56 48.3 34<br />

Total 71.2 477 46.8 329<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 69.9 225 32.9 118<br />

Dowa 77.6 235 49.8 107<br />

Kasungu 68.7 221 50.7 113<br />

Lilongwe 56.9 830 33.3 4<strong>16</strong><br />

Mchinji 53.2 118 32.5 85<br />

Nkhotakota 58.1 129 34.5 63<br />

Ntcheu 55.7 196 46.8 103<br />

Ntchisi 78.5 75 43.1 40<br />

Salima 48.9 129 25.2 78<br />

Total 61.8 2,159 37.6 1,124<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 51.7 138 34.1 63<br />

Blantyre 52.7 539 42.4 203<br />

Chikhwawa 65.8 114 17.6 78<br />

Chiradzulu 50.3 104 52.0 45<br />

Machinga 63.0 105 46.7 65<br />

Mangochi 45.6 296 29.0 178<br />

Mulanje 42.6 177 46.1 112<br />

Mwanza 63.6 36 43.1 20<br />

Neno 67.7 48 50.0 24<br />

Nsanje 45.2 53 31.9 42<br />

Phalombe 57.3 105 39.0 54<br />

Thyolo 56.3 236 26.0 118<br />

Zomba 48.9 240 33.3 133<br />

Total 52.4 2,191 36.0 1,133<br />

Total 58.5 4,827 38.1 2,586<br />

Appendix A • 409

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