Malawi 2015-16

Table A-16.2.2 Control over men’s cash earnings: Districts
Percent distributions of currently married men age 15-49 who receive cash earnings and of currently married women age 15-49 whose husbands
receive cash earnings, by person who decides how husband’s cash earnings are used, according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
Mainly
wife
Husband
and wife
jointly
Men
Mainly
husband Other Total
Number
of men
Mainly
wife
Husband
and wife
jointly
Women
Mainly
husband Other Total
Number
of
women
Northern
Chitipa 8.2 48.0 43.7 0.0 100.0 37 5.7 57.1 37.3 0.0 100.0 168
Karonga 1.4 65.6 33.0 0.0 100.0 48 8.9 26.5 64.6 0.0 100.0 316
Likoma 7.7 71.7 20.5 0.0 100.0 3 11.2 65.5 23.3 0.0 100.0 10
Mzimba 5.9 54.6 39.5 0.0 100.0 222 15.7 39.2 44.4 0.7 100.0 1,034
Nkhata Bay 7.8 61.0 30.5 0.7 100.0 39 13.5 48.2 37.8 0.5 100.0 221
Rumphi 12.3 61.5 26.2 0.0 100.0 39 9.5 46.5 43.9 0.0 100.0 196
Total 6.4 56.8 36.7 0.1 100.0 389 12.8 40.6 46.2 0.4 100.0 1,946
Central
Dedza 5.3 64.4 30.3 0.0 100.0 86 4.2 59.4 36.1 0.2 100.0 706
Dowa 0.4 62.0 37.7 0.0 100.0 113 2.9 46.4 50.6 0.0 100.0 647
Kasungu 4.0 43.9 52.1 0.0 100.0 128 5.1 37.0 57.7 0.2 100.0 658
Lilongwe 4.2 71.6 24.2 0.0 100.0 451 7.3 49.1 43.6 0.0 100.0 2,641
Mchinji 2.3 48.3 48.4 0.9 100.0 85 4.4 51.0 44.6 0.0 100.0 495
Nkhotakota 6.3 72.2 21.5 0.0 100.0 67 7.0 37.3 55.6 0.0 100.0 341
Ntcheu 5.7 38.6 55.7 0.0 100.0 134 3.7 72.4 23.6 0.4 100.0 573
Ntchisi 7.3 71.1 21.6 0.0 100.0 37 4.4 44.4 51.2 0.0 100.0 305
Salima 3.3 67.4 29.4 0.0 100.0 70 13.7 40.3 45.8 0.2 100.0 446
Total 4.1 61.4 34.4 0.1 100.0 1,170 6.1 49.5 44.3 0.1 100.0 6,811
Southern
Balaka 3.8 57.6 38.7 0.0 100.0 53 10.9 46.9 42.2 0.0 100.0 350
Blantyre 7.4 68.7 23.9 0.0 100.0 241 9.1 59.2 31.5 0.1 100.0 1,168
Chikhwawa 0.5 44.9 54.6 0.0 100.0 93 4.6 40.9 54.1 0.4 100.0 457
Chiradzulu 12.3 70.6 17.1 0.0 100.0 56 9.3 58.1 32.7 0.0 100.0 321
Machinga 12.2 50.3 37.4 0.0 100.0 80 12.1 33.2 54.8 0.0 100.0 504
Mangochi 1.2 52.4 46.5 0.0 100.0 141 15.4 20.3 63.5 0.8 100.0 1,020
Mulanje 18.4 40.1 41.6 0.0 100.0 112 4.4 51.8 43.7 0.0 100.0 666
Mwanza 9.5 16.7 73.9 0.0 100.0 16 5.8 44.2 50.0 0.0 100.0 94
Neno 16.8 45.7 37.5 0.0 100.0 19 6.0 45.9 48.1 0.0 100.0 155
Nsanje 0.5 66.9 32.5 0.0 100.0 51 3.0 58.1 38.2 0.7 100.0 239
Phalombe 26.7 47.2 26.1 0.0 100.0 72 3.3 50.4 46.3 0.0 100.0 406
Thyolo 1.5 82.8 15.7 0.0 100.0 99 7.7 59.8 32.5 0.0 100.0 671
Zomba 20.0 33.2 46.8 0.0 100.0 232 4.9 61.7 33.2 0.2 100.0 847
Total 10.4 53.3 36.3 0.0 100.0 1,266 8.3 48.2 43.2 0.2 100.0 6,898
Total 7.2 57.2 35.6 0.0 100.0 2,824 7.9 47.8 44.1 0.2 100.0 15,655
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