Malawi 2015-16

Table A-16.5.1 Ownership of title or deed for house: Women by district
Among women age 15-49 who own a house, percent distribution by whether the house owned has a title or deed
and whether or not the woman’s name appears on the title or deed, according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
House/land has a title or
deed and:
District
Woman’s
name is on
title/deed
Woman’s
name is not
on title/deed
Does not
have a title
deed
Don’t know/
missing
Total
Number of
women who
own a house 1
Northern
Chitipa 1.3 2.9 95.5 0.3 100.0 156
Karonga 3.4 1.2 94.7 0.8 100.0 289
Likoma 0.3 0.4 99.2 0.1 100.0 9
Mzimba 3.0 2.2 93.9 1.0 100.0 933
Nkhata Bay 1.1 1.6 96.8 0.4 100.0 167
Rumphi 5.0 4.5 89.7 0.8 100.0 165
Total 2.9 2.3 94.1 0.8 100.0 1,718
Central
Dedza 1.5 0.5 97.5 0.5 100.0 779
Dowa 1.2 1.5 93.6 3.7 100.0 733
Kasungu 1.8 2.8 94.0 1.5 100.0 511
Lilongwe 9.2 7.3 82.9 0.6 100.0 2,171
Mchinji 0.4 1.5 96.0 2.1 100.0 458
Nkhotakota 2.7 0.4 96.3 0.5 100.0 272
Ntcheu 1.1 0.8 97.6 0.5 100.0 626
Ntchisi 2.6 0.6 95.7 1.1 100.0 264
Salima 0.7 2.0 97.0 0.4 100.0 419
Total 4.1 3.4 91.4 1.1 100.0 6,234
Southern
Balaka 1.4 1.4 97.0 0.2 100.0 402
Blantyre 8.7 15.9 74.6 0.7 100.0 758
Chikhwawa 1.9 1.1 97.0 0.1 100.0 435
Chiradzulu 1.0 1.4 97.6 0.0 100.0 342
Machinga 1.3 1.4 97.0 0.3 100.0 520
Mangochi 0.7 1.1 97.7 0.4 100.0 950
Mulanje 1.7 2.9 95.1 0.3 100.0 682
Mwanza 1.8 1.2 96.6 0.4 100.0 103
Neno 1.4 1.6 97.0 0.0 100.0 165
Nsanje 1.3 0.2 97.8 0.8 100.0 233
Phalombe 0.3 0.5 98.5 0.6 100.0 467
Thyolo 1.9 3.2 94.1 0.8 100.0 669
Zomba 1.9 2.4 95.2 0.5 100.0 831
Total 2.2 3.4 93.9 0.5 100.0 6,556
Total 3.1 3.2 92.9 0.8 100.0 14,509
1
Includes alone, joint, or alone and joint ownership
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