Malawi 2015-16

Table 2.12.2 Educational attainment of the male household population
Percent distribution of the de facto male household population age 6 and over by highest level of schooling attended or completed and median years
completed, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic
No
education
Some
primary
Completed
primary 1
Some
secondary
Completed
secondary 2
More than
secondary Don’t know Total Number
Median
years
completed
Age
6-9 11.3 88.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 7,888 0.1
10-14 2.2 96.1 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 9,185 2.7
15-19 2.3 69.5 3.8 22.1 2.0 0.2 0.1 100.0 6,384 5.6
20-24 4.3 40.5 9.0 26.4 15.1 4.3 0.3 100.0 4,522 7.4
25-29 7.0 38.6 9.1 18.3 19.0 7.6 0.3 100.0 3,330 7.4
30-34 6.8 41.8 10.3 17.9 15.3 7.2 0.6 100.0 2,952 7.1
35-39 8.1 41.2 10.7 17.7 15.3 6.1 0.9 100.0 2,839 7.0
40-44 12.7 45.4 10.5 11.2 12.9 6.9 0.5 100.0 2,059 6.0
45-49 15.0 44.9 16.2 9.7 8.4 4.9 0.8 100.0 1,453 6.1
50-54 15.5 47.3 16.1 8.8 6.4 4.3 1.6 100.0 1,196 5.4
55-59 16.9 45.4 18.5 6.4 6.3 5.5 1.1 100.0 1,035 5.3
60-64 18.8 47.6 15.5 5.5 6.3 4.8 1.5 100.0 897 4.5
65+ 25.9 52.4 9.3 5.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 100.0 2,003 2.5
Residence
Urban 3.0 41.9 6.5 19.9 17.0 11.1 0.6 100.0 7,059 7.6
Rural 8.8 69.5 5.9 9.5 4.6 1.2 0.4 100.0 38,749 3.4
Region
Northern 3.7 62.7 7.9 14.8 7.5 3.2 0.2 100.0 5,804 5.3
Central 7.9 65.7 5.9 10.2 6.7 3.2 0.4 100.0 19,018 3.8
Southern 9.2 65.6 5.6 10.9 6.0 2.2 0.4 100.0 20,986 3.7
Wealth quintile
Lowest 13.8 74.9 4.7 4.7 1.5 0.0 0.3 100.0 8,160 2.1
Second 10.1 72.6 6.2 7.8 2.8 0.1 0.4 100.0 8,779 3.0
Middle 8.1 72.1 6.0 9.7 3.6 0.2 0.4 100.0 9,206 3.4
Fourth 6.2 65.7 6.9 13.1 6.7 1.0 0.4 100.0 9,617 4.4
Highest 2.8 44.4 6.1 18.7 16.2 11.3 0.5 100.0 10,045 7.3
Total 7.9 65.3 6.0 11.1 6.5 2.8 0.4 100.0 45,807 3.9
Note: Total includes 65 weighted cases with information missing on age.
1
Completed 8th grade at the primary level.
2
Completed 4th grade at the secondary level.
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