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Table 3.4.1 Exposure to mass media: Women<br />

Percentage of women age 15-49 who are exposed to specific media on a weekly basis, according to background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong><br />

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

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Reads a<br />

newspaper at<br />

least once a<br />

week<br />

Watches<br />

television at least<br />

once a week<br />

Listens to the<br />

radio at least<br />

once a week<br />

Accesses all<br />

three media at<br />

least once a<br />

week<br />

Accesses none<br />

of the three<br />

media at least<br />

once a week<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Age<br />

15-19 9.8 11.5 26.4 2.1 64.7 5,263<br />

20-24 8.9 11.5 31.2 2.2 61.1 5,159<br />

25-29 9.5 14.2 33.0 2.4 57.8 3,953<br />

30-34 7.7 11.1 32.7 2.4 61.5 3,668<br />

35-39 7.0 10.6 29.1 2.4 65.0 2,924<br />

40-44 6.1 9.8 28.5 1.8 66.6 2,029<br />

45-49 4.5 9.5 28.0 1.8 68.7 1,567<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 17.1 39.2 42.3 7.2 37.6 4,496<br />

Rural 6.3 5.3 27.2 1.1 68.5 20,066<br />

Region<br />

Northern 10.0 <strong>16</strong>.5 33.2 3.5 58.1 2,838<br />

Central 8.5 10.4 31.7 1.8 60.2 10,529<br />

Southern 7.6 11.3 27.6 2.2 66.4 11,194<br />

Education<br />

No education 0.3 2.4 17.4 0.0 81.1 2,977<br />

Primary 5.5 5.5 27.1 0.6 68.1 15,245<br />

Secondary 15.3 26.0 42.2 5.5 44.7 5,598<br />

More than secondary 43.2 61.9 48.0 19.5 17.3 742<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 3.4 1.0 12.5 0.1 85.0 4,745<br />

Second 4.2 1.7 22.8 0.1 74.1 4,692<br />

Middle 6.0 2.7 26.9 0.4 69.0 4,635<br />

Fourth 7.1 4.4 34.4 0.7 60.5 4,680<br />

Highest 18.2 40.7 49.0 8.2 32.6 5,810<br />

Total 8.3 11.5 30.0 2.2 62.8 24,562<br />

Table 3.4.2 Exposure to mass media: Men<br />

Percentage of men age 15-49 who are exposed to specific media on a weekly basis, according to background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong><br />

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

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Reads a<br />

newspaper at<br />

least once a<br />

week<br />

Watches<br />

television at least<br />

once a week<br />

Listens to the<br />

radio at least<br />

once a week<br />

Accesses all<br />

three media at<br />

least once a<br />

week<br />

Accesses none<br />

of the three<br />

media at least<br />

once a week<br />

Number of<br />

men<br />

Age<br />

15-19 11.1 17.2 40.2 2.7 50.2 1,818<br />

20-24 17.1 19.6 52.4 6.1 39.3 1,408<br />

25-29 15.7 <strong>16</strong>.5 52.3 5.3 41.7 1,022<br />

30-34 <strong>16</strong>.9 18.2 52.0 8.0 42.7 925<br />

35-39 18.1 22.2 56.4 8.9 36.8 882<br />

40-44 12.9 14.7 49.8 5.8 45.1 624<br />

45-49 14.7 14.9 48.9 4.5 43.2 450<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 29.6 46.7 57.9 <strong>16</strong>.7 26.3 1,340<br />

Rural 11.6 11.3 47.3 3.0 47.2 5,788<br />

Region<br />

Northern 13.6 22.7 47.7 4.9 43.0 922<br />

Central 17.7 18.2 55.3 6.6 37.8 3,176<br />

Southern 12.5 <strong>16</strong>.3 43.4 4.8 49.2 3,030<br />

Education<br />

No education 0.7 6.7 36.2 0.1 60.8 375<br />

Primary 8.5 10.6 43.7 1.6 50.4 4,153<br />

Secondary 22.5 26.9 58.9 9.7 32.0 2,249<br />

More than secondary 58.0 59.5 67.6 31.9 12.7 351<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 6.3 5.0 28.9 0.6 66.8 1,134<br />

Second 9.6 5.8 44.4 1.4 51.1 1,325<br />

Middle 9.9 8.9 46.4 1.5 47.4 1,409<br />

Fourth 14.6 12.0 54.4 4.2 39.4 1,462<br />

Highest 28.6 47.0 63.8 <strong>16</strong>.1 22.8 1,798<br />

Total 15-49 15.0 18.0 49.3 5.6 43.3 7,128<br />

50-54 11.1 12.6 43.9 5.3 51.6 350<br />

Total 15-54 14.8 17.7 49.0 5.6 43.7 7,478<br />

40 • Characteristics of Respondents

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