Malawi 2015-16

Table 3.5.1 Internet usage: Women
Percentage of women age 15-49 who have ever used the Internet, and percentage who have used the Internet in the past 12 months; and among
women who have used the Internet in the past 12 months, percent distribution by frequency of Internet use in the past month, according to background
characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic
Ever used
the internet
Used the
Internet in
the past 12
months
Number of
women
Among women who have used the Internet in the past 12 months, percentage who, in
the past month, used the Internet:
Almost
every day
At least
once a
week
Less than
once a
week Not at all Missing Total
Number of
women
Age
15-19 4.7 4.1 5,263 46.5 32.9 16.2 4.4 0.0 100.0 216
20-24 10.1 8.6 5,159 56.9 25.8 9.7 7.6 0.0 100.0 445
25-29 8.3 7.5 3,953 65.7 17.6 10.4 6.4 0.0 100.0 295
30-34 6.1 5.3 3,668 57.3 29.0 10.8 2.8 0.0 100.0 194
35-39 4.1 3.6 2,924 65.3 26.2 7.6 0.8 0.0 100.0 106
40-44 3.6 3.1 2,029 55.5 18.0 22.8 3.6 0.0 100.0 63
45-49 2.4 2.1 1,567 (66.6) (22.5) (9.8) (1.1) (0.0) (100.0) 33
Residence
Urban 23.3 21.2 4,496 61.8 23.2 10.4 4.7 0.0 100.0 953
Rural 2.5 2.0 20,066 49.2 30.0 14.1 6.6 0.0 100.0 399
Region
Northern 7.5 6.4 2,838 57.7 25.6 12.0 4.8 0.0 100.0 181
Central 7.4 6.7 10,529 61.0 22.4 12.0 4.6 0.0 100.0 707
Southern 5.0 4.1 11,194 53.8 29.2 10.5 6.4 0.0 100.0 464
Education
No education 0.0 0.0 2,977 * * * * * * 1
Primary 0.7 0.4 15,245 27.6 17.4 40.1 14.9 0.0 100.0 56
Secondary 15.3 13.0 5,598 47.5 32.1 13.3 7.1 0.0 100.0 729
More than secondary 79.5 76.2 742 74.8 17.0 6.3 1.9 0.0 100.0 565
Wealth quintile
Lowest 0.3 0.2 4,745 * * * * * * 10
Second 0.4 0.3 4,692 * * * * * * 12
Middle 0.8 0.5 4,635 (39.0) (25.6) (31.0) (4.4) (0.0) (100.0) 24
Fourth 2.5 1.8 4,680 37.2 33.8 18.7 10.3 0.0 100.0 84
Highest 23.4 21.0 5,810 60.4 24.3 10.5 4.8 0.0 100.0 1,222
Total 6.3 5.5 24,562 58.1 25.2 11.5 5.3 0.0 100.0 1,352
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases
and has been suppressed.
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