Malawi 2015-16

Table 3.7.1 Occupation: Women
Percent distribution of women age 15-49 employed in the 12 months before the survey by occupation, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-
16
Background
characteristic
Professional/
technical/
managerial
Clerical
Sales and
services
Skilled
manual
Unskilled
manual
Domestic
service Agriculture Total
Number of
women
Age
15-19 2.2 0.8 4.0 1.7 17.9 2.6 70.9 100.0 2,343
20-24 6.0 1.5 9.4 1.5 17.5 3.2 60.9 100.0 3,310
25-29 9.3 2.1 10.7 2.5 20.1 2.2 53.0 100.0 2,850
30-34 9.8 1.9 8.0 2.3 21.0 2.9 54.0 100.0 2,809
35-39 9.2 1.6 8.0 2.3 19.8 2.9 56.2 100.0 2,332
40-44 8.5 1.3 5.6 2.3 20.2 2.6 59.4 100.0 1,617
45-49 6.9 1.4 7.9 2.0 22.7 1.0 58.1 100.0 1,224
Marital status
Never married 8.5 2.1 8.0 2.2 16.9 4.4 57.8 100.0 2,218
Married or living together 7.4 1.4 7.8 2.0 19.2 1.6 60.5 100.0 11,608
Divorced/separated/
widowed 6.6 1.8 8.4 2.4 23.4 5.5 51.8 100.0 2,658
Number of living children
0 7.6 1.8 7.2 2.4 16.2 3.4 61.3 100.0 2,700
1-2 9.6 2.0 9.8 2.2 19.7 3.0 53.7 100.0 5,378
3-4 7.7 1.7 8.0 2.1 20.2 2.1 58.2 100.0 4,804
5+ 3.8 0.5 5.6 1.7 21.1 2.1 65.1 100.0 3,603
Residence
Urban 26.3 5.9 25.7 3.7 20.8 8.7 8.9 100.0 2,646
Rural 3.8 0.7 4.5 1.8 19.4 1.4 68.3 100.0 13,839
Region
Northern 11.2 1.5 12.3 2.9 11.2 1.4 59.5 100.0 1,620
Central 5.0 1.5 9.4 1.7 19.9 2.6 59.8 100.0 8,083
Southern 9.4 1.7 5.1 2.3 21.2 2.9 57.4 100.0 6,783
Education
No education 2.2 0.5 3.3 1.2 19.7 2.1 71.0 100.0 2,165
Primary 2.9 0.8 6.0 1.9 20.5 2.7 65.3 100.0 10,347
Secondary 14.4 3.3 16.6 3.1 18.9 3.0 40.7 100.0 3,374
More than secondary 66.5 9.4 9.7 2.7 8.1 0.7 2.9 100.0 599
Wealth quintile
Lowest 1.2 0.4 2.7 1.4 19.6 2.2 72.5 100.0 3,426
Second 1.4 0.5 3.5 1.9 19.1 1.0 72.6 100.0 3,312
Middle 2.3 0.6 4.8 1.8 18.9 1.4 70.1 100.0 3,228
Fourth 6.4 1.2 9.4 1.9 20.1 2.2 58.8 100.0 3,048
Highest 25.1 4.9 19.0 3.4 20.2 6.1 21.3 100.0 3,471
Total 7.4 1.6 7.9 2.1 19.6 2.6 58.8 100.0 16,485
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