Malawi 2015-16

Table 3.8 Type of employment: Women
Percent distribution of women age 15-49 employed in the 12 months before the survey by
type of earnings, type of employer, and continuity of employment, according to type of
employment (agricultural or nonagricultural), Malawi DHS 2015-16
Employment characteristic
Agricultural work
Nonagricultural
work
Total
Type of earnings
Cash only 13.1 57.2 31.3
Cash and in-kind 8.7 5.5 7.4
In-kind only 5.0 1.7 3.6
Not paid 73.2 35.7 57.7
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Type of employer
Employed by family member 23.0 13.8 19.2
Employed by nonfamily member 7.8 30.7 17.3
Self-employed 69.1 55.5 63.5
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Continuity of employment
All year 26.1 51.3 36.5
Seasonal 69.7 37.6 56.5
Occasional 4.1 11.1 7.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of women employed
during the last 12 months 9,686 6,799 16,485
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