Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Republic of Malawi ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Less than 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 years Characteristic Total 1 yr years years years years years years & over ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,933,868 368,012 1,291,573 2,673,675 2,066,996 1,393,706 1,417,138 328,310 394,458 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,867,563 182,374 640,782 1,331,744 963,003 696,993 705,661 162,160 184,846 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,066,305 185,638 650,791 1,341,931 1,103,993 696,713 711,477 166,150 209,612 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 9,933,868 368,012 1,291,573 2,673,675 2,066,996 1,393,706 1,417,138 328,310 394,458 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,933,773 298,806 1,041,800 2,175,743 1,697,207 1,100,460 1,087,344 246,986 285,427 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272,429 48,075 170,447 336,260 245,320 181,854 188,253 43,856 58,364 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,961 11,087 40,518 81,094 58,340 44,341 46,414 10,412 12,755 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422,705 10,044 38,808 80,578 66,129 67,051 95,127 27,056 37,912 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 8,274,283 2,673,675 2,066,996 1,393,706 1,417,138 328,310 394,458 English and Chichewa literacy . . 2,635,000 330,109 1,071,303 622,775 491,455 69,863 49,495 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 8,464 5,112 1,362 641 838 235 276 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 1,989,373 777,025 483,669 282,664 292,591 73,860 79,564 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 3,641,446 1,561,429 510,662 487,626 632,254 184,352 265,123 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,044,407 1,331,744 963,003 696,993 705,661 162,160 184,846 English and Chichewa literacy . . 1,553,546 160,299 562,568 391,515 343,864 55,590 39,710 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 4,163 2,575 607 316 378 124 163 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 994,115 382,173 221,908 139,006 155,000 44,804 51,224 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 1,492,583 786,697 177,920 166,156 206,419 61,642 93,749 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,229,876 1,341,931 1,103,993 696,713 711,477 166,150 209,612 English and Chichewa literacy . . 1,081,454 169,810 508,735 231,260 147,591 14,273 9,785 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 4,301 2,537 755 325 460 111 113 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 995,258 394,852 261,761 143,658 137,591 29,056 28,340 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 2,148,863 774,732 332,742 321,470 425,835 122,710 171,374 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 8,275,926 2,675,318 2,066,996 1,393,706 1,417,138 328,310 394,458 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,688,399 779,871 419,793 450,729 602,872 176,462 258,672 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 4,886,825 1,886,269 1,315,009 740,213 680,446 136,483 128,405 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 671,506 7,568 328,464 192,397 122,710 13,807 6,560 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 29,196 1,610 3,730 10,367 11,110 1,558 821 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,045,337 1,332,674 963,003 696,993 705,661 162,160 184,846 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,054,564 401,144 141,673 156,161 202,805 60,495 92,286 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 2,527,740 927,075 628,844 395,858 400,888 88,576 86,499 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 442,271 3,517 190,202 137,538 93,598 11,888 5,528 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 20,762 938 2,284 7,436 8,370 1,201 533 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,230,589 1,342,644 1,103,993 696,713 711,477 166,150 209,612 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,633,835 378,727 278,120 294,568 400,067 115,967 166,386 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 2,359,085 959,194 686,165 344,355 279,558 47,907 41,906 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 229,235 4,051 138,262 54,859 29,112 1,919 1,032 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 8,434 672 1,446 2,931 2,740 357 288 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 6,833,108 1,232,500 2,066,996 1,393,706 1,417,138 328,310 394,458 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,742,162 23,256 850,734 1,169,292 1,207,059 249,227 242,594 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,491 1,676 12,220 28,674 79,358 44,817 105,746 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 321,910 1,769 64,040 81,115 104,824 29,985 40,177 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 2,496,545 1,205,799 1,140,002 114,625 25,897 4,281 5,941 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 6,834,751 1,234,143 2,066,996 1,393,706 1,417,138 328,310 394,458 Economically active . . . . . . . 5,595,691 703,332 1,610,189 1,273,869 1,335,060 312,416 360,825 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,505,453 157,432 887,547 868,510 1,007,765 265,492 318,707 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 953,476 17,844 204,647 357,424 306,073 40,552 26,936 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 50,361 1,932 20,690 13,569 7,852 2,485 3,833 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,325,461 1,056,935 954,112 154,203 95,448 19,781 44,982 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,330,038 617,375 963,003 696,993 705,661 162,160 184,846 Economically active . . . . . . . 3,330,038 617,375 963,003 696,993 705,661 162,160 184,846 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,475,021 79,546 307,227 373,063 442,740 122,905 149,540 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 733,919 10,590 145,236 279,649 243,692 33,400 21,352 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 34,697 1,115 13,235 9,915 5,859 1,968 2,605 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086,401 526,124 497,305 34,366 13,370 3,887 11,349 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,504,713 616,768 1,103,993 696,713 711,477 166,150 209,612 Economically active . . . . . . . 2,265,653 85,957 647,186 576,876 629,399 150,256 175,979 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,030,432 77,886 580,320 495,447 565,025 142,587 169,167 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 219,557 7,254 59,411 77,775 62,381 7,152 5,584 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 15,664 817 7,455 3,654 1,993 517 1,228 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,239,060 530,811 456,807 119,837 82,078 15,894 33,633 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 3,262,485 374,540 1,103,993 696,713 711,477 166,150 209,612 Children ever born. . . . . . . . .10,660,041 3,575 1,125,218 2,588,547 4,397,297 1,138,278 1,407,126 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 7,724,607 3,045 921,819 2,053,703 3,214,773 722,986 808,281 Children born in last year. . . . . 372,589 699 178,431 134,994 58,465 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Republic of Malawi ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 2,919,411 355,902 491,576 2,071,933 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 715,899 53,765 74,278 587,856 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 1,046,609 67,477 163,486 815,646 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 671,401 79,922 140,980 450,499 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 322,464 73,218 76,220 173,026 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 102,002 43,170 25,234 33,598 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 61,036 38,350 11,378 11,308 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 2,919,411 355,902 491,576 2,071,933 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,518,479 200,687 372,579 1,945,213 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 291,246 115,309 103,132 72,805 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 109,686 39,906 15,865 53,915 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 2,919,411 355,902 491,576 2,071,933 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 48,221 46,079 2,142 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 180,691 67,406 63,051 50,234 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 375,320 54,194 113,368 207,758 Protected well . . . . . . . . 320,415 31,630 49,163 239,622 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 758,064 41,870 94,290 621,904 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 784,064 90,432 114,215 579,417 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,344 2,154 5,242 28,948 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 374,654 19,333 43,431 311,890 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 38,000 2,054 6,099 29,847 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 3,638 750 575 2,313 Total in Dry Season . . . 2,919,411 355,902 491,576 2,071,933 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 47,434 45,406 2,028 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 173,110 65,550 60,975 46,585 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 345,563 50,554 107,727 187,282 Protected well . . . . . . . . 321,377 32,023 49,701 239,653 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 763,033 43,186 95,822 624,025 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 795,981 92,531 116,644 586,806 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,616 2,250 5,183 28,183 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 393,154 21,687 46,268 325,199 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 43,017 2,517 7,089 33,411 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 1,126 198 139 789 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 2,919,411 355,902 491,576 2,071,933 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 69,078 64,526 4,552 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 31,116 19,190 8,314 3,612 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 2,104,491 251,984 409,866 1,442,641 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714,726 20,202 68,844 625,680 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 2,919,411 355,902 491,576 2,071,933 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 2,742,883 291,838 433,404 2,017,641 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 64,289 17,611 39,900 6,778 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 44,590 38,262 6,328 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 13,696 4,098 5,567 4,031 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 247 126 174 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 19 68 183 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,081 524 1,483 10,074 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,055 3,303 4,700 33,052 Total for lighting. . . . 2,919,411 355,902 491,576 2,071,933 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 56,982 4,373 5,146 47,463 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 102,016 80,163 21,853 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 2,644,808 264,124 449,524 1,931,160 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,494 274 290 1,930 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 14,257 3,767 7,707 2,783 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,665 1,836 4,645 70,184 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,189 1,365 2,411 18,413 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 1,190,953 254,985 256,594 679,374 Total bicycles . . . . . . 938,396 166,535 164,768 607,093 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 805,485 136,115 141,753 527,617 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 132,911 30,420 23,015 79,476 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 118,698 24,714 19,101 74,883 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 51,158 16,034 7,609 27,515 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 67,540 8,680 11,492 47,368 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Northern Region ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Less than 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 years Characteristic Total 1 yr years years years years years years & over ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,233,560 43,137 165,914 343,711 260,603 163,715 167,420 42,937 46,123 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601,752 21,496 82,724 172,201 121,695 79,673 80,425 20,792 22,746 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631,808 21,641 83,190 171,510 138,908 84,042 86,995 22,145 23,377 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 1,233,560 43,137 165,914 343,711 260,603 163,715 167,420 42,937 46,123 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,187,779 41,545 159,753 332,950 251,288 155,985 160,277 41,401 44,580 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,684 716 2,565 4,143 3,985 3,523 2,277 263 212 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,754 606 2,596 5,036 3,829 2,642 2,668 664 713 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,343 270 1,000 1,582 1,501 1,565 2,198 609 618 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 1,024,509 343,711 260,603 163,715 167,420 42,937 46,123 English and Chichewa literacy . . 483,246 60,001 193,704 112,866 91,522 14,470 10,683 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 718 435 57 48 67 45 66 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 174,533 76,020 37,690 22,055 24,460 6,993 7,315 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 366,012 207,255 29,152 28,746 51,371 21,429 28,059 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497,532 172,201 121,695 79,673 80,425 20,792 22,746 English and Chichewa literacy . . 263,522 28,812 94,370 62,554 58,075 11,176 8,535 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 377 230 25 19 23 29 51 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 80,011 37,697 16,684 8,200 9,493 3,507 4,430 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 153,622 105,462 10,616 8,900 12,834 6,080 9,730 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526,977 171,510 138,908 84,042 86,995 22,145 23,377 English and Chichewa literacy . . 219,724 31,189 99,334 50,312 33,447 3,294 2,148 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 341 205 32 29 44 16 15 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 94,522 38,323 21,006 13,855 14,967 3,486 2,885 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 212,390 101,793 18,536 19,846 38,537 15,349 18,329 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 1,024,562 343,764 260,603 163,715 167,420 42,937 46,123 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162,160 57,645 15,459 18,358 35,469 14,844 20,385 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 747,169 285,115 190,633 112,859 109,287 25,061 24,214 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 112,817 946 54,143 31,700 21,754 2,845 1,429 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,416 58 368 798 910 187 95 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497,562 172,231 121,695 79,673 80,425 20,792 22,746 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,696 30,086 5,122 5,567 8,697 3,919 6,305 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 360,809 141,667 85,591 50,446 53,833 14,183 15,089 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 75,149 442 30,745 23,031 17,133 2,524 1,274 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908 36 237 629 762 166 78 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527,000 171,533 138,908 84,042 86,995 22,145 23,377 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,464 27,559 10,337 12,791 26,772 10,925 14,080 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 386,360 143,448 105,042 62,413 55,454 10,878 9,125 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 37,668 504 23,398 8,669 4,621 321 155 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 508 22 131 169 148 21 17 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 841,209 160,411 260,603 163,715 167,420 42,937 46,123 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448,569 1,696 102,293 137,613 144,345 33,306 29,316 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,126 96 1,085 3,112 11,048 6,932 13,853 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 26,950 134 6,175 7,281 8,659 2,245 2,456 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 329,564 158,485 151,050 15,709 3,368 454 498 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 841,262 160,464 260,603 163,715 167,420 42,937 46,123 Economically active . . . . . . . 648,794 84,570 191,346 144,111 151,777 38,672 38,318 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371,954 6,821 91,441 97,079 112,067 32,522 32,024 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 104,261 938 19,703 39,456 36,373 4,859 2,932 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 6,322 86 2,297 1,844 1,050 455 590 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 358,725 152,619 147,162 25,336 17,930 5,101 10,577 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406,143 80,812 121,695 79,673 80,425 20,792 22,746 Economically active . . . . . . . 406,143 80,812 121,695 79,673 80,425 20,792 22,746 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,911 3,398 30,001 43,172 49,361 15,737 17,242 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 76,479 632 12,404 29,369 27,934 3,846 2,294 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 4,496 57 1,385 1,400 843 373 438 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,257 76,725 77,905 5,732 2,287 836 2,772 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435,119 79,652 138,908 84,042 86,995 22,145 23,377 Economically active . . . . . . . 242,651 3,758 69,651 64,438 71,352 17,880 15,572 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213,043 3,423 61,440 53,907 62,706 16,785 14,782 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 27,782 306 7,299 10,087 8,439 1,013 638 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,826 29 912 444 207 82 152 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,468 75,894 69,257 19,604 15,643 4,265 7,805 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 403,734 48,267 138,908 84,042 86,995 22,145 23,377 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 1,267,363 370 135,362 308,537 533,074 145,815 144,205 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 982,905 326 116,009 257,448 416,610 101,582 90,930 Children born in last year. . . . . 45,101 95 21,801 16,815 6,390 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Northern Region ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 330,193 40,478 52,129 237,586 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 49,302 3,484 4,115 41,703 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 112,220 5,291 11,133 95,796 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 84,496 8,901 15,315 60,280 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 51,421 9,710 12,519 29,192 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 20,412 6,772 5,921 7,719 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 12,342 6,320 3,126 2,896 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 330,193 40,478 52,129 237,586 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,061 22,534 45,011 221,516 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 31,013 14,533 5,764 10,716 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 10,119 3,411 1,354 5,354 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 330,193 40,478 52,129 237,586 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 5,024 4,874 150 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 21,750 8,312 3,842 9,596 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 52,125 7,479 9,898 34,748 Protected well . . . . . . . . 25,835 2,231 4,292 19,312 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 77,804 4,026 10,658 63,120 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 70,411 9,290 12,789 48,332 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,637 255 517 3,865 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 65,411 3,421 8,367 53,623 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 6,769 471 1,538 4,760 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 427 119 78 230 Total in Dry Season . . . 330,193 40,478 52,129 237,586 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 4,969 4,840 129 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 21,667 8,215 3,894 9,558 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 50,299 7,232 9,529 33,538 Protected well . . . . . . . . 26,026 2,222 4,181 19,623 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 80,446 4,187 11,027 65,232 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 72,013 9,515 12,904 49,594 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,269 238 420 3,611 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 61,306 3,318 7,901 50,087 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 9,012 677 2,123 6,212 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 186 34 21 131 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 330,193 40,478 52,129 237,586 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 6,143 5,723 420 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 4,506 3,492 610 404 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 250,431 29,366 42,643 178,422 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,113 1,897 8,456 58,760 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 330,193 40,478 52,129 237,586 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 321,399 36,224 51,170 234,005 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 2,175 1,200 430 545 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 2,708 2,576 132 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 725 280 135 310 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 22 5 8 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 4 6 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 3 2 34 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,100 171 251 2,678 Total for lighting. . . . 330,193 40,478 52,129 237,586 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 6,491 438 407 5,646 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 8,032 7,407 625 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 303,607 32,137 50,261 221,209 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 32 25 288 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 817 267 211 339 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,753 110 455 8,188 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,148 87 145 1,916 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 137,286 30,013 26,175 81,098 Total bicycles . . . . . . 94,574 19,689 16,929 57,956 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 79,072 16,271 14,479 48,322 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 15,502 3,418 2,450 9,634 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 20,028 4,590 3,193 12,245 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 8,635 2,858 1,401 4,376 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 11,393 1,732 1,792 7,869 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Chitipa District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Less than 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 years Characteristic Total 1 yr years years years years years years & over ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,799 4,404 17,201 38,614 26,123 15,087 16,116 4,608 4,646 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,682 2,196 8,588 19,185 11,974 6,853 7,223 2,212 2,451 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,117 2,208 8,613 19,429 14,149 8,234 8,893 2,396 2,195 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 126,799 4,404 17,201 38,614 26,123 15,087 16,116 4,608 4,646 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,312 4,326 16,791 37,814 25,604 14,629 15,373 4,371 4,404 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 4 16 38 33 21 20 3 4 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,834 54 294 554 338 217 250 61 66 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514 20 100 208 148 220 473 173 172 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 105,194 38,614 26,123 15,087 16,116 4,608 4,646 English and Chichewa literacy . . 51,238 8,756 20,689 10,652 8,538 1,588 1,015 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 50 25 1 3 7 6 8 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 14,387 6,938 2,856 1,709 1,840 558 486 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 39,519 22,895 2,577 2,723 5,731 2,456 3,137 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,898 19,185 11,974 6,853 7,223 2,212 2,451 English and Chichewa literacy . . 27,494 4,223 10,034 5,659 5,419 1,270 889 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 26 12 - 2 1 4 7 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 6,530 3,467 1,171 573 666 294 359 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 15,848 11,483 769 619 1,137 644 1,196 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,296 19,429 14,149 8,234 8,893 2,396 2,195 English and Chichewa literacy . . 23,744 4,533 10,655 4,993 3,119 318 126 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 24 13 1 1 6 2 1 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 7,857 3,471 1,685 1,136 1,174 264 127 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 23,671 11,412 1,808 2,104 4,594 1,812 1,941 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 105,195 38,615 26,123 15,087 16,116 4,608 4,646 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,135 5,638 1,193 1,597 3,740 1,679 2,288 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 77,748 32,891 19,089 10,687 10,258 2,609 2,214 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 11,212 86 5,825 2,767 2,080 311 143 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 100 - 16 36 38 9 1 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,899 19,186 11,974 6,853 7,223 2,212 2,451 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,365 2,850 342 343 667 384 779 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 36,853 16,294 8,267 4,415 4,817 1,525 1,535 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 7,601 42 3,355 2,070 1,704 294 136 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 80 - 10 25 35 9 1 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,296 19,429 14,149 8,234 8,893 2,396 2,195 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,770 2,788 851 1,254 3,073 1,295 1,509 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 40,895 16,597 10,822 6,272 5,441 1,084 679 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 3,611 44 2,470 697 376 17 7 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - 6 11 3 - - MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 84,974 18,394 26,123 15,087 16,116 4,608 4,646 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,110 102 9,455 12,842 13,898 3,688 3,125 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,459 4 102 275 1,120 680 1,278 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,678 10 697 720 840 209 202 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 35,727 18,278 15,869 1,250 258 31 41 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 84,975 18,395 26,123 15,087 16,116 4,608 4,646 Economically active . . . . . . . 64,178 9,464 18,773 13,380 14,590 4,125 3,846 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,386 357 8,998 10,602 12,273 3,782 3,374 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 5,640 44 982 2,166 2,060 237 151 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 303 - 108 108 46 21 20 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,646 17,994 16,035 2,211 1,737 568 1,101 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,956 9,243 11,974 6,853 7,223 2,212 2,451 Economically active . . . . . . . 39,956 9,243 11,974 6,853 7,223 2,212 2,451 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,843 155 2,696 4,682 5,378 1,915 2,017 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 4,034 25 529 1,578 1,591 192 119 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 230 - 64 89 43 20 14 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,849 9,063 8,685 504 211 85 301 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,019 9,152 14,149 8,234 8,893 2,396 2,195 Economically active . . . . . . . 24,222 221 6,799 6,527 7,367 1,913 1,395 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,543 202 6,302 5,920 6,895 1,867 1,357 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 1,606 19 453 588 469 45 32 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 73 - 44 19 3 1 6 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,797 8,931 7,350 1,707 1,526 483 800 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 41,485 5,618 14,149 8,234 8,893 2,396 2,195 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 142,573 26 14,186 33,710 60,012 18,218 16,421 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 112,720 20 12,289 28,585 47,918 13,047 10,861 Children born in last year. . . . . 4,495 7 2,118 1,694 676 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Chitipa District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 38,286 2,533 2,036 33,717 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 7,299 264 197 6,838 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 15,622 347 487 14,788 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 9,410 495 586 8,329 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 4,021 613 410 2,998 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 1,178 413 232 533 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 756 401 124 231 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 38,286 2,533 2,036 33,717 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,455 1,457 1,787 32,211 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,912 833 183 896 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 919 243 66 610 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 38,286 2,533 2,036 33,717 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 134 127 7 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,371 590 180 1,601 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 4,365 457 188 3,720 Protected well . . . . . . . . 1,231 58 87 1,086 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 5,838 164 278 5,396 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 6,708 665 390 5,653 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841 66 193 1,582 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 15,515 386 706 14,423 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 261 14 5 242 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 22 6 2 14 Total in Dry Season . . . 38,286 2,533 2,036 33,717 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 123 115 8 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,720 611 288 1,821 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 4,724 471 243 4,010 Protected well . . . . . . . . 1,339 55 88 1,196 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 6,582 188 280 6,114 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 6,893 678 395 5,820 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,634 47 85 1,502 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 13,972 355 645 12,972 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 296 13 4 279 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 3 - - 3 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 38,286 2,533 2,036 33,717 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 227 209 18 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 379 278 49 52 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 35,045 2,001 1,909 31,135 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,635 45 60 2,530 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 38,286 2,533 2,036 33,717 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 37,348 2,236 1,966 33,146 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 425 242 36 147 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 39 36 3 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 44 2 2 40 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - - 3 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 17 29 381 Total for lighting. . . . 38,286 2,533 2,036 33,717 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,599 24 16 1,559 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 272 257 15 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 34,351 2,225 1,984 30,142 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 - 12 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 87 13 4 70 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,580 9 7 1,564 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 3 10 370 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 10,692 1,764 923 8,005 Total bicycles . . . . . . 7,820 1,316 568 5,936 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 7,089 1,139 511 5,439 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 731 177 57 497 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 628 198 47 383 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 407 163 30 214 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 221 35 17 169 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Karonga District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Less than 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 years Characteristic Total 1 yr years years years years years years & over ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,572 6,061 26,646 55,220 42,006 24,835 26,391 6,896 6,517 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,673 3,026 13,266 27,638 19,375 11,463 12,120 3,424 3,361 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,899 3,035 13,380 27,582 22,631 13,372 14,271 3,472 3,156 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 194,572 6,061 26,646 55,220 42,006 24,835 26,391 6,896 6,517 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186,353 5,796 25,665 53,266 40,415 23,567 24,950 6,541 6,153 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,964 103 398 816 625 435 406 94 87 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,381 86 322 667 499 324 316 73 94 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,874 76 261 471 467 509 719 188 183 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 161,865 55,220 42,006 24,835 26,391 6,896 6,517 English and Chichewa literacy . . 79,717 12,027 31,411 17,395 14,587 2,577 1,720 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 79 40 6 8 6 8 11 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 23,702 10,965 5,479 2,685 2,928 867 778 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 58,367 32,188 5,110 4,747 8,870 3,444 4,008 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,381 27,638 19,375 11,463 12,120 3,424 3,361 English and Chichewa literacy . . 42,968 5,970 15,278 9,366 8,984 1,993 1,377 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 40 17 3 2 2 7 9 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 10,522 5,478 2,323 842 1,006 419 454 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 23,851 16,173 1,771 1,253 2,128 1,005 1,521 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,484 27,582 22,631 13,372 14,271 3,472 3,156 English and Chichewa literacy . . 36,749 6,057 16,133 8,029 5,603 584 343 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 39 23 3 6 4 1 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 13,180 5,487 3,156 1,843 1,922 448 324 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 34,516 16,015 3,339 3,494 6,742 2,439 2,487 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 161,866 55,221 42,006 24,835 26,391 6,896 6,517 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,573 10,204 2,825 3,172 6,634 2,599 3,139 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 116,505 44,908 31,340 16,984 16,353 3,777 3,143 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 16,510 109 7,801 4,596 3,279 497 228 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 278 - 40 83 125 23 7 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,381 27,638 19,375 11,463 12,120 3,424 3,361 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,451 5,190 934 875 1,598 732 1,122 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 55,546 22,397 13,932 7,191 7,781 2,219 2,026 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 11,158 51 4,482 3,327 2,640 451 207 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 226 - 27 70 101 22 6 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,485 27,583 22,631 13,372 14,271 3,472 3,156 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,122 5,014 1,891 2,297 5,036 1,867 2,017 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 60,959 22,511 17,408 9,793 8,572 1,558 1,117 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 5,352 58 3,319 1,269 639 46 21 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 52 - 13 13 24 1 1 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 132,470 25,825 42,006 24,835 26,391 6,896 6,517 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,755 296 16,247 20,222 21,851 5,081 4,058 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,159 18 195 568 2,130 1,284 1,964 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,859 52 1,545 1,567 1,819 444 432 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 52,697 25,459 24,019 2,478 591 87 63 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 132,471 25,826 42,006 24,835 26,391 6,896 6,517 Economically active . . . . . . . 98,576 13,854 29,794 20,903 22,759 5,976 5,290 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,263 1,394 13,121 13,597 16,220 4,760 4,171 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 16,500 216 3,231 5,782 5,801 917 553 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,025 13 321 294 185 112 100 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,683 24,203 25,333 5,162 4,185 1,107 1,693 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,838 13,095 19,375 11,463 12,120 3,424 3,361 Economically active . . . . . . . 62,838 13,095 19,375 11,463 12,120 3,424 3,361 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,024 688 4,262 6,067 7,207 2,415 2,385 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 11,292 168 1,822 3,948 4,207 725 422 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 734 8 170 218 153 97 88 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,788 12,231 13,121 1,230 553 187 466 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,633 12,731 22,631 13,372 14,271 3,472 3,156 Economically active . . . . . . . 35,738 759 10,419 9,440 10,639 2,552 1,929 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,239 706 8,859 7,530 9,013 2,345 1,786 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 5,208 48 1,409 1,834 1,594 192 131 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 291 5 151 76 32 15 12 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,895 11,972 12,212 3,932 3,632 920 1,227 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 64,641 7,739 22,631 13,372 14,271 3,472 3,156 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 204,008 119 23,686 49,523 87,058 23,330 20,292 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 155,514 113 20,155 40,889 66,557 15,559 12,241 Children born in last year. . . . . 7,406 27 3,705 2,721 953 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Karonga District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 48,082 6,697 9,229 32,156 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 5,816 483 486 4,847 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 17,290 970 1,534 14,786 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 10,729 1,216 2,108 7,405 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 7,486 1,443 2,498 3,545 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 4,012 1,282 1,666 1,064 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 2,749 1,303 937 509 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 48,082 6,697 9,229 32,156 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,286 3,775 8,411 30,100 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,225 2,459 637 1,129 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 1,571 463 181 927 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 48,082 6,697 9,229 32,156 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 688 641 47 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 3,917 1,410 659 1,848 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 7,399 1,414 2,124 3,861 Protected well . . . . . . . . 3,385 344 812 2,229 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 5,012 268 983 3,761 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 18,277 2,198 3,501 12,578 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 17 20 552 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 6,298 267 548 5,483 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 2,421 120 513 1,788 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 96 18 22 56 Total in Dry Season . . . 48,082 6,697 9,229 32,156 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 669 641 28 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 3,883 1,407 653 1,823 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 7,520 1,415 2,139 3,966 Protected well . . . . . . . . 3,344 335 816 2,193 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 5,418 284 1,045 4,089 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 18,399 2,213 3,521 12,665 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 18 20 347 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 5,981 259 488 5,234 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 2,467 122 517 1,828 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 2 11 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 48,082 6,697 9,229 32,156 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 968 915 53 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 718 601 50 67 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 36,376 4,807 7,757 23,812 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,020 374 1,369 8,277 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 48,082 6,697 9,229 32,156 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 47,123 6,261 9,163 31,699 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 172 125 17 30 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 267 265 2 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 60 26 7 27 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 - - Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 2 6 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - - 5 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 15 38 389 Total for lighting. . . . 48,082 6,697 9,229 32,156 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 895 82 58 755 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 969 956 13 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 45,600 5,633 9,131 30,836 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - - 3 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 38 14 3 21 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 2 10 352 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 10 14 189 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 18,714 4,704 4,219 9,791 Total bicycles . . . . . . 17,301 3,863 3,913 9,525 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 14,971 3,272 3,601 8,098 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 2,330 591 312 1,427 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 2,463 486 368 1,609 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 1,077 356 250 471 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 1,386 130 118 1,138 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas NkhataBay District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Less than 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 years Characteristic Total 1 yr years years years years years years & over ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 164,761 5,276 21,642 45,123 34,608 21,969 23,034 6,068 7,041 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,107 2,599 10,841 22,641 16,116 10,692 11,071 2,796 3,351 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,654 2,677 10,801 22,482 18,492 11,277 11,963 3,272 3,690 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 164,761 5,276 21,642 45,123 34,608 21,969 23,034 6,068 7,041 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,371 5,175 21,251 44,472 33,909 21,338 22,384 5,930 6,912 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,451 52 192 324 282 286 241 42 32 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,104 32 139 249 254 155 182 44 49 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835 17 60 78 163 190 227 52 48 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 137,843 45,123 34,608 21,969 23,034 6,068 7,041 English and Chichewa literacy . . 62,430 8,388 25,028 14,238 11,412 1,813 1,551 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 91 63 4 4 14 1 5 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 28,218 12,007 5,562 3,661 4,376 1,226 1,386 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 47,104 24,665 4,014 4,066 7,232 3,028 4,099 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,667 22,641 16,116 10,692 11,071 2,796 3,351 English and Chichewa literacy . . 34,340 4,126 12,177 7,922 7,438 1,403 1,274 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 42 32 1 1 4 - 4 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 12,999 5,993 2,435 1,420 1,775 588 788 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 19,286 12,490 1,503 1,349 1,854 805 1,285 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,176 22,482 18,492 11,277 11,963 3,272 3,690 English and Chichewa literacy . . 28,090 4,262 12,851 6,316 3,974 410 277 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 49 31 3 3 10 1 1 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 15,219 6,014 3,127 2,241 2,601 638 598 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 27,818 12,175 2,511 2,717 5,378 2,223 2,814 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 137,846 45,126 34,608 21,969 23,034 6,068 7,041 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,917 7,892 2,519 3,072 5,810 2,406 3,218 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 100,336 37,132 26,105 15,315 14,767 3,360 3,657 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 12,370 100 5,952 3,497 2,386 276 159 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 223 2 32 85 71 26 7 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,669 22,643 16,116 10,692 11,071 2,796 3,351 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,009 4,128 859 992 1,522 613 895 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 49,073 18,464 11,684 7,110 7,598 1,911 2,306 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 8,411 49 3,556 2,519 1,892 249 146 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 176 2 17 71 59 23 4 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,177 22,483 18,492 11,277 11,963 3,272 3,690 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,908 3,764 1,660 2,080 4,288 1,793 2,323 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 51,263 18,668 14,421 8,205 7,169 1,449 1,351 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 3,959 51 2,396 978 494 27 13 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 47 - 15 14 12 3 3 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 114,118 21,398 34,608 21,969 23,034 6,068 7,041 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,655 217 13,182 17,552 18,648 4,193 3,863 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,902 20 186 513 1,700 1,159 2,324 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,955 15 1,097 1,478 1,993 628 744 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 44,606 21,146 20,143 2,426 693 88 110 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 114,121 21,401 34,608 21,969 23,034 6,068 7,041 Economically active . . . . . . . 90,640 11,418 26,386 19,995 21,341 5,545 5,955 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,967 1,018 13,002 13,049 15,338 4,608 4,952 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 16,584 189 3,506 6,025 5,602 742 520 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 673 28 230 175 106 49 85 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,897 20,166 17,870 2,720 1,988 669 1,484 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,846 10,820 16,116 10,692 11,071 2,796 3,351 Economically active . . . . . . . 54,846 10,820 16,116 10,692 11,071 2,796 3,351 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,851 486 3,811 5,026 6,074 1,995 2,459 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 13,093 129 2,509 4,786 4,615 619 435 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 486 22 148 134 87 36 59 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,416 10,183 9,648 746 295 146 398 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,275 10,581 18,492 11,277 11,963 3,272 3,690 Economically active . . . . . . . 35,794 598 10,270 9,303 10,270 2,749 2,604 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,116 532 9,191 8,023 9,264 2,613 2,493 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 3,491 60 997 1,239 987 123 85 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 187 6 82 41 19 13 26 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,481 9,983 8,222 1,974 1,693 523 1,086 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 55,122 6,428 18,492 11,277 11,963 3,272 3,690 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 165,983 52 18,588 38,802 67,978 19,817 20,746 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 127,535 51 15,601 32,463 53,291 13,476 12,653 Children born in last year. . . . . 5,557 13 2,834 1,937 773 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: NkhataBay District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 41,104 5,514 11,628 23,962 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 5,911 736 947 4,228 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 10,251 876 2,185 7,190 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 11,701 1,317 3,899 6,485 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 8,022 1,138 2,890 3,994 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 3,208 715 1,111 1,382 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 2,011 732 596 683 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 41,104 5,514 11,628 23,962 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,809 2,866 10,583 22,360 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,337 1,470 647 1,220 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 1,958 1,178 398 382 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 41,104 5,514 11,628 23,962 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 457 445 12 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,811 1,202 345 1,264 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 4,180 1,075 1,216 1,889 Protected well . . . . . . . . 3,245 294 913 2,038 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 13,285 688 4,195 8,402 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 7,563 1,190 2,896 3,477 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 921 73 147 701 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 7,051 423 1,516 5,112 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,561 113 380 1,068 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 30 11 8 11 Total in Dry Season . . . 41,104 5,514 11,628 23,962 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 452 441 11 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,627 1,147 319 1,161 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 3,004 955 901 1,148 Protected well . . . . . . . . 3,227 298 898 2,031 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 13,414 710 4,243 8,461 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 7,519 1,236 2,876 3,407 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 69 137 694 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 6,926 410 1,493 5,023 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 3,026 245 745 2,036 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 5 1 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 41,104 5,514 11,628 23,962 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 596 476 120 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 754 635 77 42 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 31,749 4,073 9,123 18,553 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,005 330 2,308 5,367 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 41,104 5,514 11,628 23,962 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 40,436 5,219 11,533 23,684 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 137 93 27 17 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 154 145 9 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 98 34 24 40 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 2 - Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 2 - Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - - 1 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 18 31 220 Total for lighting. . . . 41,104 5,514 11,628 23,962 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 541 40 119 382 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 709 659 50 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 39,263 4,775 11,358 23,130 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4 5 7 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 56 23 21 12 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 6 60 369 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 7 15 62 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 18,050 3,788 5,280 8,982 Total bicycles . . . . . . 7,319 1,864 2,023 3,432 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 5,590 1,455 1,513 2,622 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 1,729 409 510 810 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 1,249 326 385 538 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 65 15 16 34 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 1,184 311 369 504 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Rumphi District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Less than 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 years Characteristic Total 1 yr years years years years years years & over ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,360 4,447 17,741 35,001 27,789 18,148 16,730 4,144 4,360 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,272 2,251 8,821 17,584 12,999 9,159 8,327 1,993 2,138 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,088 2,196 8,920 17,417 14,790 8,989 8,403 2,151 2,222 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 128,360 4,447 17,741 35,001 27,789 18,148 16,730 4,144 4,360 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,574 4,256 16,947 33,654 26,539 17,071 15,881 4,002 4,224 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,585 117 398 540 619 571 317 13 10 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,441 63 333 692 496 343 337 93 84 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 11 63 115 135 163 195 36 42 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 106,172 35,001 27,789 18,148 16,730 4,144 4,360 English and Chichewa literacy . . 54,535 5,015 21,694 13,744 11,019 1,745 1,318 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 75 37 6 4 9 8 11 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 20,104 9,157 3,864 2,400 2,762 948 973 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 31,458 20,792 2,225 2,000 2,940 1,443 2,058 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,200 17,584 12,999 9,159 8,327 1,993 2,138 English and Chichewa literacy . . 28,946 2,354 10,376 7,407 6,540 1,269 1,000 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 36 20 1 1 4 4 6 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 9,131 4,555 1,742 978 961 370 525 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 14,087 10,655 880 773 822 350 607 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,972 17,417 14,790 8,989 8,403 2,151 2,222 English and Chichewa literacy . . 25,589 2,661 11,318 6,337 4,479 476 318 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 39 17 5 3 5 4 5 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 10,973 4,602 2,122 1,422 1,801 578 448 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 17,371 10,137 1,345 1,227 2,118 1,093 1,451 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 106,173 35,002 27,789 18,148 16,730 4,144 4,360 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,456 5,245 1,187 1,219 1,773 785 1,247 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 80,174 29,626 19,764 12,759 12,162 2,965 2,898 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 14,269 131 6,790 4,053 2,718 375 202 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 274 - 48 117 77 19 13 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,200 17,584 12,999 9,159 8,327 1,993 2,138 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,743 2,730 433 496 555 195 334 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 37,833 14,783 8,786 5,621 5,587 1,447 1,609 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 9,379 71 3,741 2,941 2,111 333 182 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 245 - 39 101 74 18 13 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,973 17,418 14,790 8,989 8,403 2,151 2,222 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,713 2,515 754 723 1,218 590 913 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 42,341 14,843 10,978 7,138 6,575 1,518 1,289 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 4,890 60 3,049 1,112 607 42 20 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 29 - 9 16 3 1 - MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 87,387 16,216 27,789 18,148 16,730 4,144 4,360 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,436 165 10,794 14,936 14,366 3,288 2,887 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,061 11 93 304 932 561 1,160 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,089 15 743 876 952 242 261 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 34,801 16,025 16,159 2,032 480 53 52 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 87,388 16,217 27,789 18,148 16,730 4,144 4,360 Economically active . . . . . . . 66,266 8,484 19,926 15,750 14,963 3,655 3,488 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,463 524 8,878 10,052 10,370 2,907 2,732 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 12,563 58 2,432 4,759 4,267 646 401 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 490 3 179 160 79 27 42 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,872 15,632 16,300 3,177 2,014 564 1,185 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,830 8,214 12,999 9,159 8,327 1,993 2,138 Economically active . . . . . . . 42,830 8,214 12,999 9,159 8,327 1,993 2,138 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,220 270 3,122 4,925 4,977 1,427 1,499 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 8,483 43 1,325 3,324 3,036 468 287 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 377 2 115 131 67 23 39 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,750 7,899 8,437 779 247 75 313 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,558 8,003 14,790 8,989 8,403 2,151 2,222 Economically active . . . . . . . 23,436 270 6,927 6,591 6,636 1,662 1,350 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,243 254 5,756 5,127 5,393 1,480 1,233 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 4,080 15 1,107 1,435 1,231 178 114 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 113 1 64 29 12 4 3 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,122 7,733 7,863 2,398 1,767 489 872 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 41,417 4,862 14,790 8,989 8,403 2,151 2,222 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 126,843 25 14,014 32,277 51,883 14,589 14,055 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 102,146 19 12,282 27,679 42,270 10,747 9,149 Children born in last year. . . . . 4,596 4 2,236 1,738 618 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Rumphi District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 31,708 4,136 5,398 22,174 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 3,433 320 295 2,818 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 8,936 496 808 7,632 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 7,904 766 1,217 5,921 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 6,820 1,043 1,624 4,153 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 2,729 712 813 1,204 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 1,886 799 641 446 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 31,708 4,136 5,398 22,174 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,934 2,380 4,659 19,895 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,365 1,458 586 1,321 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 1,409 298 153 958 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 31,708 4,136 5,398 22,174 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 403 388 15 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 3,020 911 445 1,664 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 7,687 1,118 1,532 5,037 Protected well . . . . . . . . 1,375 163 314 898 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 3,021 155 310 2,556 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 5,668 659 831 4,178 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 23 115 332 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 9,056 568 1,459 7,029 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 959 128 362 469 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 49 23 15 11 Total in Dry Season . . . 31,708 4,136 5,398 22,174 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 400 385 15 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,842 867 428 1,547 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 7,200 1,038 1,462 4,700 Protected well . . . . . . . . 1,304 154 297 853 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 3,511 161 333 3,017 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 6,213 745 905 4,563 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 24 114 323 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 8,400 586 1,331 6,483 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,355 169 509 677 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 22 7 4 11 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 31,708 4,136 5,398 22,174 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 488 445 43 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 482 328 108 46 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 27,115 3,191 4,681 19,243 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,623 172 566 2,885 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 31,708 4,136 5,398 22,174 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 31,188 3,835 5,322 22,031 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 174 100 39 35 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 143 137 6 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 76 39 10 27 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 1 - Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - - 2 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 19 20 79 Total for lighting. . . . 31,708 4,136 5,398 22,174 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 495 22 28 445 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 576 535 41 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 29,562 3,523 5,246 20,793 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 8 7 146 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 77 27 17 33 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 10 50 626 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 11 9 131 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 16,500 3,159 3,183 10,158 Total bicycles . . . . . . 10,517 1,944 1,919 6,654 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 8,919 1,647 1,548 5,724 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 1,598 297 371 930 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 2,026 475 436 1,115 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 598 255 101 242 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 1,428 220 335 873 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Mzimba District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Less than 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 years Characteristic Total 1 yr years years years years years years & over ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 610,994 22,749 81,720 167,446 128,375 82,655 84,121 20,867 23,061 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,287 11,324 40,741 83,992 60,463 41,037 41,242 10,243 11,245 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310,707 11,425 40,979 83,454 67,912 41,618 42,879 10,624 11,816 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 610,994 22,749 81,720 167,446 128,375 82,655 84,121 20,867 23,061 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586,202 21,793 78,145 161,457 123,145 78,387 80,679 20,204 22,392 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,490 440 1,557 2,415 2,409 2,195 1,286 111 77 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,947 370 1,502 2,865 2,234 1,590 1,574 392 420 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,355 146 516 709 587 483 582 160 172 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 506,525 167,446 128,375 82,655 84,121 20,867 23,061 English and Chichewa literacy . . 232,137 25,466 93,618 56,155 45,394 6,600 4,904 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 420 269 39 29 30 22 31 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 86,523 36,292 19,644 11,422 12,318 3,286 3,561 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 187,445 105,419 15,074 15,049 26,379 10,959 14,565 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248,222 83,992 60,463 41,037 41,242 10,243 11,245 English and Chichewa literacy . . 128,243 11,981 45,941 31,857 29,391 5,172 3,901 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 231 148 20 13 11 14 25 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 40,152 17,885 8,884 4,322 5,000 1,807 2,254 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 79,596 53,978 5,618 4,845 6,840 3,250 5,065 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258,303 83,454 67,912 41,618 42,879 10,624 11,816 English and Chichewa literacy . . 103,894 13,485 47,677 24,298 16,003 1,428 1,003 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 189 121 19 16 19 8 6 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 46,371 18,407 10,760 7,100 7,318 1,479 1,307 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 107,849 51,441 9,456 10,204 19,539 7,709 9,500 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 506,572 167,493 128,375 82,655 84,121 20,867 23,061 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,365 28,374 7,678 9,214 17,388 7,324 10,387 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 367,181 138,554 93,182 56,441 55,001 12,073 11,930 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 57,515 509 27,288 16,540 11,139 1,360 679 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,511 56 227 460 593 110 65 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248,249 84,019 60,463 41,037 41,242 10,243 11,245 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,859 15,033 2,534 2,831 4,327 1,986 3,148 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 179,205 68,729 42,425 25,858 27,748 6,987 7,458 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 38,026 223 15,360 12,001 8,679 1,176 587 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,159 34 144 347 488 94 52 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258,323 83,474 67,912 41,618 42,879 10,624 11,816 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,506 13,341 5,144 6,383 13,061 5,338 7,239 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 187,976 69,825 50,757 30,583 27,253 5,086 4,472 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 19,489 286 11,928 4,539 2,460 184 92 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 352 22 83 113 105 16 13 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 416,511 77,432 128,375 82,655 84,121 20,867 23,061 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231,490 903 52,257 71,444 74,892 16,837 15,157 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,111 43 498 1,424 5,046 3,177 6,923 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 9,027 42 2,064 2,562 2,923 672 764 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 158,883 76,444 73,556 7,225 1,260 181 217 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 416,558 77,479 128,375 82,655 84,121 20,867 23,061 Economically active . . . . . . . 325,955 40,773 95,587 73,439 77,473 19,187 19,496 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191,362 3,524 47,346 49,659 57,690 16,405 16,738 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 51,665 414 9,304 20,277 18,224 2,229 1,217 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 3,815 42 1,457 1,104 633 244 335 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,716 73,499 70,268 11,615 7,574 1,989 4,771 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,094 38,864 60,463 41,037 41,242 10,243 11,245 Economically active . . . . . . . 203,094 38,864 60,463 41,037 41,242 10,243 11,245 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,792 1,796 16,081 22,426 25,655 7,971 8,863 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 38,533 250 6,015 15,385 14,169 1,768 946 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 2,656 25 887 827 492 195 230 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,113 36,793 37,480 2,399 926 309 1,206 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213,464 38,615 67,912 41,618 42,879 10,624 11,816 Economically active . . . . . . . 122,861 1,909 35,124 32,402 36,231 8,944 8,251 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,570 1,728 31,265 27,233 32,035 8,434 7,875 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 13,132 164 3,289 4,892 4,055 461 271 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,159 17 570 277 141 49 105 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,603 36,706 32,788 9,216 6,648 1,680 3,565 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 198,121 23,272 67,912 41,618 42,879 10,624 11,816 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 619,323 146 64,181 152,510 262,813 68,465 71,208 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 477,925 122 55,064 126,312 203,756 47,648 45,023 Children born in last year. . . . . 22,811 42 10,800 8,636 3,333 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Mzimba District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 169,394 21,496 23,488 124,410 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 26,799 1,673 2,187 22,939 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 59,991 2,600 6,101 51,290 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 44,436 5,100 7,462 31,874 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 24,597 5,447 5,018 14,132 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 8,941 3,612 2,016 3,313 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 4,630 3,064 704 862 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 169,394 21,496 23,488 124,410 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,137 12,030 19,278 115,829 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 18,051 8,249 3,675 6,127 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 4,206 1,217 535 2,454 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 169,394 21,496 23,488 124,410 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 3,332 3,263 69 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 9,623 4,192 2,212 3,219 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 28,494 3,415 4,838 20,241 Protected well . . . . . . . . 16,375 1,363 2,095 12,917 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 50,647 2,751 4,892 43,004 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 31,994 4,540 5,116 22,338 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 76 42 698 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 27,491 1,777 4,138 21,576 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 394 58 55 281 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 228 61 31 136 Total in Dry Season . . . 169,394 21,496 23,488 124,410 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 3,315 3,248 67 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 9,587 4,176 2,205 3,206 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 27,851 3,353 4,784 19,714 Protected well . . . . . . . . 16,687 1,375 2,040 13,272 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 51,520 2,844 5,126 43,550 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 32,937 4,623 5,185 23,129 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 80 64 745 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 26,027 1,708 3,944 20,375 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 445 68 63 314 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 136 21 10 105 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 169,394 21,496 23,488 124,410 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 3,846 3,661 185 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 2,141 1,619 325 197 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 118,837 15,241 18,858 84,738 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,570 975 4,120 39,475 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 169,394 21,496 23,488 124,410 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 163,692 18,573 22,838 122,281 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 1,267 640 311 316 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 2,103 1,991 112 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 446 179 91 176 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7 1 8 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 - - Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 3 2 23 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841 102 133 1,606 Total for lighting. . . . 169,394 21,496 23,488 124,410 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 2,959 270 185 2,504 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 5,489 4,984 505 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 153,234 15,895 22,194 115,145 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 18 13 120 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 559 190 166 203 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,688 83 328 5,277 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314 56 97 1,161 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 72,467 16,514 12,343 43,610 Total bicycles . . . . . . 51,556 10,683 8,479 32,394 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 42,472 8,750 7,293 26,429 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 9,084 1,933 1,186 5,965 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 13,634 3,095 1,943 8,596 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 6,488 2,069 1,004 3,415 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 7,146 1,026 939 5,181 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Likoma District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Less than 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 years Characteristic Total 1 yr years years years years years years & over ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,074 200 964 2,307 1,702 1,021 1,028 354 498 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,731 100 467 1,161 768 469 442 124 200 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,343 100 497 1,146 934 552 586 230 298 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 8,074 200 964 2,307 1,702 1,021 1,028 354 498 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,967 199 954 2,287 1,676 993 1,010 353 495 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 - 4 10 17 15 7 - 2 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 1 6 9 8 13 9 1 - None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - - 1 1 - 2 - 1 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 6,910 2,307 1,702 1,021 1,028 354 498 English and Chichewa literacy . . 3,189 349 1,264 682 572 147 175 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 - 1 - - Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 1,599 661 285 178 236 108 131 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 2,119 1,296 152 161 219 99 192 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,164 1,161 768 469 442 124 200 English and Chichewa literacy . . 1,531 158 564 343 303 69 94 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 2 1 - - 1 - - Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 677 319 129 65 85 29 50 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 954 683 75 61 53 26 56 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,746 1,146 934 552 586 230 298 English and Chichewa literacy . . 1,658 191 700 339 269 78 81 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 1 - 1 - - - - Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 922 342 156 113 151 79 81 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 1,165 613 77 100 166 73 136 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 6,910 2,307 1,702 1,021 1,028 354 498 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 292 57 84 124 51 106 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 5,225 2,004 1,153 673 746 277 372 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 941 11 487 247 152 26 18 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - 5 17 6 - 2 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,164 1,161 768 469 442 124 200 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 155 20 30 28 9 27 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 2,299 1,000 497 251 302 94 155 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 574 6 251 173 107 21 16 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - - 15 5 - 2 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,746 1,146 934 552 586 230 298 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 137 37 54 96 42 79 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 2,926 1,004 656 422 444 183 217 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 367 5 236 74 45 5 2 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 5 2 1 - - MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 5,749 1,146 1,702 1,021 1,028 354 498 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,123 13 358 617 690 219 226 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 - 11 28 120 71 204 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 342 - 29 78 132 50 53 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 2,850 1,133 1,304 298 86 14 15 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 5,749 1,146 1,702 1,021 1,028 354 498 Economically active . . . . . . . 3,179 577 880 644 651 184 243 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 4 96 120 176 60 57 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 1,309 17 248 447 419 88 90 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 16 - 2 3 1 2 8 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,911 1,125 1,356 451 432 204 343 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,579 576 768 469 442 124 200 Economically active . . . . . . . 2,579 576 768 469 442 124 200 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 3 29 46 70 14 19 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 1,044 17 204 348 316 74 85 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 13 - 1 1 1 2 8 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,341 556 534 74 55 34 88 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,170 570 934 552 586 230 298 Economically active . . . . . . . 600 1 112 175 209 60 43 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 1 67 74 106 46 38 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 265 - 44 99 103 14 5 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 1 2 - - - Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,570 569 822 377 377 170 255 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 2,948 348 934 552 586 230 298 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 8,633 2 707 1,715 3,330 1,396 1,483 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 7,065 1 618 1,520 2,818 1,105 1,003 Children born in last year. . . . . 236 2 108 89 37 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Likoma District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 1,619 102 350 1,167 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 44 8 3 33 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 130 2 18 110 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 316 7 43 266 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 475 26 79 370 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 344 38 83 223 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 310 21 124 165 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 1,619 102 350 1,167 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,440 26 293 1,121 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 123 64 36 23 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 56 12 21 23 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 1,619 102 350 1,167 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 10 10 - - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 8 7 1 - Communal standpipe . . . . . . - - - - Protected well . . . . . . . . 224 9 71 144 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 1 - - 1 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 201 38 55 108 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Stream/river . . . . . . . . . - - - - Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,173 38 223 912 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 2 - - 2 Total in Dry Season . . . 1,619 102 350 1,167 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 10 10 - - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 8 7 1 - Communal standpipe . . . . . . - - - - Protected well . . . . . . . . 125 5 42 78 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 1 - - 1 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 52 20 22 10 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Stream/river . . . . . . . . . - - - - Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423 60 285 1,078 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . - - - - TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 1,619 102 350 1,167 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 18 17 1 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 32 31 1 - Traditional pit latrine. . . . 1,309 53 315 941 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 1 33 226 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 1,619 102 350 1,167 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,612 100 348 1,164 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 2 2 - - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 1 - Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 1 - Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - - 3 Total for lighting. . . . 1,619 102 350 1,167 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 1 1 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 17 16 1 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 1,597 86 348 1,163 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - - 3 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 863 84 227 552 Total bicycles . . . . . . 61 19 27 15 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 31 8 13 10 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 30 11 14 5 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 28 10 14 4 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 28 10 14 4 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Central Region ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Less than 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 years Characteristic Total 1 yr years years years years years years & over ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,066,340 156,757 550,998 1,104,450 839,088 567,520 565,851 129,980 151,696 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,016,166 77,789 273,977 549,499 396,271 292,157 289,931 65,061 71,481 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,050,174 78,968 277,021 554,951 442,817 275,363 275,920 64,919 80,215 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 4,066,340 156,757 550,998 1,104,450 839,088 567,520 565,851 129,980 151,696 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,388,408 134,681 471,212 945,790 719,780 465,107 443,507 98,386 109,945 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283,964 11,622 39,081 74,968 58,469 42,937 38,786 8,215 9,886 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,609 4,083 15,957 29,505 18,926 16,065 17,459 3,961 4,653 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283,359 6,371 24,748 54,187 41,913 43,411 66,099 19,418 27,212 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 3,358,585 1,104,450 839,088 567,520 565,851 129,980 151,696 English and Chichewa literacy . . 980,007 120,803 398,689 233,887 183,969 25,397 17,262 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 3,642 2,280 635 246 311 78 92 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 836,870 314,098 214,318 123,571 121,936 30,969 31,978 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 1,538,066 667,269 225,446 209,816 259,635 73,536 102,364 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664,400 549,499 396,271 292,157 289,931 65,061 71,481 English