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 and Chichewa literacy . . 589,386 58,133 212,731 152,418 132,163 20,253 13,688 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 1,788 1,145 277 123 150 39 54 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 424,283 153,059 100,273 63,990 66,894 18,903 21,164 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 648,943 337,162 82,990 75,626 90,724 25,866 36,575 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,694,185 554,951 442,817 275,363 275,920 64,919 80,215 English and Chichewa literacy . . 390,621 62,670 185,958 81,469 51,806 5,144 3,574 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 1,854 1,135 358 123 161 39 38 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 412,587 161,039 114,045 59,581 55,042 12,066 10,814 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 889,123 330,107 142,456 134,190 168,911 47,670 65,789 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 3,359,214 1,105,079 839,088 567,520 565,851 129,980 151,696 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119,144 334,936 182,009 189,723 243,039 70,059 99,378 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 1,988,292 766,689 536,903 304,961 275,141 54,659 49,939 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 240,923 2,784 118,909 69,025 43,446 4,695 2,064 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 10,855 670 1,267 3,811 4,225 567 315 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664,786 549,885 396,271 292,157 289,931 65,061 71,481 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457,486 174,253 65,298 69,488 87,111 25,199 36,137 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 1,041,071 373,907 261,601 170,400 166,355 35,389 33,419 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 158,564 1,301 68,632 49,566 33,282 4,048 1,735 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,665 424 740 2,703 3,183 425 190 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,694,428 555,194 442,817 275,363 275,920 64,919 80,215 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661,658 160,683 116,711 120,235 155,928 44,860 63,241 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 947,221 392,782 275,302 134,561 108,786 19,270 16,520 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 82,359 1,483 50,277 19,459 10,164 647 329 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,190 246 527 1,108 1,042 142 125 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 2,752,887 498,752 839,088 567,520 565,851 129,980 151,696 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,540,678 9,670 352,415 487,911 492,930 101,354 96,398 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,141 571 3,965 9,381 27,590 16,651 39,983 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 106,591 548 19,747 26,697 35,872 10,391 13,336 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007,477 487,963 462,961 43,531 9,459 1,584 1,979 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 2,753,516 499,381 839,088 567,520 565,851 129,980 151,696 Economically active . . . . . . . 2,275,711 284,409 662,331 524,251 538,099 125,020 141,601 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,518,792 67,358 391,540 383,943 433,481 111,802 130,668 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 325,081 7,793 76,026 124,771 98,334 11,423 6,734 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 15,890 479 7,112 4,331 2,285 676 1,007 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 893,753 423,751 364,410 54,475 31,751 6,079 13,287 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,363,746 248,845 396,271 292,157 289,931 65,061 71,481 Economically active . . . . . . . 1,363,746 248,845 396,271 292,157 289,931 65,061 71,481 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680,623 34,834 147,482 177,865 204,235 53,913 62,294 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 256,044 4,951 56,464 99,852 79,976 9,499 5,302 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 11,131 281 4,672 3,234 1,721 530 693 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 415,948 208,779 187,653 11,206 3,999 1,119 3,192 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,389,770 250,536 442,817 275,363 275,920 64,919 80,215 Economically active . . . . . . . 911,965 35,564 266,060 232,094 248,168 59,959 70,120 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838,169 32,524 244,058 206,078 229,246 57,889 68,374 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 69,037 2,842 19,562 24,919 18,358 1,924 1,432 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 4,759 198 2,440 1,097 564 146 314 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 477,805 214,972 176,757 43,269 27,752 4,960 10,095 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 1,289,577 150,343 442,817 275,363 275,920 64,919 80,215 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 4,458,544 1,200 457,671 1,103,125 1,846,203 477,803 572,542 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 3,159,949 1,048 375,681 863,795 1,309,388 291,136 318,901 Children born in last year. . . . . 161,295 223 75,619 60,007 25,446 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Central Region ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 1,192,773 130,554 148,251 913,968 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 322,935 20,325 22,228 280,382 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 421,151 24,239 51,558 345,354 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 267,749 29,522 42,365 195,862 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 120,918 25,383 21,846 73,689 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 38,222 16,797 7,137 14,288 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 21,798 14,288 3,117 4,393 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 1,192,773 130,554 148,251 913,968 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,038,443 73,487 106,856 858,100 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 110,969 41,767 37,085 32,117 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 43,361 15,300 4,310 23,751 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 1,192,773 130,554 148,251 913,968 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 18,441 17,955 486 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 49,361 20,273 18,492 10,596 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 106,029 16,027 32,547 57,455 Protected well . . . . . . . . 176,106 17,539 19,301 139,266 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 354,006 17,465 31,158 305,383 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 338,429 35,326 35,593 267,510 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,934 531 1,043 9,360 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 130,777 4,944 8,575 117,258 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 7,673 280 948 6,445 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 1,017 214 108 695 Total in Dry Season . . . 1,192,773 130,554 148,251 913,968 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 18,299 17,813 486 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 48,989 20,055 18,361 10,573 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 103,295 15,669 32,353 55,273 Protected well . . . . . . . . 176,541 17,611 19,394 139,536 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 354,660 17,591 30,974 306,095 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 337,606 35,655 35,645 266,306 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,926 546 1,036 9,344 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 133,644 5,227 8,866 119,551 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 8,376 337 1,106 6,933 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 437 50 30 357 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 1,192,773 130,554 148,251 913,968 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 26,380 25,275 1,105 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 8,778 5,334 2,091 1,353 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 848,172 90,964 121,904 635,304 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309,443 8,981 23,151 277,311 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 1,192,773 130,554 148,251 913,968 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,140,514 108,213 138,376 893,925 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 5,763 2,350 2,322 1,091 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 18,126 15,971 2,155 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 7,409 2,258 3,353 1,798 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 103 29 60 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 4 15 70 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,432 72 278 2,082 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,248 1,583 1,723 14,942 Total for lighting. . . . 1,192,773 130,554 148,251 913,968 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 17,572 1,481 1,449 14,642 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 36,168 29,852 6,316 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068,435 95,442 133,216 839,777 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,230 95 74 1,061 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,153 1,900 3,985 1,268 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,253 1,202 2,524 48,527 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,962 582 687 8,693 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 451,490 93,282 78,648 279,560 Total bicycles . . . . . . 394,377 63,422 53,194 277,761 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 344,990 53,266 46,825 244,899 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 49,387 10,156 6,369 32,862 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 66,228 14,174 8,611 43,443 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 34,703 10,480 4,755 19,468 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 31,525 3,694 3,856 23,975 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Kasungu 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 480,659 20,273 66,034 129,751 103,374 70,190 64,823 13,487 12,727 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247,850 10,049 33,056 65,443 51,857 37,668 35,839 7,330 6,608 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232,809 10,224 32,978 64,308 51,517 32,522 28,984 6,157 6,119 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 480,659 20,273 66,034 129,751 103,374 70,190 64,823 13,487 12,727 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444,419 18,874 61,858 121,896 95,256 63,344 58,713 12,480 11,998 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,325 819 2,320 4,105 4,028 3,263 2,373 275 142 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,270 358 1,303 2,534 1,718 1,399 1,389 311 258 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,645 222 553 1,216 2,372 2,184 2,348 421 329 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 394,352 129,751 103,374 70,190 64,823 13,487 12,727 English and Chichewa literacy . . 122,008 10,258 50,060 31,546 24,919 3,307 1,918 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 519 323 101 39 30 15 11 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 102,986 35,967 28,741 16,593 15,039 3,503 3,143 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 168,839 83,203 24,472 22,012 24,835 6,662 7,655 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204,745 65,443 51,857 37,668 35,839 7,330 6,608 English and Chichewa literacy . . 75,305 4,990 26,734 20,618 18,559 2,780 1,624 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 272 169 52 20 17 7 7 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 53,228 17,929 14,311 8,520 8,187 2,194 2,087 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 75,940 42,355 10,760 8,510 9,076 2,349 2,890 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,607 64,308 51,517 32,522 28,984 6,157 6,119 English and Chichewa literacy . . 46,703 5,268 23,326 10,928 6,360 527 294 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 247 154 49 19 13 8 4 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 49,758 18,038 14,430 8,073 6,852 1,309 1,056 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 92,899 40,848 13,712 13,502 15,759 4,313 4,765 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 394,404 129,803 103,374 70,190 64,823 13,487 12,727 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,624 33,094 17,849 18,404 21,456 5,836 6,985 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 265,060 96,457 73,822 44,200 38,124 6,996 5,461 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 24,908 198 11,627 7,286 4,954 595 248 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 812 54 76 300 289 60 33 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204,787 65,485 51,857 37,668 35,839 7,330 6,608 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,061 17,525 7,782 7,151 7,962 2,090 2,551 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 141,865 47,820 37,197 24,784 23,597 4,663 3,804 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 17,254 88 6,829 5,517 4,062 530 228 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 607 52 49 216 218 47 25 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,617 64,318 51,517 32,522 28,984 6,157 6,119 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,563 15,569 10,067 11,253 13,494 3,746 4,434 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 123,195 48,637 36,625 19,416 14,527 2,333 1,657 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 7,654 110 4,798 1,769 892 65 20 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 205 2 27 84 71 13 8 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 323,903 59,302 103,374 70,190 64,823 13,487 12,727 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184,193 918 45,965 60,900 57,272 10,725 8,413 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,411 47 362 813 2,480 1,570 3,139 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 10,947 46 2,258 2,952 3,728 979 984 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 120,352 58,291 54,789 5,525 1,343 213 191 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 323,955 59,354 103,374 70,190 64,823 13,487 12,727 Economically active . . . . . . . 265,059 32,720 82,616 64,617 61,090 12,688 11,328 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,889 4,863 45,886 45,555 46,614 10,943 10,028 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 48,868 1,274 13,652 17,567 13,946 1,590 839 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,311 45 554 424 166 45 77 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,887 53,172 43,282 6,644 4,097 909 1,783 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,493 30,191 51,857 37,668 35,839 7,330 6,608 Economically active . . . . . . . 169,493 30,191 51,857 37,668 35,839 7,330 6,608 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,384 2,654 18,888 22,573 23,967 5,830 5,472 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 38,217 969 10,110 13,707 11,390 1,350 691 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 901 30 335 317 118 40 61 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,991 26,538 22,524 1,071 364 110 384 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,462 29,163 51,517 32,522 28,984 6,157 6,119 Economically active . . . . . . . 95,566 2,529 30,759 26,949 25,251 5,358 4,720 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,505 2,209 26,998 22,982 22,647 5,113 4,556 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 10,651 305 3,542 3,860 2,556 240 148 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 410 15 219 107 48 5 16 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,896 26,634 20,758 5,573 3,733 799 1,399 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 142,466 17,167 51,517 32,522 28,984 6,157 6,119 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 482,444 179 57,344 134,601 198,950 46,870 44,500 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 349,635 165 47,027 104,576 142,499 29,489 25,879 Children born in last year. . . . . 21,564 50 10,272 7,987 3,255 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Kasungu District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 137,375 14,429 11,652 111,294 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 32,165 1,893 2,022 28,250 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 53,909 3,015 4,044 46,850 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 31,253 3,437 3,304 24,512 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 13,514 2,813 1,568 9,133 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 4,119 1,781 504 1,834 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 2,415 1,490 210 715 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 137,375 14,429 11,652 111,294 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,350 8,624 9,587 99,139 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 11,480 4,529 1,271 5,680 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 8,545 1,276 794 6,475 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 137,375 14,429 11,652 111,294 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 1,076 1,026 50 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 5,259 2,333 691 2,235 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 9,216 2,139 1,372 5,705 Protected well . . . . . . . . 12,719 1,617 1,210 9,892 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 66,803 3,855 4,794 58,154 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 21,617 2,500 2,243 16,874 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 27 116 388 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 19,576 810 1,136 17,630 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 323 14 16 293 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 255 108 24 123 Total in Dry Season . . . 137,375 14,429 11,652 111,294 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 1,073 1,020 53 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 5,259 2,327 690 2,242 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 9,046 2,083 1,372 5,591 Protected well . . . . . . . . 13,146 1,626 1,204 10,316 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 66,101 3,926 4,772 57,403 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 21,655 2,504 2,236 16,915 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 26 109 378 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 19,981 868 1,168 17,945 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 548 40 45 463 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 53 9 3 41 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 137,375 14,429 11,652 111,294 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 1,370 1,252 118 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 800 527 76 197 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 101,057 11,694 9,641 79,722 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,148 956 1,817 31,375 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 137,375 14,429 11,652 111,294 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 133,579 13,358 11,370 108,851 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 242 105 19 118 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 667 644 23 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 471 167 53 251 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9 - 5 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 1 6 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 - 1 18 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,376 146 185 2,045 Total for lighting. . . . 137,375 14,429 11,652 111,294 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 2,006 147 132 1,727 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 1,907 1,815 92 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 125,089 12,047 10,940 102,102 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 13 9 124 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 455 187 77 191 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,761 152 360 6,249 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011 68 42 901 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 60,674 10,596 6,342 43,736 Total bicycles . . . . . . 54,694 8,060 5,340 41,294 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 46,304 6,841 4,759 34,704 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 8,390 1,219 581 6,590 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 12,600 2,281 969 9,350 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 4,820 1,505 593 2,722 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 7,780 776 376 6,628 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Nkhotakota 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 229,460 9,072 32,321 62,926 45,988 32,675 32,209 6,673 7,596 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,847 4,511 16,151 31,290 21,736 16,737 17,243 3,437 3,742 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,613 4,561 16,170 31,636 24,252 15,938 14,966 3,236 3,854 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 229,460 9,072 32,321 62,926 45,988 32,675 32,209 6,673 7,596 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,645 6,587 23,914 47,217 34,961 24,386 23,688 4,726 5,166 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,767 2,326 7,850 14,769 10,110 7,261 7,437 1,782 2,232 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956 81 293 463 375 380 304 24 36 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,092 78 264 477 542 648 780 141 162 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 188,067 62,926 45,988 32,675 32,209 6,673 7,596 English and Chichewa literacy . . 58,729 6,320 24,716 14,211 10,971 1,495 1,016 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 150 93 24 9 17 2 5 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 40,879 17,133 9,928 5,918 5,565 1,133 1,202 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 88,309 39,380 11,320 12,537 15,656 4,043 5,373 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,185 31,290 21,736 16,737 17,243 3,437 3,742 English and Chichewa literacy . . 36,227 3,138 13,428 9,271 8,313 1,233 844 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 82 45 15 5 13 1 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 20,944 8,490 4,443 3,088 3,339 709 875 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 36,932 19,617 3,850 4,373 5,578 1,494 2,020 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,882 31,636 24,252 15,938 14,966 3,236 3,854 English and Chichewa literacy . . 22,502 3,182 11,288 4,940 2,658 262 172 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 68 48 9 4 4 1 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 19,935 8,643 5,485 2,830 2,226 424 327 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 51,377 19,763 7,470 8,164 10,078 2,549 3,353 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 188,099 62,958 45,988 32,675 32,209 6,673 7,596 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,187 16,486 8,627 11,003 14,265 3,735 5,071 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 113,023 46,275 29,376 17,237 15,190 2,582 2,363 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 15,501 163 7,941 4,318 2,602 336 141 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 388 34 44 117 152 20 21 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,211 31,316 21,736 16,737 17,243 3,437 3,742 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,333 8,403 2,772 3,838 5,082 1,345 1,893 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 59,947 22,800 14,160 9,568 9,929 1,777 1,713 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 10,647 83 4,776 3,249 2,117 300 122 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 284 30 28 82 115 15 14 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,888 31,642 24,252 15,938 14,966 3,236 3,854 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,854 8,083 5,855 7,165 9,183 2,390 3,178 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 53,076 23,475 15,216 7,669 5,261 805 650 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 4,854 80 3,165 1,069 485 36 19 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 104 4 16 35 37 5 7 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 153,455 28,314 45,988 32,675 32,209 6,673 7,596 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,152 513 17,735 27,388 27,898 5,033 4,585 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,102 29 216 508 1,394 921 2,034 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,945 33 1,310 1,770 2,311 640 881 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 58,256 27,739 26,727 3,009 606 79 96 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 153,487 28,346 45,988 32,675 32,209 6,673 7,596 Economically active . . . . . . . 125,063 15,523 35,586 30,134 30,735 6,379 6,706 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,184 2,387 18,279 20,004 22,476 5,308 5,730 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 22,779 317 4,335 8,786 7,841 933 567 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,135 8 445 341 184 64 93 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,389 25,634 22,929 3,544 1,708 368 1,206 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,052 14,157 21,736 16,737 17,243 3,437 3,742 Economically active . . . . . . . 77,052 14,157 21,736 16,737 17,243 3,437 3,742 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,242 1,133 5,569 8,090 10,080 2,491 2,879 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 19,020 207 3,345 7,384 6,780 822 482 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 825 6 295 260 149 50 65 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,965 12,811 12,527 1,003 234 74 316 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,435 14,189 24,252 15,938 14,966 3,236 3,854 Economically active . . . . . . . 48,011 1,366 13,850 13,397 13,492 2,942 2,964 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,942 1,254 12,710 11,914 12,396 2,817 2,851 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 3,759 110 990 1,402 1,061 111 85 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 310 2 150 81 35 14 28 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,424 12,823 10,402 2,541 1,474 294 890 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 70,756 8,510 24,252 15,938 14,966 3,236 3,854 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 243,563 92 25,548 64,161 102,070 24,195 27,497 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 172,037 79 20,598 49,767 72,130 14,661 14,802 Children born in last year. . . . . 9,248 9 4,000 3,727 1,512 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Nkhotakota District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 60,964 8,908 12,943 39,113 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 14,070 2,815 1,183 10,072 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 19,748 1,597 3,019 15,132 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 15,815 1,741 4,690 9,384 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 7,847 1,326 2,889 3,632 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 2,391 907 845 639 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 1,093 522 317 254 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 60,964 8,908 12,943 39,113 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,197 2,799 11,915 35,483 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,767 1,284 590 1,893 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 7,000 4,825 438 1,737 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 60,964 8,908 12,943 39,113 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 609 604 5 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,793 613 227 953 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 6,286 2,383 645 3,258 Protected well . . . . . . . . 4,427 420 1,168 2,839 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 23,926 952 6,580 16,394 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 17,120 3,668 3,490 9,962 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 4 18 32 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 4,433 196 450 3,787 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 2,271 60 350 1,861 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 45 8 10 27 Total in Dry Season . . . 60,964 8,908 12,943 39,113 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 603 597 6 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,771 598 229 944 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 5,646 2,149 622 2,875 Protected well . . . . . . . . 5,024 445 1,330 3,249 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 23,293 930 6,330 16,033 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 17,337 3,856 3,482 9,999 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 3 17 32 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 4,719 247 513 3,959 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 2,494 82 412 2,000 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 25 1 2 22 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 60,964 8,908 12,943 39,113 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 3,119 3,004 115 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 415 299 28 88 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 31,568 3,562 8,248 19,758 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,862 2,043 4,552 19,267 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 60,964 8,908 12,943 39,113 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 59,422 8,119 12,812 38,491 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 222 115 37 70 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 584 573 11 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 165 53 22 90 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8 1 3 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - - 4 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1 3 20 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 39 57 435 Total for lighting. . . . 60,964 8,908 12,943 39,113 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 416 57 60 299 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 1,060 1,033 27 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 57,518 7,732 12,588 37,198 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 6 16 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 67 38 6 23 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,638 31 216 1,391 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 11 40 186 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 26,574 6,700 6,153 13,721 Total bicycles . . . . . . 18,473 4,886 4,462 9,125 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 16,252 4,088 4,029 8,135 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 2,221 798 433 990 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 785 148 140 497 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 354 69 78 207 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 431 79 62 290 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Ntchisi 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,880 5,754 22,660 47,716 34,771 21,329 22,943 5,710 6,997 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,595 2,922 11,266 23,924 16,759 10,671 11,733 2,815 3,505 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,285 2,832 11,394 23,792 18,012 10,658 11,210 2,895 3,492 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 167,880 5,754 22,660 47,716 34,771 21,329 22,943 5,710 6,997 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,732 5,532 21,789 45,624 32,587 19,265 20,446 5,166 6,323 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,237 38 146 305 315 235 161 16 21 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,262 75 287 616 336 332 405 81 130 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,649 109 438 1,171 1,533 1,497 1,931 447 523 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 139,466 47,716 34,771 21,329 22,943 5,710 6,997 English and Chichewa literacy . . 36,792 4,044 15,872 7,929 7,094 1,055 798 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 111 64 23 11 8 2 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 36,461 14,127 9,359 4,746 5,118 1,498 1,613 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 66,102 29,481 9,517 8,643 10,723 3,155 4,583 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,407 23,924 16,759 10,671 11,733 2,815 3,505 English and Chichewa literacy . . 21,674 1,880 8,221 4,994 5,045 890 644 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 52 30 11 3 4 2 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 18,582 6,816 4,463 2,478 2,781 881 1,163 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 29,099 15,198 4,064 3,196 3,903 1,042 1,696 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,059 23,792 18,012 10,658 11,210 2,895 3,492 English and Chichewa literacy . . 15,118 2,164 7,651 2,935 2,049 165 154 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 59 34 12 8 4 - 1 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 17,879 7,311 4,896 2,268 2,337 617 450 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 37,003 14,283 5,453 5,447 6,820 2,113 2,887 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 139,484 47,734 34,771 21,329 22,943 5,710 6,997 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,085 14,088 7,275 7,349 9,359 2,793 4,221 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 86,814 33,554 23,458 12,058 12,333 2,726 2,685 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 7,360 74 4,016 1,832 1,190 170 78 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 225 18 22 90 61 21 13 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,421 23,938 16,759 10,671 11,733 2,815 3,505 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,244 7,575 3,022 2,733 3,445 920 1,549 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 45,067 16,311 11,391 6,479 7,277 1,727 1,882 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 4,952 38 2,330 1,398 965 154 67 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 158 14 16 61 46 14 7 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,063 23,796 18,012 10,658 11,210 2,895 3,492 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,841 6,513 4,253 4,616 5,914 1,873 2,672 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 41,747 17,243 12,067 5,579 5,056 999 803 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 2,408 36 1,686 434 225 16 11 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 67 4 6 29 15 7 6 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 113,599 21,849 34,771 21,329 22,943 5,710 6,997 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,908 385 14,093 18,722 20,370 4,642 4,696 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,602 28 113 236 913 639 1,673 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,709 17 695 858 1,251 362 526 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 43,380 21,419 19,870 1,513 409 67 102 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 113,617 21,867 34,771 21,329 22,943 5,710 6,997 Economically active . . . . . . . 96,639 12,677 28,551 20,640 22,468 5,607 6,696 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,933 3,617 19,286 17,815 20,408 5,365 6,442 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 6,492 275 1,524 2,404 1,944 213 132 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 179 1 68 58 24 7 21 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,013 17,974 13,893 1,052 567 125 402 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,494 11,011 16,759 10,671 11,733 2,815 3,505 Economically active . . . . . . . 56,494 11,011 16,759 10,671 11,733 2,815 3,505 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,303 2,007 7,937 8,435 10,009 2,629 3,286 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 5,017 219 1,102 1,826 1,610 159 101 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 139 1 47 47 22 5 17 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,035 8,784 7,673 363 92 22 101 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,123 10,856 18,012 10,658 11,210 2,895 3,492 Economically active . . . . . . . 40,145 1,666 11,792 9,969 10,735 2,792 3,191 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,630 1,610 11,349 9,380 10,399 2,736 3,156 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 1,475 56 422 578 334 54 31 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 40 - 21 11 2 2 4 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,978 9,190 6,220 689 475 103 301 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 52,834 6,567 18,012 10,658 11,210 2,895 3,492 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 196,475 81 17,861 47,587 81,863 22,950 26,133 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 135,264 60 14,456 36,362 56,458 13,524 14,404 Children born in last year. . . . . 5,834 19 2,658 2,185 972 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Ntchisi District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 52,459 2,771 1,852 47,836 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 13,703 332 247 13,124 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 15,874 446 489 14,939 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 12,450 562 509 11,379 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 7,254 589 384 6,281 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 2,201 433 156 1,612 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 977 409 67 501 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 52,459 2,771 1,852 47,836 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,767 1,729 1,615 46,423 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,778 909 169 700 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 914 133 68 713 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 52,459 2,771 1,852 47,836 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 126 125 1 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,006 380 36 590 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 2,301 250 152 1,899 Protected well . . . . . . . . 4,006 190 112 3,704 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 18,408 569 823 17,016 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 12,095 873 460 10,762 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 47 7 691 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 13,716 329 256 13,131 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 34 - - 34 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 22 8 5 9 Total in Dry Season . . . 52,459 2,771 1,852 47,836 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 127 125 2 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,010 377 36 597 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 2,243 249 155 1,839 Protected well . . . . . . . . 4,075 189 108 3,778 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 18,572 585 831 17,156 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 11,973 872 457 10,644 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 782 46 6 730 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 13,637 327 257 13,053 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 34 - - 34 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 - 5 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 52,459 2,771 1,852 47,836 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 196 190 6 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 109 74 8 27 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 39,868 2,365 1,642 35,861 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,286 142 196 11,948 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 52,459 2,771 1,852 47,836 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 51,993 2,654 1,833 47,506 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 48 7 2 39 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 75 73 2 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 108 33 8 67 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - - 3 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 - - 9 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 4 7 212 Total for lighting. . . . 52,459 2,771 1,852 47,836 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 554 14 9 531 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 314 309 5 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 46,045 2,378 1,768 41,899 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 3 1 80 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 74 18 6 50 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,711 42 54 4,615 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 7 9 661 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 17,269 1,910 931 14,428 Total bicycles . . . . . . 13,746 1,401 782 11,563 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 12,456 1,239 731 10,486 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 1,290 162 51 1,077 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 2,981 419 225 2,337 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 2,141 347 198 1,596 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 840 72 27 741 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Dowa 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,387 14,144 57,330 112,991 84,918 54,447 56,513 14,066 16,978 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,828 7,047 28,360 56,411 41,110 27,436 28,085 7,013 8,366 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207,559 7,097 28,970 56,580 43,808 27,011 28,428 7,053 8,612 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 411,387 14,144 57,330 112,991 84,918 54,447 56,513 14,066 16,978 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377,223 13,372 54,042 106,054 78,880 48,656 49,452 12,155 14,612 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,691 110 444 1,044 864 606 470 81 72 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,162 293 1,356 2,439 1,419 1,285 1,505 376 489 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,311 369 1,488 3,454 3,755 3,900 5,086 1,454 1,805 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 339,913 112,991 84,918 54,447 56,513 14,066 16,978 English and Chichewa literacy . . 85,611 9,268 37,317 19,313 15,949 2,219 1,545 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 297 171 61 18 28 8 11 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 92,762 34,010 24,668 13,603 13,362 3,484 3,635 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 161,243 69,542 22,872 21,513 27,174 8,355 11,787 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168,421 56,411 41,110 27,436 28,085 7,013 8,366 English and Chichewa literacy . . 51,183 4,514 19,759 12,466 11,378 1,812 1,254 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 155 92 31 12 11 3 6 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 47,196 16,357 11,897 7,044 7,196 2,177 2,525 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 69,887 35,448 9,423 7,914 9,500 3,021 4,581 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,492 56,580 43,808 27,011 28,428 7,053 8,612 English and Chichewa literacy . . 34,428 4,754 17,558 6,847 4,571 407 291 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 142 79 30 6 17 5 5 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 45,566 17,653 12,771 6,559 6,166 1,307 1,110 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 91,356 34,094 13,449 13,599 17,674 5,334 7,206 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 339,985 113,063 84,918 54,447 56,513 14,066 16,978 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,507 33,370 18,641 19,467 25,563 8,086 11,380 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 205,681 79,482 56,590 30,287 28,250 5,660 5,412 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 17,332 157 9,629 4,525 2,567 298 156 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 465 54 58 168 133 22 30 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168,466 56,456 41,110 27,436 28,085 7,013 8,366 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,991 17,704 7,520 7,251 9,074 2,953 4,489 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 107,641 38,648 27,932 16,704 16,859 3,771 3,727 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 11,538 76 5,629 3,365 2,060 273 135 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 296 28 29 116 92 16 15 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,519 56,607 43,808 27,011 28,428 7,053 8,612 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,516 15,666 11,121 12,216 16,489 5,133 6,891 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 98,040 40,834 28,658 13,583 11,391 1,889 1,685 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 5,794 81 4,000 1,160 507 25 21 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 169 26 29 52 41 6 15 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 277,493 50,571 84,918 54,447 56,513 14,066 16,978 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,960 1,085 36,036 48,158 49,869 11,342 11,470 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,089 52 298 709 2,443 1,580 4,007 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 9,497 46 1,581 2,196 3,381 995 1,298 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 100,947 49,388 47,003 3,384 820 149 203 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 277,565 50,643 84,918 54,447 56,513 14,066 16,978 Economically active . . . . . . . 239,765 29,049 71,050 53,278 55,845 13,933 16,610 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183,488 7,616 48,596 46,720 51,149 13,349 16,058 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 15,883 667 4,276 5,697 4,389 501 353 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 687 44 311 164 100 27 41 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,507 42,316 31,735 1,866 875 189 526 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,336 25,326 41,110 27,436 28,085 7,013 8,366 Economically active . . . . . . . 137,336 25,326 41,110 27,436 28,085 7,013 8,366 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,234 4,060 19,999 22,343 24,369 6,541 7,922 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 11,957 523 3,038 4,287 3,441 397 271 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 438 21 206 109 68 19 15 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,707 20,722 17,867 697 207 56 158 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,229 25,317 43,808 27,011 28,428 7,053 8,612 Economically active . . . . . . . 102,429 3,723 29,940 25,842 27,760 6,920 8,244 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,254 3,556 28,597 24,377 26,780 6,808 8,136 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 3,926 144 1,238 1,410 948 104 82 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 249 23 105 55 32 8 26 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,800 21,594 13,868 1,169 668 133 368 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 130,081 15,169 43,808 27,011 28,428 7,053 8,612 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 471,665 158 44,669 115,020 197,050 52,380 62,388 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 333,177 152 36,951 90,227 139,086 31,628 35,133 Children born in last year. . . . . 15,467 22 7,088 5,755 2,602 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Dowa District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 128,523 10,783 8,536 109,204 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 40,558 1,551 1,781 37,226 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 41,825 1,924 2,714 37,187 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 27,828 2,608 2,223 22,997 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 12,938 2,329 1,139 9,470 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 3,478 1,235 437 1,806 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 1,896 1,136 242 518 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 128,523 10,783 8,536 109,204 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,134 7,379 7,738 105,017 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,339 2,754 643 1,942 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 3,050 650 155 2,245 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 128,523 10,783 8,536 109,204 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 678 666 12 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,603 1,528 459 616 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 2,808 600 245 1,963 Protected well . . . . . . . . 25,958 2,381 2,191 21,386 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 42,347 2,080 2,596 37,671 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 24,358 2,633 1,862 19,863 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,913 77 206 1,630 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 27,727 797 958 25,972 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 88 9 3 76 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 43 12 4 27 Total in Dry Season . . . 128,523 10,783 8,536 109,204 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 671 661 10 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,632 1,533 461 638 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 2,813 602 241 1,970 Protected well . . . . . . . . 25,928 2,384 2,192 21,352 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 42,500 2,056 2,605 37,839 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 24,349 2,636 1,866 19,847 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,913 78 203 1,632 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 27,603 819 954 25,830 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 83 9 3 71 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 31 5 1 25 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 128,523 10,783 8,536 109,204 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 1,045 963 82 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 647 488 38 121 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 86,062 8,494 6,787 70,781 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,769 838 1,629 38,302 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 128,523 10,783 8,536 109,204 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 124,205 9,943 8,248 106,014 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 134 39 16 79 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 495 479 16 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 379 199 37 143 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 14 2 9 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 1 6 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 3 2 50 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,223 106 214 2,903 Total for lighting. . . . 128,523 10,783 8,536 109,204 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,904 107 93 1,704 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 1,264 1,207 57 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 110,741 9,122 8,035 93,584 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 4 6 385 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 187 95 27 65 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,668 186 268 12,214 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,364 62 50 1,252 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 42,567 7,121 3,895 31,551 Total bicycles . . . . . . 39,467 5,632 3,619 30,216 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 34,270 4,900 3,150 26,220 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 5,197 732 469 3,996 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 8,971 1,737 1,049 6,185 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 4,700 1,335 513 2,852 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 4,271 402 536 3,333 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Salima 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 248,214 9,709 34,247 67,506 47,474 34,454 35,882 8,859 10,083 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,994 4,783 17,102 33,664 21,337 17,551 18,265 4,364 4,928 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,220 4,926 17,145 33,842 26,137 16,903 17,617 4,495 5,155 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 248,214 9,709 34,247 67,506 47,474 34,454 35,882 8,859 10,083 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,568 6,338 21,610 43,594 31,600 21,923 21,827 5,169 5,507 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,344 2,941 10,874 20,422 13,722 10,247 10,917 2,816 3,405 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,191 169 669 1,141 658 586 714 126 128 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,111 261 1,094 2,349 1,494 1,698 2,424 748 1,043 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 204,258 67,506 47,474 34,454 35,882 8,859 10,083 English and Chichewa literacy . . 48,304 5,661 18,944 12,117 9,222 1,377 983 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 163 94 32 10 22 2 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 44,760 16,733 11,404 6,506 6,719 1,653 1,745 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 111,031 45,018 17,094 15,821 19,919 5,827 7,352 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,109 33,664 21,337 17,551 18,265 4,364 4,928 English and Chichewa literacy . . 30,457 2,853 10,487 8,213 7,000 1,097 807 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 76 47 13 5 9 - 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 23,598 8,285 5,251 3,615 4,141 1,078 1,228 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 45,978 22,479 5,586 5,718 7,115 2,189 2,891 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,149 33,842 26,137 16,903 17,617 4,495 5,155 English and Chichewa literacy . . 17,847 2,808 8,457 3,904 2,222 280 176 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 87 47 19 5 13 2 1 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 21,162 8,448 6,153 2,891 2,578 575 517 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 65,053 22,539 11,508 10,103 12,804 3,638 4,461 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 204,305 67,553 47,474 34,454 35,882 8,859 10,083 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,186 24,660 14,167 14,508 18,919 5,666 7,266 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 107,122 42,747 27,815 16,352 14,621 2,899 2,688 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 11,585 102 5,435 3,453 2,203 276 116 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 412 44 57 141 139 18 13 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,135 33,690 21,337 17,551 18,265 4,364 4,928 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,974 12,400 4,455 5,255 6,859 2,123 2,882 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 58,004 21,211 13,649 9,647 9,568 1,990 1,939 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 7,870 53 3,203 2,548 1,725 240 101 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 287 26 30 101 113 11 6 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,170 33,863 26,137 16,903 17,617 4,495 5,155 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,212 12,260 9,712 9,253 12,060 3,543 4,384 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 49,118 21,536 14,166 6,705 5,053 909 749 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 3,715 49 2,232 905 478 36 15 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 125 18 27 40 26 7 7 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 166,382 29,630 47,474 34,454 35,882 8,859 10,083 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,875 554 20,827 29,398 30,967 6,735 6,394 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,888 33 263 665 1,944 1,331 2,652 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,171 36 1,317 1,811 2,373 707 927 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 57,448 29,007 25,067 2,580 598 86 110 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 166,429 29,677 47,474 34,454 35,882 8,859 10,083 Economically active . . . . . . . 137,042 17,269 37,336 31,295 33,567 8,333 9,242 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,110 4,266 21,977 22,278 26,241 7,111 8,237 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 22,264 510 4,955 8,116 6,883 1,074 726 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 778 33 289 206 132 43 75 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,277 24,868 20,253 3,854 2,626 631 1,045 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,314 14,869 21,337 17,551 18,265 4,364 4,928 Economically active . . . . . . . 81,314 14,869 21,337 17,551 18,265 4,364 4,928 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,268 2,085 7,403 10,136 12,200 3,335 4,109 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 17,579 313 3,621 6,551 5,644 888 562 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 577 11 198 169 110 36 53 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,890 12,460 10,115 695 311 105 204 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,115 14,808 26,137 16,903 17,617 4,495 5,155 Economically active . . . . . . . 55,728 2,400 15,999 13,744 15,302 3,969 4,314 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,842 2,181 14,574 12,142 14,041 3,776 4,128 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 4,685 197 1,334 1,565 1,239 186 164 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 201 22 91 37 22 7 22 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,387 12,408 10,138 3,159 2,315 526 841 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 79,023 8,716 26,137 16,903 17,617 4,495 5,155 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 273,978 35 28,305 65,631 113,523 31,390 35,094 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 191,754 34 23,051 51,566 79,678 18,670 18,755 Children born in last year. . . . . 9,436 14 4,306 3,532 1,584 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Salima District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 69,762 6,422 6,378 56,962 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 22,915 987 1,129 20,799 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 27,424 1,394 2,220 23,810 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 12,026 1,561 1,747 8,718 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 5,225 1,246 933 3,046 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 1,422 728 243 451 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 750 506 106 138 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 69,762 6,422 6,378 56,962 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,671 3,291 5,719 53,661 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,546 2,690 490 2,366 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 1,545 441 169 935 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 69,762 6,422 6,378 56,962 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 893 887 6 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,779 1,108 139 532 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 4,919 926 648 3,345 Protected well . . . . . . . . 5,870 470 519 4,881 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 13,747 440 1,456 11,851 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 27,074 2,148 2,354 22,572 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 6 24 599 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 11,657 345 949 10,363 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 3,113 83 276 2,754 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 81 9 7 65 Total in Dry Season . . . 69,762 6,422 6,378 56,962 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 899 893 6 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,733 1,101 141 491 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 4,873 923 643 3,307 Protected well . . . . . . . . 5,799 479 542 4,778 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 13,790 440 1,459 11,891 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 27,100 2,137 2,328 22,635 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 6 19 582 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 11,793 358 947 10,488 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 3,154 84 289 2,781 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 14 1 4 9 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 69,762 6,422 6,378 56,962 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 1,376 1,350 26 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 702 553 75 74 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 38,698 3,920 4,047 30,731 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,986 599 2,230 26,157 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 69,762 6,422 6,378 56,962 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 67,664 5,498 6,129 56,037 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 185 118 22 45 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 686 678 8 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 164 67 6 91 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 - 5 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 - 2 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 25 201 572 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 30 12 210 Total for lighting. . . . 69,762 6,422 6,378 56,962 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 913 77 109 727 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 1,774 1,742 32 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 63,236 4,511 6,031 52,694 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 3 2 93 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 68 24 13 31 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,215 50 170 2,995 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 15 21 422 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 24,092 4,513 2,586 16,993 Total bicycles . . . . . . 25,223 3,500 2,760 18,963 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 22,362 2,796 2,414 17,152 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 2,861 704 346 1,811 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 1,816 485 202 1,129 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 900 276 120 504 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 916 209 82 625 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Lilongwe 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,346,360 52,061 178,884 356,101 290,959 200,705 184,367 38,412 44,871 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673,854 25,778 88,873 175,042 138,460 107,365 96,966 19,906 21,464 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672,506 26,283 90,011 181,059 152,499 93,340 87,401 18,506 23,407 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 1,346,360 52,061 178,884 356,101 290,959 200,705 184,367 38,412 44,871 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,077,434 44,162 149,799 297,319 244,035 158,895 132,865 24,379 25,980 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,979 2,808 8,672 16,741 17,407 12,484 7,951 994 922 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,798 1,583 6,390 11,143 7,631 6,345 6,483 1,460 1,763 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,149 3,508 14,023 30,898 21,886 22,981 37,068 11,579 16,206 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 1,115,415 356,101 290,959 200,705 184,367 38,412 44,871 English and Chichewa literacy . . 400,998 57,873 157,514 99,283 72,552 8,542 5,234 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 1,472 1,008 192 90 118 31 33 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 263,618 104,394 66,688 39,336 36,010 8,495 8,695 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 449,327 192,826 66,565 61,996 75,687 21,344 30,909 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559,203 175,042 138,460 107,365 96,966 19,906 21,464 English and Chichewa literacy . . 238,687 27,337 84,038 65,146 51,258 6,787 4,121 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 717 509 78 37 57 17 19 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 132,455 50,244 30,866 20,279 19,646 5,438 5,982 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 187,344 96,952 23,478 21,903 26,005 7,664 11,342 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,212 181,059 152,499 93,340 87,401 18,506 23,407 English and Chichewa literacy . . 162,311 30,536 73,476 34,137 21,294 1,755 1,113 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 755 499 114 53 61 14 14 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 131,163 54,150 35,822 19,057 16,364 3,057 2,713 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 261,983 95,874 43,087 40,093 49,682 13,680 19,567 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 1,115,624 356,310 290,959 200,705 184,367 38,412 44,871 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329,952 99,195 53,514 55,884 70,746 20,480 30,133 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 662,801 255,311 181,230 107,410 89,020 15,881 13,949 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 115,760 1,548 55,344 34,913 21,558 1,734 663 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,111 256 871 2,498 3,043 317 126 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559,330 175,169 138,460 107,365 96,966 19,906 21,464 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,221 51,451 18,541 20,281 25,144 7,540 11,264 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 346,410 122,864 88,421 61,080 53,783 10,679 9,583 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 73,637 688 30,997 24,231 15,735 1,449 537 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,062 166 501 1,773 2,304 238 80 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,294 181,141 152,499 93,340 87,401 18,506 23,407 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,731 47,744 34,973 35,603 45,602 12,940 18,869 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 316,391 132,447 92,809 46,330 35,237 5,202 4,366 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 42,123 860 24,347 10,682 5,823 285 126 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,049 90 370 725 739 79 46 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 921,460 162,146 290,959 200,705 184,367 38,412 44,871 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518,635 2,833 121,601 172,043 162,392 30,632 29,134 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,309 158 1,179 3,028 8,422 4,400 11,122 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 31,942 148 5,884 8,292 10,624 2,942 4,052 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 342,574 159,007 162,295 17,342 2,929 438 563 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 921,669 162,355 290,959 200,705 184,367 38,412 44,871 Economically active . . . . . . . 726,047 88,637 214,266 176,262 169,221 36,223 41,438 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418,220 16,012 106,000 107,073 120,533 30,942 37,660 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 152,618 3,019 35,397 61,757 45,657 4,482 2,306 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 9,356 192 4,615 2,520 1,273 345 411 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 341,475 143,132 144,947 29,355 16,904 2,643 4,494 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463,553 79,392 138,460 107,365 96,966 19,906 21,464 Economically active . . . . . . . 463,553 79,392 138,460 107,365 96,966 19,906 21,464 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,027 8,392 40,127 50,522 57,339 15,373 18,274 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 121,126 1,466 27,049 50,066 36,920 3,805 1,820 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 6,547 120 3,030 1,865 949 274 309 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,853 69,414 68,254 4,912 1,758 454 1,061 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458,116 82,963 152,499 93,340 87,401 18,506 23,407 Economically active . . . . . . . 262,494 9,245 75,806 68,897 72,255 16,317 19,974 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228,193 7,620 65,873 56,551 63,194 15,569 19,386 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 31,492 1,553 8,348 11,691 8,737 677 486 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 2,809 72 1,585 655 324 71 102 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,622 73,718 76,693 24,443 15,146 2,189 3,433 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 425,597 50,444 152,499 93,340 87,401 18,506 23,407 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 1,404,493 236 151,097 362,587 578,591 138,985 172,997 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 994,431 207 124,274 284,775 408,716 82,338 94,121 Children born in last year. . . . . 52,840 30 25,310 19,743 7,757 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Lilongwe District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 390,932 54,822 74,091 262,019 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 115,041 8,465 10,646 95,930 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 134,631 10,206 29,235 95,190 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 84,743 12,801 20,424 51,518 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 35,565 10,069 9,426 16,070 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 12,552 7,071 2,999 2,482 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 8,400 6,210 1,361 829 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 390,932 54,822 74,091 262,019 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 310,843 27,567 40,797 242,479 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 67,325 21,888 31,643 13,794 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 12,764 5,367 1,651 5,746 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 390,932 54,822 74,091 262,019 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 13,840 13,459 381 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 29,284 11,577 15,714 1,993 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 44,462 4,947 24,997 14,518 Protected well . . . . . . . . 69,783 7,497 9,778 52,508 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 103,171 5,485 9,826 87,860 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 106,044 10,739 11,592 83,713 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,306 119 192 1,995 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 21,315 892 1,522 18,901 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 478 68 54 356 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 249 39 35 175 Total in Dry Season . . . 390,932 54,822 74,091 262,019 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 13,718 13,341 377 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 29,150 11,543 15,605 2,002 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 44,731 5,076 25,090 14,565 Protected well . . . . . . . . 69,195 7,484 9,605 52,106 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 104,602 5,540 9,839 89,223 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 104,942 10,690 11,683 82,569 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,158 112 189 1,857 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 21,818 940 1,595 19,283 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 545 72 97 376 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 73 24 11 38 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 390,932 54,822 74,091 262,019 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 17,291 16,725 566 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 3,981 1,854 1,630 497 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 277,239 33,465 64,811 178,963 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,421 2,778 7,084 82,559 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 390,932 54,822 74,091 262,019 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 357,780 37,926 65,717 254,137 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 3,983 1,506 2,129 348 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 14,970 12,904 2,066 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 5,394 1,547 3,154 693 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 49 26 14 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 1 9 26 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 21 48 651 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,960 868 942 6,150 Total for lighting. . . . 390,932 54,822 74,091 262,019 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 4,629 627 565 3,437 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 26,835 20,890 5,945 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 335,878 31,314 62,619 241,945 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 52 37 167 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,287 1,193 3,742 352 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,629 500 894 13,235 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,418 246 289 2,883 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 163,323 41,755 44,775 76,793 Total bicycles . . . . . . 126,249 22,978 22,586 80,685 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 114,429 19,448 20,408 74,573 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 11,820 3,530 2,178 6,112 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 15,610 4,699 2,731 8,180 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 10,670 3,695 1,790 5,185 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 4,940 1,004 941 2,995 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Mchinji 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,941 13,027 45,142 90,271 66,763 45,864 44,068 9,345 10,461 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164,090 6,454 22,514 45,618 32,263 23,926 23,454 4,885 4,976 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,851 6,573 22,628 44,653 34,500 21,938 20,614 4,460 5,485 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 324,941 13,027 45,142 90,271 66,763 45,864 44,068 9,345 10,461 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297,880 12,120 41,952 84,038 61,385 41,199 39,257 8,462 9,467 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,524 391 1,311 2,412 1,946 1,696 1,446 171 151 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,616 355 1,367 2,645 1,790 1,477 1,442 267 273 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,921 161 512 1,176 1,642 1,492 1,923 445 570 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 266,772 90,271 66,763 45,864 44,068 9,345 10,461 English and Chichewa literacy . . 69,234 7,725 28,800 16,413 13,235 1,840 1,221 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 260 136 66 22 28 4 4 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 70,067 26,548 18,253 10,738 10,038 2,206 2,284 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 127,211 55,862 19,644 18,691 20,767 5,295 6,952 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,122 45,618 32,263 23,926 23,454 4,885 4,976 English and Chichewa literacy . . 42,806 3,832 15,752 10,829 9,962 1,468 963 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 113 63 23 14 10 1 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 36,253 13,097 8,686 5,834 5,787 1,362 1,487 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 55,950 28,626 7,802 7,249 7,695 2,054 2,524 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,650 44,653 34,500 21,938 20,614 4,460 5,485 English and Chichewa literacy . . 26,428 3,893 13,048 5,584 3,273 372 258 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 147 73 43 8 18 3 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 33,814 13,451 9,567 4,904 4,251 844 797 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 71,261 27,236 11,842 11,442 13,072 3,241 4,428 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 266,818 90,317 66,763 45,864 44,068 9,345 10,461 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,823 27,324 16,104 16,915 19,669 5,080 6,731 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 160,215 62,814 43,756 24,566 21,657 3,885 3,537 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 14,397 123 6,866 4,229 2,640 365 174 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 383 56 37 154 102 15 19 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,147 45,643 32,263 23,926 23,454 4,885 4,976 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,506 14,528 6,271 6,656 7,504 2,024 2,523 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 85,474 31,018 21,862 14,028 13,734 2,534 2,298 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 9,901 67 4,105 3,128 2,143 316 142 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 266 30 25 114 73 11 13 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,671 44,674 34,500 21,938 20,614 4,460 5,485 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,317 12,796 9,833 10,259 12,165 3,056 4,208 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 74,741 31,796 21,894 10,538 7,923 1,351 1,239 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 4,496 56 2,761 1,101 497 49 32 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 117 26 12 40 29 4 6 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 217,332 40,831 66,763 45,864 44,068 9,345 10,461 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,394 988 29,431 39,584 38,287 7,355 6,749 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,697 41 350 713 1,917 1,041 2,635 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 8,881 102 1,669 2,313 3,044 819 934 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 79,360 39,700 35,313 3,254 820 130 143 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 217,378 40,877 66,763 45,864 44,068 9,345 10,461 Economically active . . . . . . . 185,990 23,776 55,697 44,101 43,159 9,209 10,048 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,901 6,100 36,764 36,512 37,522 8,515 9,488 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 18,178 732 4,323 6,788 5,378 614 343 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 529 10 212 148 86 25 48 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,770 34,035 25,464 2,416 1,082 191 582 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,349 20,845 32,263 23,926 23,454 4,885 4,976 Economically active . . . . . . . 110,349 20,845 32,263 23,926 23,454 4,885 4,976 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,165 3,312 14,602 17,702 18,731 4,313 4,505 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 14,467 593 3,138 5,462 4,496 501 277 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 335 6 125 109 54 16 25 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,382 16,934 14,398 653 173 55 169 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,029 20,032 34,500 21,938 20,614 4,460 5,485 Economically active . . . . . . . 75,641 2,931 23,434 20,175 19,705 4,324 5,072 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,736 2,788 22,162 18,810 18,791 4,202 4,983 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 3,711 139 1,185 1,326 882 113 66 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 194 4 87 39 32 9 23 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,388 17,101 11,066 1,763 909 136 413 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 98,781 11,784 34,500 21,938 20,614 4,460 5,485 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 351,104 129 39,504 91,670 144,365 34,383 41,053 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 255,486 91 32,348 72,043 104,622 22,159 24,223 Children born in last year. . . . . 13,870 26 6,444 5,203 2,197 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Mchinji District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 94,213 9,918 8,749 75,546 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 18,726 1,542 1,386 15,798 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 36,669 2,282 2,670 31,717 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 24,251 2,332 2,782 19,137 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 9,981 1,827 1,259 6,895 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 2,896 979 426 1,491 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 1,690 956 226 508 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 94,213 9,918 8,749 75,546 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,149 6,287 7,231 70,631 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,354 2,642 1,052 2,660 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 3,710 989 466 2,255 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 94,213 9,918 8,749 75,546 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 442 427 15 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,873 903 549 1,421 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 8,335 1,426 808 6,101 Protected well . . . . . . . . 21,013 2,296 1,871 16,846 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 24,040 1,236 1,719 21,085 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 32,098 3,459 3,206 25,433 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359 56 200 1,103 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 3,649 103 343 3,203 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 203 7 30 166 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 201 5 8 188 Total in Dry Season . . . 94,213 9,918 8,749 75,546 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 441 425 16 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,858 890 547 1,421 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 7,749 1,391 745 5,613 Protected well . . . . . . . . 20,786 2,294 1,868 16,624 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 23,922 1,232 1,745 20,945 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 32,320 3,480 3,210 25,630 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473 77 210 1,186 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 4,257 118 369 3,770 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 199 7 31 161 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 208 4 8 196 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 94,213 9,918 8,749 75,546 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 618 564 54 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 778 563 121 94 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 60,396 7,941 6,373 46,082 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,421 850 2,201 29,370 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 94,213 9,918 8,749 75,546 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 90,828 9,104 8,502 73,222 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 410 260 44 106 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 236 226 10 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 213 58 18 137 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6 - 3 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 1 6 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - - 5 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,505 264 174 2,067 Total for lighting. . . . 94,213 9,918 8,749 75,546 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,429 124 108 1,197 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 950 919 31 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 88,012 8,582 8,260 71,170 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 5 3 47 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 351 188 73 90 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,494 44 175 2,275 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922 56 99 767 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 34,720 6,447 3,891 24,382 Total bicycles . . . . . . 40,495 5,851 4,427 30,217 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 36,042 4,870 3,752 27,420 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 4,453 981 675 2,797 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 7,694 1,864 1,195 4,635 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 4,606 1,371 650 2,585 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 3,088 493 545 2,050 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Dedza 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 486,682 18,466 67,398 134,077 90,468 63,188 70,702 18,458 23,925 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,237 9,215 33,460 65,967 39,104 30,137 33,477 8,554 10,323 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256,445 9,251 33,938 68,110 51,364 33,051 37,225 9,904 13,602 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 486,682 18,466 67,398 134,077 90,468 63,188 70,702 18,458 23,925 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,485 14,243 51,960 102,902 71,994 47,177 48,608 12,225 14,376 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,361 1,945 6,606 13,436 8,712 6,131 7,012 1,865 2,654 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,472 815 3,069 5,827 3,103 3,065 3,608 886 1,099 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,364 1,463 5,763 11,912 6,659 6,815 11,474 3,482 5,796 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 400,818 134,077 90,468 63,188 70,702 18,458 23,925 English and Chichewa literacy . . 71,010 7,738 28,503 16,108 14,153 2,553 1,955 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 369 221 77 22 31 3 15 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 97,122 32,585 24,908 14,523 15,766 4,552 4,788 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 232,317 93,533 36,980 32,535 40,752 11,350 17,167 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,562 65,967 39,104 30,137 33,477 8,554 10,323 English and Chichewa literacy . . 42,425 3,740 15,004 10,441 9,862 1,899 1,479 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 172 98 35 13 15 2 9 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 49,667 15,617 11,543 7,872 8,875 2,699 3,061 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 95,298 46,512 12,522 11,811 14,725 3,954 5,774 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213,256 68,110 51,364 33,051 37,225 9,904 13,602 English and Chichewa literacy . . 28,585 3,998 13,499 5,667 4,291 654 476 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 197 123 42 9 16 1 6 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 47,455 16,968 13,365 6,651 6,891 1,853 1,727 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 137,019 47,021 24,458 20,724 26,027 7,396 11,393 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 400,908 134,167 90,468 63,188 70,702 18,458 23,925 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,570 60,131 32,565 31,681 40,448 11,344 17,401 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 191,885 73,776 50,600 27,240 27,297 6,677 6,295 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 14,855 172 7,245 4,068 2,778 401 191 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 598 88 58 199 179 36 38 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,610 66,015 39,104 30,137 33,477 8,554 10,323 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,327 30,509 10,764 11,734 15,114 4,112 6,094 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 99,032 35,383 24,088 15,343 16,070 4,084 4,064 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 9,867 87 4,214 2,923 2,163 331 149 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 384 36 38 137 130 27 16 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213,298 68,152 51,364 33,051 37,225 9,904 13,602 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,243 29,622 21,801 19,947 25,334 7,232 11,307 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 92,853 38,393 26,512 11,897 11,227 2,593 2,231 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 4,988 85 3,031 1,145 615 70 42 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 214 52 20 62 49 9 22 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 324,516 57,775 90,468 63,188 70,702 18,458 23,925 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,454 1,472 40,272 55,243 61,274 14,254 14,939 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,980 110 544 1,216 3,899 2,547 6,664 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 14,111 62 2,596 3,330 4,611 1,462 2,050 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 107,971 56,131 47,056 3,399 918 195 272 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 324,606 57,865 90,468 63,188 70,702 18,458 23,925 Economically active . . . . . . . 285,692 37,128 77,445 61,176 69,129 18,074 22,740 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226,301 16,564 57,519 52,386 61,697 16,790 21,345 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 21,387 627 4,352 7,634 6,813 1,105 856 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 896 103 284 214 136 52 107 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,022 40,571 28,313 2,954 2,056 511 1,617 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,047 28,452 39,104 30,137 33,477 8,554 10,323 Economically active . . . . . . . 150,047 28,452 39,104 30,137 33,477 8,554 10,323 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,956 8,134 20,628 23,051 27,411 7,534 9,198 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 16,340 416 2,976 5,986 5,476 856 630 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 643 68 210 158 107 37 63 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,108 19,834 15,290 942 483 127 432 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,559 29,413 51,364 33,051 37,225 9,904 13,602 Economically active . . . . . . . 135,645 8,676 38,341 31,039 35,652 9,520 12,417 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,345 8,430 36,891 29,335 34,286 9,256 12,147 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 5,047 211 1,376 1,648 1,337 249 226 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 253 35 74 56 29 15 44 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,914 20,737 13,023 2,012 1,573 384 1,185 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 162,722 17,576 51,364 33,051 37,225 9,904 13,602 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 589,643 171 54,098 129,610 241,609 70,563 93,592 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 411,566 158 44,493 101,427 169,756 43,457 52,275 Children born in last year. . . . . 18,539 20 8,541 6,772 3,206 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Dedza District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 147,181 10,756 8,362 128,063 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 38,999 1,360 1,486 36,153 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 51,764 1,617 2,422 47,725 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 34,259 2,287 2,310 29,662 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 15,481 2,422 1,432 11,627 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 4,458 1,641 458 2,359 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 2,220 1,429 254 537 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 147,181 10,756 8,362 128,063 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,401 7,225 7,554 123,622 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,254 2,779 564 1,911 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 3,526 752 244 2,530 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 147,181 10,756 8,362 128,063 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 520 509 11 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,798 988 158 652 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 3,831 646 361 2,824 Protected well . . . . . . . . 24,695 1,771 1,565 21,359 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 50,429 1,986 2,098 46,345 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 53,058 4,427 3,363 45,268 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688 81 120 1,487 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 10,071 310 479 9,282 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,029 27 203 799 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 62 11 4 47 Total in Dry Season . . . 147,181 10,756 8,362 128,063 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 504 493 11 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,598 873 119 606 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 3,738 640 359 2,739 Protected well . . . . . . . . 24,554 1,796 1,580 21,178 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 50,449 2,004 2,132 46,313 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 52,777 4,500 3,378 44,899 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,713 87 119 1,507 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 10,681 329 456 9,896 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,152 30 208 914 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 15 4 - 11 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 147,181 10,756 8,362 128,063 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 824 763 61 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 636 470 39 127 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 120,628 9,133 6,790 104,705 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,093 390 1,472 23,231 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 147,181 10,756 8,362 128,063 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 144,771 10,291 8,226 126,254 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 230 36 19 175 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 263 256 7 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 300 70 32 198 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4 - 18 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 3 9 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 793 22 22 749 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790 77 53 660 Total for lighting. . . . 147,181 10,756 8,362 128,063 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 4,033 138 137 3,758 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 1,306 1,238 68 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 136,468 9,187 8,004 119,277 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 2 5 121 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 155 49 10 96 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,842 72 82 3,688 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,249 70 56 1,123 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 43,758 6,857 3,540 33,361 Total bicycles . . . . . . 50,090 5,763 4,188 40,139 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 41,371 4,635 3,355 33,381 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 8,719 1,128 833 6,758 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 11,682 1,565 1,335 8,782 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 5,058 1,187 602 3,269 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 6,624 378 733 5,513 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Ntcheu 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 370,757 14,251 46,982 103,111 74,373 44,668 54,344 14,970 18,058 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,871 7,030 23,195 52,140 33,645 20,666 24,869 6,757 7,569 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,886 7,221 23,787 50,971 40,728 24,002 29,475 8,213 10,489 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 370,757 14,251 46,982 103,111 74,373 44,668 54,344 14,970 18,058 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,022 13,453 44,288 97,146 69,082 40,262 48,651 13,624 16,516 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,736 244 858 1,734 1,365 1,014 1,019 215 287 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,882 354 1,223 2,697 1,896 1,196 1,609 430 477 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,117 200 613 1,534 2,030 2,196 3,065 701 778 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 309,524 103,111 74,373 44,668 54,344 14,970 18,058 English and Chichewa literacy . . 87,321 11,916 36,963 16,967 15,874 3,009 2,592 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 301 170 59 25 29 11 7 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 88,215 32,601 20,369 11,608 14,319 4,445 4,873 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 133,687 58,424 16,982 16,068 24,122 7,505 10,586 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,646 52,140 33,645 20,666 24,869 6,757 7,569 English and Chichewa literacy . . 50,622 5,849 19,308 10,440 10,786 2,287 1,952 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 149 92 19 14 14 6 4 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 42,360 16,224 8,813 5,260 6,942 2,365 2,756 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 52,515 29,975 5,505 4,952 7,127 2,099 2,857 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,878 50,971 40,728 24,002 29,475 8,213 10,489 English and Chichewa literacy . . 36,699 6,067 17,655 6,527 5,088 722 640 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 152 78 40 11 15 5 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 45,855 16,377 11,556 6,348 7,377 2,080 2,117 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 81,172 28,449 11,477 11,116 16,995 5,406 7,729 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 309,587 103,174 74,373 44,668 54,344 14,970 18,058 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,210 26,588 13,267 14,512 22,614 7,039 10,190 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 195,691 76,273 50,256 25,611 28,649 7,353 7,549 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 19,225 247 10,806 4,401 2,954 520 297 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 461 66 44 144 127 58 22 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,679 52,173 33,645 20,666 24,869 6,757 7,569 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,829 14,158 4,171 4,589 6,927 2,092 2,892 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 97,631 37,852 22,901 12,767 15,538 4,164 4,409 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 12,898 121 6,549 3,207 2,312 455 254 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 321 42 24 103 92 46 14 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,908 51,001 40,728 24,002 29,475 8,213 10,489 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,381 12,430 9,096 9,923 15,687 4,947 7,298 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 98,060 38,421 27,355 12,844 13,111 3,189 3,140 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 6,327 126 4,257 1,194 642 65 43 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 140 24 20 41 35 12 8 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 254,747 48,334 74,373 44,668 54,344 14,970 18,058 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,107 922 26,455 36,475 44,601 10,636 10,018 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,063 73 640 1,493 4,178 2,622 6,057 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 13,388 58 2,437 3,175 4,549 1,485 1,684 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 97,189 47,281 44,841 3,525 1,016 227 299 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 254,810 48,397 74,373 44,668 54,344 14,970 18,058 Economically active . . . . . . . 214,414 27,630 59,784 42,748 52,885 14,574 16,793 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,766 5,933 37,233 35,600 46,841 13,479 15,680 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 16,612 372 3,212 6,022 5,483 911 612 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,019 43 334 256 184 68 134 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,413 42,049 33,594 2,790 1,836 512 1,632 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,108 24,602 33,645 20,666 24,869 6,757 7,569 Economically active . . . . . . . 118,108 24,602 33,645 20,666 24,869 6,757 7,569 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,044 3,057 12,329 15,013 20,129 5,867 6,649 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 12,321 245 2,085 4,583 4,219 721 468 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 726 18 226 200 144 53 85 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,017 21,282 19,005 870 377 116 367 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,702 23,795 40,728 24,002 29,475 8,213 10,489 Economically active . . . . . . . 96,306 3,028 26,139 22,082 28,016 7,817 9,224 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,722 2,876 24,904 20,587 26,712 7,612 9,031 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 4,291 127 1,127 1,439 1,264 190 144 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 293 25 108 56 40 15 49 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,396 20,767 14,589 1,920 1,459 396 1,265 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 127,317 14,410 40,728 24,002 29,475 8,213 10,489 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 445,179 119 39,245 92,258 188,182 56,087 69,288 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 316,599 102 32,483 73,052 136,443 35,210 39,309 Children born in last year. . . . . 14,497 33 7,000 5,103 2,361 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Ntcheu District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 111,364 11,745 15,688 83,931 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 26,758 1,380 2,348 23,030 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 39,307 1,758 4,745 32,804 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 25,124 2,193 4,376 18,555 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 13,113 2,762 2,816 7,535 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 4,705 2,022 1,069 1,614 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 2,357 1,630 334 393 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 111,364 11,745 15,688 83,931 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,931 8,586 14,700 81,645 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,126 2,292 663 1,171 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 2,307 867 325 1,115 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 111,364 11,745 15,688 83,931 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 257 252 5 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,966 843 519 1,604 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 23,871 2,710 3,319 17,842 Protected well . . . . . . . . 7,635 897 887 5,851 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 11,135 862 1,266 9,007 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 44,965 4,879 7,023 33,063 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,709 114 160 1,435 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 18,633 1,162 2,482 14,989 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 134 12 16 106 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 59 14 11 34 Total in Dry Season . . . 111,364 11,745 15,688 83,931 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 263 258 5 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,978 813 533 1,632 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 22,456 2,556 3,126 16,774 Protected well . . . . . . . . 8,034 914 965 6,155 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 11,431 878 1,261 9,292 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 45,153 4,980 7,005 33,168 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,715 111 164 1,440 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 19,155 1,221 2,607 15,327 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 167 13 21 133 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 12 1 1 10 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 111,364 11,745 15,688 83,931 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 541 464 77 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 710 506 76 128 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 92,656 10,390 13,565 68,701 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,457 385 1,970 15,102 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 111,364 11,745 15,688 83,931 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 110,272 11,320 15,539 83,413 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 309 164 34 111 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 150 138 12 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 215 64 23 128 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8 - 3 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 - 8 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 - 1 8 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 49 79 260 Total for lighting. . . . 111,364 11,745 15,688 83,931 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688 190 236 1,262 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 758 699 59 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 105,448 10,569 14,971 79,908 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 7 5 28 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 509 108 31 370 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,295 125 305 1,865 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626 47 81 498 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 38,513 7,383 6,535 24,595 Total bicycles . . . . . . 25,940 5,351 5,030 15,559 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 21,504 4,449 4,227 12,828 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 4,436 902 803 2,731 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 4,089 976 765 2,348 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 1,454 695 211 548 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 2,635 281 554 1,800 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Southern 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,633,968 168,118 574,661 1,225,514 967,305 662,471 683,867 155,393 196,639 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,249,645 83,089 284,081 610,044 445,037 325,163 335,305 76,307 90,619 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,384,323 85,029 290,580 615,470 522,268 337,308 348,562 79,086 106,020 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 4,633,968 168,118 574,661 1,225,514 967,305 662,471 683,867 155,393 196,639 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,357,586 122,580 410,835 897,003 726,139 479,368 483,560 107,199 130,902 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970,781 35,737 128,801 257,149 182,866 135,394 147,190 35,378 48,266 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,598 6,398 21,965 46,553 35,585 25,634 26,287 5,787 7,389 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,003 3,403 13,060 24,809 22,715 22,075 26,830 7,029 10,082 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 3,891,189 1,225,514 967,305 662,471 683,867 155,393 196,639 English and Chichewa literacy . . 1,171,747 149,305 478,910 276,022 215,964 29,996 21,550 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 4,104 2,397 670 347 460 112 118 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 977,970 386,907 231,661 137,038 146,195 35,898 40,271 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 1,737,368 686,905 256,064 249,064 321,248 89,387 134,700 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,882,475 610,044 445,037 325,163 335,305 76,307 90,619 English and Chichewa literacy . . 700,638 73,354 255,467 176,543 153,626 24,161 17,487 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 1,998 1,200 305 174 205 56 58 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 489,821 191,417 104,951 66,816 78,613 22,394 25,630 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 690,018 344,073 84,314 81,630 102,861 29,696 47,444 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,008,714 615,470 522,268 337,308 348,562 79,086 106,020 English and Chichewa literacy . . 471,109 75,951 223,443 99,479 62,338 5,835 4,063 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 2,106 1,197 365 173 255 56 60 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 488,149 195,490 126,710 70,222 67,582 13,504 14,641 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 1,047,350 342,832 171,750 167,434 218,387 59,691 87,256 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 3,892,150 1,226,475 967,305 662,471 683,867 155,393 196,639 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,407,095 387,290 222,325 242,648 324,364 91,559 138,909 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 2,151,364 834,465 587,473 322,393 296,018 56,763 54,252 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 317,766 3,838 155,412 91,672 57,510 6,267 3,067 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 15,925 882 2,095 5,758 5,975 804 411 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,882,989 610,558 445,037 325,163 335,305 76,307 90,619 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537,382 196,805 71,253 81,106 106,997 31,377 49,844 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 1,125,860 411,501 281,652 175,012 180,700 39,004 37,991 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 208,558 1,774 90,825 64,941 43,183 5,316 2,519 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 11,189 478 1,307 4,104 4,425 610 265 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,009,161 615,917 522,268 337,308 348,562 79,086 106,020 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869,713 190,485 151,072 161,542 217,367 60,182 89,065 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 1,025,504 422,964 305,821 147,381 115,318 17,759 16,261 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 109,208 2,064 64,587 26,731 14,327 951 548 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,736 404 788 1,654 1,550 194 146 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 3,239,012 573,337 967,305 662,471 683,867 155,393 196,639 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,752,915 11,890 396,026 543,768 569,784 114,567 116,880 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,224 1,009 7,170 16,181 40,720 21,234 51,910 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 188,369 1,087 38,118 47,137 60,293 17,349 24,385 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 1,159,504 559,351 525,991 55,385 13,070 2,243 3,464 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 3,239,973 574,298 967,305 662,471 683,867 155,393 196,639 Economically active . . . . . . . 2,671,186 334,353 756,512 605,507 645,184 148,724 180,906 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,614,707 83,253 404,566 387,488 462,217 121,168 156,015 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 524,134 9,113 108,918 193,197 171,366 24,270 17,270 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 28,149 1,367 11,281 7,394 4,517 1,354 2,236 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,072,983 480,565 442,540 74,392 45,767 8,601 21,118 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,560,149 287,718 445,037 325,163 335,305 76,307 90,619 Economically active . . . . . . . 1,560,149 287,718 445,037 325,163 335,305 76,307 90,619 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635,487 41,314 129,744 152,026 189,144 53,255 70,004 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 401,396 5,007 76,368 150,428 135,782 20,055 13,756 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 19,070 777 7,178 5,281 3,295 1,065 1,474 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 504,196 240,620 231,747 17,428 7,084 1,932 5,385 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,679,824 286,580 522,268 337,308 348,562 79,086 106,020 Economically active . . . . . . . 1,111,037 46,635 311,475 280,344 309,879 72,417 90,287 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979,220 41,939 274,822 235,462 273,073 67,913 86,011 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 122,738 4,106 32,550 42,769 35,584 4,215 3,514 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 9,079 590 4,103 2,113 1,222 289 762 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 568,787 239,945 210,793 56,964 38,683 6,669 15,733 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 1,569,174 175,930 522,268 337,308 348,562 79,086 106,020 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 4,934,134 2,005 532,185 1,176,885 2,018,020 514,660 690,379 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 3,581,753 1,671 430,129 932,460 1,488,775 330,268 398,450 Children born in last year. . . . . 166,193 381 81,011 58,172 26,629 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Southern Region ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 1,396,445 184,870 291,196 920,379 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 343,662 29,956 47,935 265,771 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 513,238 37,947 100,795 374,496 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 319,156 41,499 83,300 194,357 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 150,125 38,125 41,855 70,145 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 43,368 19,601 12,176 11,591 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 26,896 17,742 5,135 4,019 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 1,396,445 184,870 291,196 920,379 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,190,975 104,666 220,712 865,597 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 149,264 59,009 60,283 29,972 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 56,206 21,195 10,201 24,810 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 1,396,445 184,870 291,196 920,379 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 24,756 23,250 1,506 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 109,580 38,821 40,717 30,042 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 217,166 30,688 70,923 115,555 Protected well . . . . . . . . 118,474 11,860 25,570 81,044 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 326,254 20,379 52,474 253,401 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 375,224 45,816 65,833 263,575 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,773 1,368 3,682 15,723 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 178,466 10,968 26,489 141,009 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 23,558 1,303 3,613 18,642 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 2,194 417 389 1,388 Total in Dry Season . . . 1,396,445 184,870 291,196 920,379 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 24,166 22,753 1,413 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 102,454 37,280 38,720 26,454 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 191,969 27,653 65,845 98,471 Protected well . . . . . . . . 118,810 12,190 26,126 80,494 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 327,927 21,408 53,821 252,698 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 386,362 47,361 68,095 270,906 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,421 1,466 3,727 15,228 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 198,204 13,142 29,501 155,561 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 25,629 1,503 3,860 20,266 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 503 114 88 301 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 1,396,445 184,870 291,196 920,379 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 36,555 33,528 3,027 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 17,832 10,364 5,613 1,855 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 1,005,888 131,654 245,319 628,915 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336,170 9,324 37,237 289,609 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 1,396,445 184,870 291,196 920,379 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,280,970 147,401 243,858 889,711 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 56,351 14,061 37,148 5,142 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 23,756 19,715 4,041 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 5,562 1,560 2,079 1,923 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 122 92 106 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 13 49 107 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,610 449 1,203 7,958 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,707 1,549 2,726 15,432 Total for lighting. . . . 1,396,445 184,870 291,196 920,379 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 32,919 2,454 3,290 27,175 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 57,816 42,904 14,912 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272,766 136,545 266,047 870,174 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919 147 191 581 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,287 1,600 3,511 1,176 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,659 524 1,666 13,469 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,079 696 1,579 7,804 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 602,177 131,690 151,771 318,716 Total bicycles . . . . . . 449,445 83,424 94,645 271,376 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 381,423 66,578 80,449 234,396 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 68,022 16,846 14,196 36,980 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 32,442 5,950 7,297 19,195 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 7,820 2,696 1,453 3,671 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 24,622 3,254 5,844 15,524 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Mangochi 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 610,239 23,318 82,218 162,695 113,674 86,022 92,489 22,238 27,585 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293,217 11,449 40,398 81,483 50,085 40,872 45,149 10,796 12,985 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317,022 11,869 41,820 81,212 63,589 45,150 47,340 11,442 14,600 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 610,239 23,318 82,218 162,695 113,674 86,022 92,489 22,238 27,585 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,998 6,855 22,890 46,928 35,922 25,272 25,578 5,573 5,980 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429,097 16,246 58,651 114,481 76,631 59,682 65,708 16,396 21,302 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500 135 435 888 692 569 544 108 129 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,644 82 242 398 429 499 659 161 174 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 504,703 162,695 113,674 86,022 92,489 22,238 27,585 English and Chichewa literacy . . 101,598 16,192 41,032 22,860 16,995 2,577 1,942 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 514 323 94 33 43 10 11 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 93,472 36,766 23,723 13,500 13,347 3,078 3,058 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 309,119 109,414 48,825 49,629 62,104 16,573 22,574 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241,370 81,483 50,085 40,872 45,149 10,796 12,985 English and Chichewa literacy . . 63,490 8,284 22,716 15,506 13,158 2,158 1,668 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 269 164 48 19 23 6 9 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 51,780 18,557 11,514 7,869 9,111 2,334 2,395 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 125,831 54,478 15,807 17,478 22,857 6,298 8,913 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263,333 81,212 63,589 45,150 47,340 11,442 14,600 English and Chichewa literacy . . 38,108 7,908 18,316 7,354 3,837 419 274 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 245 159 46 14 20 4 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 41,692 18,209 12,209 5,631 4,236 744 663 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 183,288 54,936 33,018 32,151 39,247 10,275 13,661 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 504,792 162,784 113,674 86,022 92,489 22,238 27,585 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,736 68,903 43,956 49,334 63,255 17,109 23,179 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 218,376 93,558 60,579 30,390 25,147 4,591 4,111 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 19,660 213 9,047 5,944 3,723 479 254 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,020 110 92 354 364 59 41 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241,413 81,526 50,085 40,872 45,149 10,796 12,985 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,757 34,597 13,882 17,792 24,154 6,834 9,498 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 120,466 46,771 30,743 18,452 17,750 3,512 3,238 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 13,507 108 5,398 4,377 2,989 415 220 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 683 50 62 251 256 35 29 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263,379 81,258 63,589 45,150 47,340 11,442 14,600 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,979 34,306 30,074 31,542 39,101 10,275 13,681 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 97,910 46,787 29,836 11,938 7,397 1,079 873 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 6,153 105 3,649 1,567 734 64 34 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 337 60 30 103 108 24 12 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 413,677 71,669 113,674 86,022 92,489 22,238 27,585 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236,934 1,596 51,504 72,326 78,089 16,470 16,949 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,539 109 762 1,605 4,617 2,939 6,507 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 27,192 176 5,565 6,610 8,404 2,603 3,834 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 133,012 69,788 55,843 5,481 1,379 226 295 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 413,766 71,758 113,674 86,022 92,489 22,238 27,585 Economically active . . . . . . . 355,474 44,261 94,278 80,977 88,969 21,454 25,535 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238,752 14,078 58,000 57,588 68,758 18,160 22,168 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 61,225 1,488 13,549 21,566 19,215 2,973 2,434 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 2,344 312 757 490 377 119 289 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,445 55,880 41,368 6,378 4,139 986 2,694 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196,302 36,415 50,085 40,872 45,149 10,796 12,985 Economically active . . . . . . . 196,302 36,415 50,085 40,872 45,149 10,796 12,985 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,475 6,822 17,475 21,720 28,346 7,977 10,135 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 48,997 1,013 10,086 17,439 15,888 2,533 2,038 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,677 197 552 380 296 84 168 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,153 28,383 21,972 1,333 619 202 644 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217,464 35,343 63,589 45,150 47,340 11,442 14,600 Economically active . . . . . . . 159,172 7,846 44,193 40,105 43,820 10,658 12,550 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,277 7,256 40,525 35,868 40,412 10,183 12,033 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 12,228 475 3,463 4,127 3,327 440 396 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 667 115 205 110 81 35 121 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,292 27,497 19,396 5,045 3,520 784 2,050 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 203,225 21,104 63,589 45,150 47,340 11,442 14,600 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 667,426 272 71,102 161,962 273,032 72,014 89,044 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 485,532 216 57,881 128,146 199,086 46,633 53,570 Children born in last year. . . . . 24,050 61 10,795 8,688 4,506 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Mangochi District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 183,452 15,599 34,073 133,780 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 67,233 3,258 8,997 54,978 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 69,665 3,346 12,786 53,533 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 29,231 3,630 7,524 18,077 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 12,573 3,047 3,659 5,867 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 3,014 1,319 837 858 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 1,736 999 270 467 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 183,452 15,599 34,073 133,780 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 164,856 9,393 30,995 124,468 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 10,738 3,925 1,840 4,973 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 7,858 2,281 1,238 4,339 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 183,452 15,599 34,073 133,780 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 1,109 1,051 58 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 6,366 2,718 1,022 2,626 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 9,713 1,537 2,050 6,126 Protected well . . . . . . . . 22,031 1,413 3,765 16,853 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 49,184 2,085 8,536 38,563 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 51,782 4,730 10,769 36,283 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,044 92 511 1,441 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 23,246 946 4,592 17,708 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 17,574 994 2,724 13,856 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 403 33 46 324 Total in Dry Season . . . 183,452 15,599 34,073 133,780 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 1,100 1,043 57 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 6,262 2,676 990 2,596 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 9,346 1,516 1,912 5,918 Protected well . . . . . . . . 21,093 1,339 3,715 16,039 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 49,491 2,092 8,571 38,828 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 51,961 4,767 10,722 36,472 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,156 134 527 1,495 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 23,922 1,002 4,818 18,102 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 18,084 1,028 2,754 14,302 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 37 2 7 28 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 183,452 15,599 34,073 133,780 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 1,779 1,548 231 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 1,740 1,207 250 283 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 143,569 11,978 29,043 102,548 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,364 866 4,549 30,949 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 183,452 15,599 34,073 133,780 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 180,421 14,415 33,658 132,348 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 531 261 75 195 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 756 712 44 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 419 110 89 220 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 11 3 7 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1 5 8 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 7 22 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,260 88 192 980 Total for lighting. . . . 183,452 15,599 34,073 133,780 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 3,899 223 434 3,242 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 2,650 2,428 222 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 173,172 12,797 32,909 127,466 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 7 15 41 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 192 58 29 105 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,113 27 316 1,770 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,363 59 148 1,156 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 65,863 10,102 14,206 41,555 Total bicycles . . . . . . 62,285 8,083 14,125 40,077 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 53,251 6,315 12,107 34,829 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 9,034 1,768 2,018 5,248 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 4,287 405 1,104 2,778 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 781 165 162 454 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 3,506 240 942 2,324 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Machinga 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 369,614 13,567 50,139 99,130 70,004 49,855 55,714 12,662 18,543 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,853 6,740 24,668 49,467 30,896 23,123 26,991 6,224 8,744 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,761 6,827 25,471 49,663 39,108 26,732 28,723 6,438 9,799 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 369,614 13,567 50,139 99,130 70,004 49,855 55,714 12,662 18,543 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,180 4,874 16,605 34,514 26,109 17,433 19,153 4,154 5,338 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231,761 8,332 32,260 62,079 42,157 31,097 35,032 8,130 12,674 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,776 270 1,067 2,176 1,472 1,041 1,140 273 337 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,897 91 207 361 266 284 389 105 194 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 305,908 99,130 70,004 49,855 55,714 12,662 18,543 English and Chichewa literacy . . 57,215 7,955 25,243 12,153 9,452 1,364 1,048 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 360 192 70 47 29 14 8 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 72,251 28,096 18,314 10,327 10,837 2,177 2,500 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 176,082 62,887 26,377 27,328 35,396 9,107 14,987 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,445 49,467 30,896 23,123 26,991 6,224 8,744 English and Chichewa literacy . . 35,812 4,061 14,009 8,322 7,373 1,149 898 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 173 98 31 20 14 6 4 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 38,306 13,960 8,450 5,603 6,902 1,591 1,800 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 71,154 31,348 8,406 9,178 12,702 3,478 6,042 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,463 49,663 39,108 26,732 28,723 6,438 9,799 English and Chichewa literacy . . 21,403 3,894 11,234 3,831 2,079 215 150 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 187 94 39 27 15 8 4 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 33,945 14,136 9,864 4,724 3,935 586 700 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 104,928 31,539 17,971 18,150 22,694 5,629 8,945 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 305,992 99,214 70,004 49,855 55,714 12,662 18,543 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,059 40,732 24,805 28,410 37,632 9,714 15,766 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 137,928 58,271 39,594 18,510 16,221 2,709 2,623 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 10,546 125 5,563 2,785 1,727 212 134 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 459 86 42 150 134 27 20 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,485 49,507 30,896 23,123 26,991 6,224 8,744 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,416 20,754 7,756 9,707 13,862 3,831 6,506 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 75,477 28,648 19,643 11,238 11,657 2,185 2,106 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 7,310 67 3,471 2,073 1,385 190 124 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 282 38 26 105 87 18 8 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,507 49,707 39,108 26,732 28,723 6,438 9,799 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,643 19,978 17,049 18,703 23,770 5,883 9,260 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 62,451 29,623 19,951 7,272 4,564 524 517 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 3,236 58 2,092 712 342 22 10 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 177 48 16 45 47 9 12 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 249,834 43,056 70,004 49,855 55,714 12,662 18,543 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,372 1,325 33,018 42,853 47,661 9,792 11,723 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,747 60 413 794 2,405 1,267 3,808 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 15,491 146 3,215 3,440 4,696 1,410 2,584 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 79,224 41,525 33,358 2,768 952 193 428 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 249,918 43,140 70,004 49,855 55,714 12,662 18,543 Economically active . . . . . . . 220,409 26,911 60,150 48,378 54,682 12,464 17,824 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,181 9,572 41,320 40,186 47,377 11,339 16,387 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 21,358 600 4,418 7,341 6,945 1,018 1,036 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 688 50 207 148 121 44 118 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,691 32,918 24,059 2,180 1,271 261 1,002 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,870 21,892 30,896 23,123 26,991 6,224 8,744 Economically active . . . . . . . 117,870 21,892 30,896 23,123 26,991 6,224 8,744 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,268 4,850 13,447 16,389 20,784 5,254 7,544 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 16,961 328 3,102 5,917 5,882 874 858 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 459 25 142 114 86 33 59 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,182 16,689 14,205 703 239 63 283 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,048 21,248 39,108 26,732 28,723 6,438 9,799 Economically active . . . . . . . 102,539 5,019 29,254 25,255 27,691 6,240 9,080 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,913 4,722 27,873 23,797 26,593 6,085 8,843 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 4,397 272 1,316 1,424 1,063 144 178 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 229 25 65 34 35 11 59 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,509 16,229 9,854 1,477 1,032 198 719 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 123,557 12,757 39,108 26,732 28,723 6,438 9,799 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 417,477 247 46,143 98,241 167,690 41,736 63,420 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 298,219 195 37,134 76,494 120,102 26,680 37,614 Children born in last year. . . . . 14,093 61 6,647 4,874 2,511 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Machinga District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 117,687 8,729 16,552 92,406 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 46,525 1,746 5,231 39,548 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 41,110 1,977 5,285 33,848 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 17,773 1,773 3,437 12,563 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 8,643 1,708 1,854 5,081 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 2,454 875 548 1,031 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 1,182 650 197 335 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 117,687 8,729 16,552 92,406 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,497 5,732 15,621 89,144 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,619 2,590 534 1,495 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 2,571 407 397 1,767 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 117,687 8,729 16,552 92,406 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 644 526 118 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 5,363 1,343 923 3,097 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 19,295 1,875 3,120 14,300 Protected well . . . . . . . . 6,244 397 873 4,974 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 43,472 1,514 5,532 36,426 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 31,724 2,624 4,329 24,771 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,547 73 265 1,209 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 8,384 339 1,297 6,748 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 908 21 83 804 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 106 17 12 77 Total in Dry Season . . . 117,687 8,729 16,552 92,406 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 635 515 120 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 5,021 1,310 940 2,771 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 17,335 1,779 2,765 12,791 Protected well . . . . . . . . 6,446 401 879 5,166 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 42,923 1,498 5,403 36,022 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 32,051 2,642 4,310 25,099 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,481 69 240 1,172 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 10,402 454 1,688 8,260 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,346 60 201 1,085 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 47 1 6 40 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 117,687 8,729 16,552 92,406 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 849 758 91 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 976 556 245 175 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 85,345 6,782 12,820 65,743 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,517 633 3,396 26,488 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 117,687 8,729 16,552 92,406 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 115,894 8,320 16,405 91,169 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 226 91 23 112 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 219 214 5 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 252 41 42 169 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1 - 15 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - - 2 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 2 8 224 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844 60 69 715 Total for lighting. . . . 117,687 8,729 16,552 92,406 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 2,135 160 218 1,757 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 1,040 1,001 39 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 109,814 7,354 15,745 86,715 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 1 7 83 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 117 47 19 51 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,168 118 358 2,692 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322 48 166 1,108 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 48,019 6,118 7,507 34,394 Total bicycles . . . . . . 54,025 5,449 8,722 39,854 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 46,269 4,157 7,445 34,667 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 7,756 1,292 1,277 5,187 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 3,963 418 654 2,891 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 915 209 134 572 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 3,048 209 520 2,319 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Zomba 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 546,661 20,712 65,413 141,829 116,060 77,121 82,621 18,643 24,262 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,859 10,291 32,075 70,263 54,631 38,031 40,552 9,169 10,847 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280,802 10,421 33,338 71,566 61,429 39,090 42,069 9,474 13,415 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 546,661 20,712 65,413 141,829 116,060 77,121 82,621 18,643 24,262 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419,900 15,935 50,272 109,489 90,436 59,418 62,719 13,856 17,775 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,137 3,696 12,046 25,493 19,772 13,471 14,986 3,687 4,986 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,294 1,002 2,813 6,258 4,999 3,420 3,824 830 1,148 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,330 79 282 589 853 812 1,092 270 353 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 460,536 141,829 116,060 77,121 82,621 18,643 24,262 English and Chichewa literacy . . 140,109 15,109 59,347 33,172 26,424 3,550 2,507 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 532 290 87 47 68 14 26 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 130,055 48,846 31,175 18,532 20,775 5,081 5,646 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 189,840 77,584 25,451 25,370 35,354 9,998 16,083 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223,493 70,263 54,631 38,031 40,552 9,169 10,847 English and Chichewa literacy . . 82,751 7,225 31,420 20,753 18,530 2,816 2,007 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 265 147 35 26 31 8 18 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 63,644 23,903 13,954 8,665 10,718 3,045 3,359 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 76,833 38,988 9,222 8,587 11,273 3,300 5,463 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237,043 71,566 61,429 39,090 42,069 9,474 13,415 English and Chichewa literacy . . 57,358 7,884 27,927 12,419 7,894 734 500 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 267 143 52 21 37 6 8 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 66,411 24,943 17,221 9,867 10,057 2,036 2,287 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 113,007 38,596 16,229 16,783 24,081 6,698 10,620 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 460,675 141,968 116,060 77,121 82,621 18,643 24,262 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,672 38,977 21,348 24,468 35,583 10,402 16,894 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 272,955 102,390 75,349 41,185 39,671 7,444 6,916 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 38,052 481 19,142 10,743 6,610 679 397 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,996 120 221 725 757 118 55 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223,564 70,334 54,631 38,031 40,552 9,169 10,847 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,373 20,175 7,601 8,507 11,733 3,527 5,830 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 139,712 49,876 35,531 21,407 23,251 4,994 4,653 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 25,092 223 11,370 7,615 4,997 555 332 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,387 60 129 502 571 93 32 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237,111 71,634 61,429 39,090 42,069 9,474 13,415 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,299 18,802 13,747 15,961 23,850 6,875 11,064 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 133,243 52,514 39,818 19,778 16,420 2,450 2,263 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 12,960 258 7,772 3,128 1,613 124 65 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 609 60 92 223 186 25 23 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 386,372 67,665 116,060 77,121 82,621 18,643 24,262 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204,780 1,283 46,426 62,087 67,680 13,499 13,805 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,872 150 1,022 2,085 4,811 2,434 6,370 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 25,744 121 4,948 6,360 8,331 2,392 3,592 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 138,976 66,111 63,664 6,589 1,799 318 495 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 386,511 67,804 116,060 77,121 82,621 18,643 24,262 Economically active . . . . . . . 323,433 38,517 92,667 72,175 79,401 18,103 22,570 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204,306 9,073 51,610 48,988 59,531 15,261 19,843 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 54,324 980 10,565 19,917 18,475 2,500 1,887 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 2,146 50 809 529 367 136 255 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,735 57,701 53,076 7,687 4,248 746 2,277 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186,939 33,709 54,631 38,031 40,552 9,169 10,847 Economically active . . . . . . . 186,939 33,709 54,631 38,031 40,552 9,169 10,847 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,321 4,700 17,267 19,937 24,953 6,840 8,624 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 40,580 565 7,189 15,001 14,322 2,024 1,479 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,381 30 492 352 249 99 159 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,657 28,414 29,683 2,741 1,028 206 585 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,572 34,095 61,429 39,090 42,069 9,474 13,415 Economically active . . . . . . . 136,494 4,808 38,036 34,144 38,849 8,934 11,723 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,985 4,373 34,343 29,051 34,578 8,421 11,219 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 13,744 415 3,376 4,916 4,153 476 408 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 765 20 317 177 118 37 96 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,078 29,287 23,393 4,946 3,220 540 1,692 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 186,628 21,151 61,429 39,090 42,069 9,474 13,415 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 573,622 340 64,099 135,844 234,769 57,300 81,270 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 417,121 285 51,697 107,910 172,859 37,292 47,078 Children born in last year. . . . . 20,278 51 10,299 6,849 3,079 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Zomba District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 169,812 23,755 26,009 120,048 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 32,053 3,011 3,720 25,322 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 62,352 4,447 7,823 50,082 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 43,288 5,642 7,918 29,728 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 22,079 5,548 4,567 11,964 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 6,436 2,799 1,380 2,257 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 3,604 2,308 601 695 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 169,812 23,755 26,009 120,048 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,996 13,599 21,971 112,426 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 15,551 8,179 3,235 4,137 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 6,265 1,977 803 3,485 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 169,812 23,755 26,009 120,048 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 3,635 3,458 177 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 13,666 5,020 2,158 6,488 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 32,268 3,994 6,061 22,213 Protected well . . . . . . . . 16,844 2,437 3,243 11,164 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 39,257 2,585 5,178 31,494 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 41,482 4,923 6,142 30,417 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,496 232 420 1,844 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 18,612 1,018 2,504 15,090 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,238 31 79 1,128 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 314 57 47 210 Total in Dry Season . . . 169,812 23,755 26,009 120,048 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 3,511 3,339 172 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 11,794 4,751 1,832 5,211 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 27,894 3,555 5,399 18,940 Protected well . . . . . . . . 16,804 2,412 3,256 11,136 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 39,233 2,708 5,352 31,173 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 45,932 5,471 6,718 33,743 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,322 276 426 1,620 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 20,720 1,191 2,754 16,775 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545 41 93 1,411 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 57 11 7 39 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 169,812 23,755 26,009 120,048 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 5,613 5,460 153 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 1,649 1,193 252 204 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 135,097 16,485 23,282 95,330 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,453 617 2,322 24,514 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 169,812 23,755 26,009 120,048 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 163,362 20,045 25,229 118,088 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035 599 229 207 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 2,960 2,820 140 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 501 169 95 237 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 10 3 2 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 2 4 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 9 135 327 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,462 103 176 1,183 Total for lighting. . . . 169,812 23,755 26,009 120,048 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,291 269 173 849 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 6,599 6,076 523 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 159,267 17,076 24,999 117,192 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 13 11 66 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 455 178 76 201 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209 60 131 1,018 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901 83 96 722 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 74,661 17,342 13,259 44,060 Total bicycles . . . . . . 62,979 11,825 10,827 40,327 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 52,094 8,795 9,004 34,295 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 10,885 3,030 1,823 6,032 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 4,107 1,159 852 2,096 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 1,154 451 204 499 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 2,953 708 648 1,597 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Chiradzulu 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 236,050 8,445 26,951 63,151 49,279 30,615 36,111 9,450 12,048 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,376 4,158 13,455 31,675 23,044 14,020 15,817 4,131 5,076 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,674 4,287 13,496 31,476 26,235 16,595 20,294 5,319 6,972 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 236,050 8,445 26,951 63,151 49,279 30,615 36,111 9,450 12,048 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,239 7,123 23,034 53,935 42,201 25,813 30,315 7,803 10,015 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,145 989 2,747 6,522 4,811 2,962 3,656 1,095 1,363 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,403 287 1,043 2,418 1,914 1,431 1,506 373 431 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,263 46 127 276 353 409 634 179 239 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 200,654 63,151 49,279 30,615 36,111 9,450 12,048 English and Chichewa literacy . . 71,532 10,105 29,503 15,146 13,021 2,085 1,672 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 200 122 23 20 23 6 6 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 59,288 23,683 12,178 7,522 9,656 2,857 3,392 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 69,634 29,241 7,575 7,927 13,411 4,502 6,978 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,763 31,675 23,044 14,020 15,817 4,131 5,076 English and Chichewa literacy . . 39,740 4,861 15,016 8,706 8,328 1,529 1,300 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 96 59 12 8 11 3 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 27,184 11,678 5,255 3,037 4,033 1,387 1,794 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 26,743 15,077 2,761 2,269 3,445 1,212 1,979 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,891 31,476 26,235 16,595 20,294 5,319 6,972 English and Chichewa literacy . . 31,792 5,244 14,487 6,440 4,693 556 372 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 104 63 11 12 12 3 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 32,104 12,005 6,923 4,485 5,623 1,470 1,598 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 42,891 14,164 4,814 5,658 9,966 3,290 4,999 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 200,698 63,195 49,279 30,615 36,111 9,450 12,048 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,109 14,799 6,353 7,636 13,465 4,580 7,276 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 131,406 48,239 34,778 19,011 20,246 4,557 4,575 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 14,828 113 8,094 3,854 2,293 296 178 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 355 44 54 114 107 17 19 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,787 31,699 23,044 14,020 15,817 4,131 5,076 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,430 7,897 2,302 2,283 3,575 1,290 2,083 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 64,396 23,727 15,909 8,891 10,441 2,589 2,839 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 9,722 49 4,789 2,770 1,734 239 141 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 239 26 44 76 67 13 13 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,911 31,496 26,235 16,595 20,294 5,319 6,972 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,679 6,902 4,051 5,353 9,890 3,290 5,193 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 67,010 24,512 18,869 10,120 9,805 1,968 1,736 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 5,106 64 3,305 1,084 559 57 37 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 116 18 10 38 40 4 6 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 167,827 30,324 49,279 30,615 36,111 9,450 12,048 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,420 508 17,342 23,755 27,987 6,400 6,428 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,874 47 429 1,102 2,959 1,615 3,722 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 12,526 43 2,317 2,911 4,333 1,276 1,646 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 63,007 29,726 29,191 2,847 832 159 252 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 167,871 30,368 49,279 30,615 36,111 9,450 12,048 Economically active . . . . . . . 138,430 17,002 38,519 28,582 34,434 9,052 10,841 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,907 3,070 20,960 20,455 26,526 7,622 9,274 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 19,597 294 3,315 6,744 7,130 1,199 915 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,398 67 493 340 228 94 176 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,969 26,937 24,511 3,076 2,227 535 1,683 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,413 15,325 23,044 14,020 15,817 4,131 5,076 Economically active . . . . . . . 77,413 15,325 23,044 14,020 15,817 4,131 5,076 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,543 1,566 6,777 7,673 9,730 3,014 3,783 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 14,337 143 2,182 5,036 5,362 911 703 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,005 45 334 268 175 69 114 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,528 13,571 13,751 1,043 550 137 476 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,458 15,043 26,235 16,595 20,294 5,319 6,972 Economically active . . . . . . . 61,017 1,677 15,475 14,562 18,617 4,921 5,765 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,364 1,504 14,183 12,782 16,796 4,608 5,491 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 5,260 151 1,133 1,708 1,768 288 212 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 393 22 159 72 53 25 62 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,441 13,366 10,760 2,033 1,677 398 1,207 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 84,813 9,398 26,235 16,595 20,294 5,319 6,972 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 275,003 62 25,145 57,476 114,105 33,530 44,685 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 194,106 55 20,294 45,288 82,869 20,901 24,699 Children born in last year. . . . . 8,523 17 4,210 2,960 1,336 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Chiradzulu District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 75,578 9,860 12,628 53,090 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 11,971 1,054 1,538 9,379 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 28,531 1,816 3,937 22,778 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 22,028 2,485 4,046 15,497 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 9,223 2,415 2,209 4,599 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 2,485 1,174 668 643 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 1,340 916 230 194 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 75,578 9,860 12,628 53,090 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,160 7,291 11,692 51,177 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,947 1,965 446 536 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 2,471 604 490 1,377 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 75,578 9,860 12,628 53,090 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 402 394 8 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,360 746 199 415 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 2,021 387 237 1,397 Protected well . . . . . . . . 8,134 909 1,378 5,847 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 14,819 1,264 2,740 10,815 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 33,344 4,828 5,789 22,727 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,195 166 312 1,717 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 13,139 1,139 1,939 10,061 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 125 13 19 93 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 39 14 7 18 Total in Dry Season . . . 75,578 9,860 12,628 53,090 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 396 388 8 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,354 746 201 407 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 1,849 369 239 1,241 Protected well . . . . . . . . 8,015 900 1,334 5,781 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 14,587 1,251 2,682 10,654 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 33,462 4,866 5,992 22,604 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,177 167 308 1,702 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 13,626 1,161 1,847 10,618 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 97 5 15 77 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 15 7 2 6 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 75,578 9,860 12,628 53,090 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 650 571 79 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 465 359 51 55 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 64,455 8,614 11,266 44,575 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,008 316 1,232 8,460 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 75,578 9,860 12,628 53,090 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 68,506 9,054 11,722 47,730 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 232 138 27 67 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 231 224 7 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 154 35 34 85 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4 4 12 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - - 3 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,881 290 618 3,973 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,551 115 216 1,220 Total for lighting. . . . 75,578 9,860 12,628 53,090 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 410 73 78 259 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 779 756 23 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 72,875 8,931 12,347 51,597 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 9 4 24 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 56 21 5 30 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 926 40 110 776 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 30 61 404 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 29,223 6,395 5,356 17,472 Total bicycles . . . . . . 20,001 4,684 3,885 11,432 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 16,836 3,684 3,287 9,865 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 3,165 1,000 598 1,567 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 1,021 163 165 693 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 234 72 48 114 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 787 91 117 579 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Blantyre 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 809,397 26,919 91,338 206,000 198,010 138,276 111,362 18,739 18,753 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,429 13,512 45,517 100,080 95,421 77,000 62,526 10,490 8,883 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395,968 13,407 45,821 105,920 102,589 61,276 48,836 8,249 9,870 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 809,397 26,919 91,338 206,000 198,010 138,276 111,362 18,739 18,753 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695,789 23,197 78,773 179,138 171,348 117,770 94,306 15,717 15,540 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,181 2,393 8,326 17,980 17,306 12,558 10,132 1,718 1,768 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,501 1,118 3,654 7,606 6,929 5,289 4,314 768 823 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,926 211 585 1,276 2,427 2,659 2,610 536 622 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 691,140 206,000 198,010 138,276 111,362 18,739 18,753 English and Chichewa literacy . . 362,239 45,912 140,108 95,899 68,027 7,787 4,506 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 889 616 74 69 85 13 32 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 163,794 75,764 36,169 22,216 20,253 4,577 4,815 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 164,218 83,708 21,659 20,092 22,997 6,362 9,400 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354,400 100,080 95,421 77,000 62,526 10,490 8,883 English and Chichewa literacy . . 208,691 21,430 71,832 60,150 46,008 5,997 3,274 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 440 320 36 34 37 4 9 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 76,461 36,333 15,776 9,950 9,347 2,465 2,590 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 68,808 41,997 7,777 6,866 7,134 2,024 3,010 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336,740 105,920 102,589 61,276 48,836 8,249 9,870 English and Chichewa literacy . . 153,548 24,482 68,276 35,749 22,019 1,790 1,232 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 449 296 38 35 48 9 23 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 87,333 39,431 20,393 12,266 10,906 2,112 2,225 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 95,410 41,711 13,882 13,226 15,863 4,338 6,390 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 691,309 206,169 198,010 138,276 111,362 18,739 18,753 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,960 34,416 16,211 17,729 21,909 6,299 9,396 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 435,029 169,544 116,099 73,591 58,018 9,497 8,280 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 140,937 2,047 64,286 43,505 27,653 2,518 928 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 9,383 162 1,414 3,451 3,782 425 149 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354,501 100,181 95,421 77,000 62,526 10,490 8,883 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,747 17,741 5,688 6,229 6,991 2,058 3,040 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 217,895 81,434 53,578 38,840 32,981 6,020 5,042 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 88,094 902 35,271 29,456 19,701 2,070 694 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,765 104 884 2,475 2,853 342 107 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336,808 105,988 102,589 61,276 48,836 8,249 9,870 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,213 16,675 10,523 11,500 14,918 4,241 6,356 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 217,134 88,110 62,521 34,751 25,037 3,477 3,238 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 52,843 1,145 29,015 14,049 7,952 448 234 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,618 58 530 976 929 83 42 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 586,965 101,825 198,010 138,276 111,362 18,739 18,753 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301,263 1,442 71,428 109,663 94,161 13,913 10,656 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,494 112 1,240 3,600 7,065 2,808 5,669 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 23,709 121 4,896 7,292 7,541 1,767 2,092 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 241,499 100,150 120,446 17,721 2,595 251 336 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 587,134 101,994 198,010 138,276 111,362 18,739 18,753 Economically active . . . . . . . 420,870 52,367 129,548 111,768 94,593 16,606 15,988 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,366 3,947 28,160 25,555 29,066 8,081 10,557 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 195,329 2,643 42,201 77,404 61,543 7,465 4,073 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 13,370 298 5,965 3,955 2,073 533 546 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 273,069 95,106 121,684 31,362 18,680 2,660 3,577 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303,193 48,873 95,421 77,000 62,526 10,490 8,883 Economically active . . . . . . . 303,193 48,873 95,421 77,000 62,526 10,490 8,883 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,907 2,169 9,093 9,835 11,163 3,242 4,405 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 147,528 1,106 29,439 59,553 47,912 6,270 3,248 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 8,953 119 3,667 2,758 1,540 451 418 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,805 45,479 53,222 4,854 1,911 527 812 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283,941 53,121 102,589 61,276 48,836 8,249 9,870 Economically active . . . . . . . 117,677 3,494 34,127 34,768 32,067 6,116 7,105 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,459 1,778 19,067 15,720 17,903 4,839 6,152 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 47,801 1,537 12,762 17,851 13,631 1,195 825 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 4,417 179 2,298 1,197 533 82 128 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,264 49,627 68,462 26,508 16,769 2,133 2,765 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 264,023 33,203 102,589 61,276 48,836 8,249 9,870 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 658,876 217 87,839 186,590 269,252 52,959 62,019 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 520,873 184 74,148 157,578 216,301 35,965 36,697 Children born in last year. . . . . 25,935 34 13,954 9,053 2,894 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Blantyre District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 221,113 48,752 94,079 78,282 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 32,975 7,497 10,477 15,001 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 82,475 9,414 38,149 34,912 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 57,847 10,860 27,457 19,530 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 29,067 9,593 12,333 7,141 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 10,832 5,560 3,992 1,280 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 7,917 5,828 1,671 418 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 221,113 48,752 94,079 78,282 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,347 21,807 43,907 66,633 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 79,000 21,170 48,059 9,771 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 9,766 5,775 2,113 1,878 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 221,113 48,752 94,079 78,282 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 14,651 13,918 733 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 52,034 17,364 30,046 4,624 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 55,860 6,261 39,862 9,737 Protected well . . . . . . . . 13,290 1,423 4,395 7,472 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 25,955 2,178 6,138 17,639 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 42,182 6,177 10,105 25,900 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,894 157 535 1,202 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 14,838 1,197 2,148 11,493 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 257 23 61 173 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 152 54 56 42 Total in Dry Season . . . 221,113 48,752 94,079 78,282 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 14,545 13,815 730 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 51,352 17,216 29,508 4,628 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 55,290 6,259 39,440 9,591 Protected well . . . . . . . . 13,492 1,439 4,644 7,409 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 26,417 2,242 6,528 17,647 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 42,617 6,349 10,424 25,844 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,765 141 559 1,065 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 15,147 1,212 2,029 11,906 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 414 30 200 184 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 74 49 17 8 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 221,113 48,752 94,079 78,282 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 21,111 19,880 1,231 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 7,264 3,025 4,013 226 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 166,771 24,734 84,446 57,591 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,967 1,113 4,389 20,465 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 221,113 48,752 94,079 78,282 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 144,383 22,061 51,103 71,219 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 52,118 11,759 36,456 3,903 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 17,199 13,482 3,717 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 2,677 843 1,566 268 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 49 77 18 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 10 37 66 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 8 26 64 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,381 540 1,097 2,744 Total for lighting. . . . 221,113 48,752 94,079 78,282 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,836 642 654 540 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 37,236 23,706 13,530 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 175,602 23,122 76,246 76,234 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 58 89 42 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,200 969 2,964 267 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,074 49 298 727 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 206 298 472 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 132,667 39,685 62,642 30,340 Total bicycles . . . . . . 42,069 12,096 16,964 13,009 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 35,523 10,307 14,205 11,011 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 6,546 1,789 2,759 1,998 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 4,118 983 2,025 1,110 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 717 288 239 190 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 3,401 695 1,786 920 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Mwanza 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,015 5,725 17,970 37,942 28,344 19,105 19,265 4,522 5,142 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,087 2,782 8,923 18,961 13,224 9,325 9,342 2,177 2,353 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,928 2,943 9,047 18,981 15,120 9,780 9,923 2,345 2,789 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 138,015 5,725 17,970 37,942 28,344 19,105 19,265 4,522 5,142 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,866 5,191 16,205 34,257 25,609 16,682 16,526 3,920 4,476 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,480 49 168 387 322 245 235 34 40 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,933 188 657 1,428 916 726 716 140 162 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,736 297 940 1,870 1,497 1,452 1,788 428 464 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 114,320 37,942 28,344 19,105 19,265 4,522 5,142 English and Chichewa literacy . . 33,146 4,546 13,440 7,443 5,925 972 820 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 120 57 32 5 17 7 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 29,200 10,772 7,239 4,443 4,469 1,108 1,169 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 51,854 22,567 7,633 7,214 8,854 2,435 3,151 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,382 18,961 13,224 9,325 9,342 2,177 2,353 English and Chichewa literacy . . 19,344 2,218 7,105 4,602 4,036 738 645 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 54 29 13 2 7 2 1 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 14,405 5,297 3,306 2,150 2,341 626 685 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 21,579 11,417 2,800 2,571 2,958 811 1,022 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,938 18,981 15,120 9,780 9,923 2,345 2,789 English and Chichewa literacy . . 13,802 2,328 6,335 2,841 1,889 234 175 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 66 28 19 3 10 5 1 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 14,795 5,475 3,933 2,293 2,128 482 484 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 30,275 11,150 4,833 4,643 5,896 1,624 2,129 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 114,351 37,973 28,344 19,105 19,265 4,522 5,142 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,256 13,343 6,875 7,213 9,013 2,509 3,303 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 64,802 24,543 17,865 9,836 9,011 1,827 1,720 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 7,083 53 3,573 1,982 1,184 180 111 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 210 34 31 74 57 6 8 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,398 18,977 13,224 9,325 9,342 2,177 2,353 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,090 6,890 2,464 2,630 3,144 865 1,097 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 33,378 12,046 8,563 5,206 5,255 1,150 1,158 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 4,772 21 2,180 1,427 895 157 92 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 158 20 17 62 48 5 6 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,953 18,996 15,120 9,780 9,923 2,345 2,789 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,166 6,453 4,411 4,583 5,869 1,644 2,206 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 31,424 12,497 9,302 4,630 3,756 677 562 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 2,311 32 1,393 555 289 23 19 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 52 14 14 12 9 1 2 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 93,672 17,294 28,344 19,105 19,265 4,522 5,142 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,664 296 10,911 15,944 16,102 3,354 3,057 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,118 23 174 476 1,308 681 1,456 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,726 61 1,009 1,193 1,479 436 548 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 35,164 16,914 16,250 1,492 376 51 81 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 93,703 17,325 28,344 19,105 19,265 4,522 5,142 Economically active . . . . . . . 79,609 10,243 23,241 18,239 18,742 4,375 4,769 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,937 2,805 14,199 14,151 15,564 3,918 4,300 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 9,604 245 2,039 3,611 2,993 401 315 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 421 95 183 73 34 14 22 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,741 14,180 11,923 1,270 674 189 505 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,101 8,680 13,224 9,325 9,342 2,177 2,353 Economically active . . . . . . . 45,101 8,680 13,224 9,325 9,342 2,177 2,353 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,694 1,383 4,831 6,029 6,729 1,777 1,945 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 7,496 155 1,457 2,842 2,436 347 259 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 264 44 116 50 26 11 17 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,647 7,098 6,820 404 151 42 132 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,602 8,645 15,120 9,780 9,923 2,345 2,789 Economically active . . . . . . . 34,508 1,563 10,017 8,914 9,400 2,198 2,416 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,243 1,422 9,368 8,122 8,835 2,141 2,355 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 2,108 90 582 769 557 54 56 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 157 51 67 23 8 3 5 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,094 7,082 5,103 866 523 147 373 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 45,234 5,277 15,120 9,780 9,923 2,345 2,789 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 147,295 58 15,071 36,365 61,097 16,019 18,685 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 108,611 53 12,511 29,107 45,551 10,494 10,895 Children born in last year. . . . . 5,715 21 2,662 2,026 1,006 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Mwanza District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 41,231 4,031 3,689 33,511 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 12,559 713 649 11,197 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 15,613 867 1,153 13,593 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 7,664 837 958 5,869 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 3,642 768 595 2,279 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 1,117 439 245 433 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 636 407 89 140 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 41,231 4,031 3,689 33,511 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,555 2,538 3,248 31,769 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,623 1,138 355 1,130 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 1,053 355 86 612 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 41,231 4,031 3,689 33,511 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 263 255 8 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,300 550 124 626 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 2,210 412 189 1,609 Protected well . . . . . . . . 4,039 262 412 3,365 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 8,077 396 614 7,067 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 12,562 1,458 1,447 9,657 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,524 83 76 1,365 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 10,828 589 801 9,438 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 413 21 18 374 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 - 10 Total in Dry Season . . . 41,231 4,031 3,689 33,511 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 266 258 8 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,385 548 124 713 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 2,215 412 188 1,615 Protected well . . . . . . . . 3,849 253 403 3,193 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 7,516 378 586 6,552 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 12,653 1,464 1,449 9,740 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,548 83 77 1,388 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 11,358 612 835 9,911 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 425 22 18 385 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 16 1 1 14 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 41,231 4,031 3,689 33,511 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 324 296 28 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 291 220 30 41 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 29,963 3,263 3,033 23,667 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,653 252 598 9,803 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 41,231 4,031 3,689 33,511 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 40,342 3,568 3,621 33,153 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 469 287 47 135 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 153 147 6 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 90 11 5 74 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 - 2 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 2 2 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - - 1 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 13 8 144 Total for lighting. . . . 41,231 4,031 3,689 33,511 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 847 49 84 714 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 587 555 32 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 38,448 3,356 3,513 31,579 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 3 6 82 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 133 39 21 73 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 6 12 669 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 23 21 394 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 15,973 2,806 1,924 11,243 Total bicycles . . . . . . 10,383 1,904 1,262 7,217 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 8,485 1,581 1,114 5,790 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 1,898 323 148 1,427 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 1,943 377 137 1,429 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 291 112 37 142 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 1,652 265 100 1,287 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Thyolo 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 458,976 16,688 55,323 123,532 97,030 62,812 67,437 15,371 20,783 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,381 8,281 27,174 61,602 43,196 29,386 32,054 7,544 9,144 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,595 8,407 28,149 61,930 53,834 33,426 35,383 7,827 11,639 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 458,976 16,688 55,323 123,532 97,030 62,812 67,437 15,371 20,783 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416,209 15,305 50,739 113,471 88,969 56,188 59,624 13,592 18,321 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,285 318 1,048 2,373 1,833 1,397 1,508 332 476 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,618 906 3,053 6,618 4,775 3,492 3,796 847 1,131 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,864 159 483 1,070 1,453 1,735 2,509 600 855 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 386,965 123,532 97,030 62,812 67,437 15,371 20,783 English and Chichewa literacy . . 106,374 12,038 44,304 23,924 20,735 3,022 2,351 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 349 174 64 32 53 15 11 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 117,247 43,500 27,966 17,020 18,596 4,606 5,559 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 162,995 67,820 24,696 21,836 28,053 7,728 12,862 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182,926 61,602 43,196 29,386 32,054 7,544 9,144 English and Chichewa literacy . . 63,183 5,912 23,248 14,897 14,729 2,445 1,952 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 158 82 32 18 17 8 1 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 56,944 21,456 12,178 7,861 9,418 2,777 3,254 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 62,641 34,152 7,738 6,610 7,890 2,314 3,937 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204,039 61,930 53,834 33,426 35,383 7,827 11,639 English and Chichewa literacy . . 43,191 6,126 21,056 9,027 6,006 577 399 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 191 92 32 14 36 7 10 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 60,303 22,044 15,788 9,159 9,178 1,829 2,305 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 100,354 33,668 16,958 15,226 20,163 5,414 8,925 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 387,064 123,631 97,030 62,812 67,437 15,371 20,783 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,175 35,968 20,159 20,579 27,954 7,935 13,580 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 236,525 87,366 63,931 36,006 35,423 6,914 6,885 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 23,608 231 12,859 5,972 3,794 480 272 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 756 66 81 255 266 42 46 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182,977 61,653 43,196 29,386 32,054 7,544 9,144 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,143 18,396 6,047 6,238 7,892 2,409 4,161 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 121,688 43,119 29,492 18,670 21,002 4,680 4,725 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 15,629 104 7,604 4,290 2,975 427 229 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 517 34 53 188 185 28 29 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204,087 61,978 53,834 33,426 35,383 7,827 11,639 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,032 17,572 14,112 14,341 20,062 5,526 9,419 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 114,837 44,247 34,439 17,336 14,421 2,234 2,160 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 7,979 127 5,255 1,682 819 53 43 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 239 32 28 67 81 14 17 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 323,811 60,378 97,030 62,812 67,437 15,371 20,783 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,462 1,186 40,453 51,602 55,107 11,172 11,942 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,653 207 819 1,604 4,158 2,042 5,823 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 20,983 101 4,455 5,127 6,775 1,883 2,642 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 116,713 58,884 51,303 4,479 1,397 274 376 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 323,910 60,477 97,030 62,812 67,437 15,371 20,783 Economically active . . . . . . . 261,861 34,674 75,469 56,885 62,407 14,315 18,111 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,744 7,457 40,750 36,345 41,931 10,717 14,544 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 53,875 735 10,606 18,070 18,945 3,147 2,372 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 2,141 81 760 483 427 129 261 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,150 52,204 44,914 7,914 6,134 1,378 3,606 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,709 30,385 43,196 29,386 32,054 7,544 9,144 Economically active . . . . . . . 151,709 30,385 43,196 29,386 32,054 7,544 9,144 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,581 3,582 12,203 13,159 15,813 4,611 6,213 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 40,469 340 7,110 13,872 14,828 2,506 1,813 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,558 62 530 368 309 105 184 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,101 26,401 23,353 1,987 1,104 322 934 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,201 30,092 53,834 33,426 35,383 7,827 11,639 Economically active . . . . . . . 110,152 4,289 32,273 27,499 30,353 6,771 8,967 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,163 3,875 28,547 23,186 26,118 6,106 8,331 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 13,406 395 3,496 4,198 4,117 641 559 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 583 19 230 115 118 24 77 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,049 25,803 21,561 5,927 5,030 1,056 2,672 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 160,851 18,742 53,834 33,426 35,383 7,827 11,639 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 510,808 183 55,045 116,648 206,609 52,459 79,864 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 371,205 160 43,451 91,263 154,225 34,747 47,359 Children born in last year. . . . . 15,950 31 8,123 5,406 2,390 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Thyolo District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 138,664 20,269 26,845 91,550 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 22,584 3,848 2,957 15,779 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 50,198 4,461 7,674 38,063 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 39,140 4,195 8,653 26,292 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 18,639 3,873 5,239 9,527 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 4,996 2,007 1,572 1,417 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 3,107 1,885 750 472 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 138,664 20,269 26,845 91,550 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,823 10,010 22,793 86,020 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 11,243 7,281 2,025 1,937 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 8,598 2,978 2,027 3,593 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 138,664 20,269 26,845 91,550 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 1,313 1,063 250 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 4,453 2,784 928 741 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 4,846 2,136 997 1,713 Protected well . . . . . . . . 21,367 2,284 5,061 14,022 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 66,114 5,011 12,252 48,851 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 26,886 6,246 5,804 14,836 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,770 183 306 2,281 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 10,473 535 1,214 8,724 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 401 11 21 369 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 41 16 12 13 Total in Dry Season . . . 138,664 20,269 26,845 91,550 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 1,156 931 225 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 4,471 2,680 953 838 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 4,645 2,087 867 1,691 Protected well . . . . . . . . 21,357 2,383 5,025 13,949 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 65,683 5,137 12,155 48,391 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 26,562 6,259 5,854 14,449 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,662 178 303 2,181 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 11,675 593 1,424 9,658 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 427 13 35 379 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 26 8 4 14 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 138,664 20,269 26,845 91,550 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 1,533 1,324 209 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 1,853 1,319 190 344 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 113,542 16,932 23,828 72,782 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,736 694 2,618 18,424 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 138,664 20,269 26,845 91,550 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 136,021 19,311 26,457 90,253 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 418 217 70 131 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 607 569 38 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 299 95 59 145 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 17 5 27 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 1 1 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 19 53 335 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861 41 162 658 Total for lighting. . . . 138,664 20,269 26,845 91,550 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643 195 227 1,221 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 2,481 2,313 168 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 133,314 17,632 26,315 89,367 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 16 14 89 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 132 69 22 41 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 14 41 431 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 30 58 401 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 58,884 13,917 12,693 32,274 Total bicycles . . . . . . 30,310 8,679 6,783 14,848 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 25,603 7,362 5,921 12,320 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 4,707 1,317 862 2,528 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 2,158 288 339 1,531 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 352 96 73 183 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 1,806 192 266 1,348 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Mulanje 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 428,322 15,755 49,126 112,520 89,253 58,060 66,787 16,373 20,448 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,834 7,614 24,442 56,346 39,205 26,183 30,145 7,657 9,242 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227,488 8,141 24,684 56,174 50,048 31,877 36,642 8,716 11,206 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 428,322 15,755 49,126 112,520 89,253 58,060 66,787 16,373 20,448 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380,702 14,183 43,841 100,685 79,897 51,356 58,678 14,250 17,812 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,060 733 2,461 5,466 4,203 2,779 3,281 917 1,220 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,869 763 2,612 5,819 4,348 3,086 3,469 808 964 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,691 76 212 550 805 839 1,359 398 452 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 363,441 112,520 89,253 58,060 66,787 16,373 20,448 English and Chichewa literacy . . 95,408 10,786 40,063 21,383 18,222 2,786 2,168 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 381 210 65 33 55 12 6 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 92,540 33,021 23,920 13,262 14,715 3,756 3,866 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 175,112 68,503 25,205 23,382 33,795 9,819 14,408 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168,778 56,346 39,205 26,183 30,145 7,657 9,242 English and Chichewa literacy . . 56,646 5,341 20,776 13,402 13,003 2,296 1,828 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 175 105 28 15 17 7 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 46,320 16,266 10,477 6,190 7,997 2,568 2,822 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 65,637 34,634 7,924 6,576 9,128 2,786 4,589 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,663 56,174 50,048 31,877 36,642 8,716 11,206 English and Chichewa literacy . . 38,762 5,445 19,287 7,981 5,219 490 340 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 206 105 37 18 38 5 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 46,220 16,755 13,443 7,072 6,718 1,188 1,044 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 109,475 33,869 17,281 16,806 24,667 7,033 9,819 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 363,516 112,595 89,253 58,060 66,787 16,373 20,448 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,625 35,333 19,825 20,867 31,610 9,237 13,753 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 213,267 77,024 58,988 32,056 32,039 6,722 6,438 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 19,148 180 10,388 4,967 2,990 390 233 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 476 58 52 170 148 24 24 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168,822 56,390 39,205 26,183 30,145 7,657 9,242 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,243 18,294 6,060 6,010 8,748 2,684 4,447 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 109,391 37,973 26,900 16,356 18,964 4,620 4,578 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 12,879 91 6,214 3,700 2,333 336 205 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 309 32 31 117 100 17 12 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,694 56,205 50,048 31,877 36,642 8,716 11,206 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,382 17,039 13,765 14,857 22,862 6,553 9,306 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 103,876 39,051 32,088 15,700 13,075 2,102 1,860 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 6,269 89 4,174 1,267 657 54 28 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 167 26 21 53 48 7 12 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 306,092 55,171 89,253 58,060 66,787 16,373 20,448 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,359 1,127 36,503 47,008 53,632 11,518 11,571 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,052 81 800 1,726 4,521 2,299 5,625 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 22,345 112 4,470 5,315 7,387 2,257 2,804 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 107,336 53,851 47,480 4,011 1,247 299 448 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 306,167 55,246 89,253 58,060 66,787 16,373 20,448 Economically active . . . . . . . 253,417 32,443 70,108 53,420 63,315 15,626 18,505 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,802 8,422 40,024 36,664 47,278 12,804 15,610 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 42,267 667 8,025 14,425 14,811 2,451 1,888 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 3,060 273 1,149 698 498 154 288 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,038 45,884 40,055 6,273 4,200 964 2,662 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,330 27,898 39,205 26,183 30,145 7,657 9,242 Economically active . . . . . . . 140,330 27,898 39,205 26,183 30,145 7,657 9,242 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,149 4,291 12,234 12,876 17,561 5,344 6,843 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 31,898 362 5,365 11,189 11,525 1,976 1,481 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,995 164 696 485 331 120 199 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,288 23,081 20,910 1,633 728 217 719 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,837 27,348 50,048 31,877 36,642 8,716 11,206 Economically active . . . . . . . 113,087 4,545 30,903 27,237 33,170 7,969 9,263 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,653 4,131 27,790 23,788 29,717 7,460 8,767 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 10,369 305 2,660 3,236 3,286 475 407 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 1,065 109 453 213 167 34 89 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,750 22,803 19,145 4,640 3,472 747 1,943 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 155,582 17,093 50,048 31,877 36,642 8,716 11,206 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 495,969 187 51,306 111,004 204,715 55,678 73,079 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 345,972 151 39,263 84,236 146,561 34,750 41,011 Children born in last year. . . . . 15,374 45 7,638 5,200 2,491 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Mulanje District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 131,635 21,879 34,801 74,955 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 20,698 3,499 4,156 13,043 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 44,288 4,705 10,027 29,556 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 39,118 4,404 12,272 22,442 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 18,232 4,464 5,810 7,958 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 5,676 2,457 1,761 1,458 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 3,623 2,350 775 498 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 131,635 21,879 34,801 74,955 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,605 14,263 32,311 72,031 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,594 4,539 1,230 825 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 6,436 3,077 1,260 2,099 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 131,635 21,879 34,801 74,955 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 821 743 78 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 10,758 3,604 2,541 4,613 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 30,619 6,101 7,447 17,071 Protected well . . . . . . . . 11,872 1,709 4,271 5,892 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 27,519 2,790 6,880 17,849 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 21,958 4,135 6,152 11,671 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,844 144 639 1,061 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 25,472 2,478 6,580 16,414 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 291 39 61 191 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 481 136 152 193 Total in Dry Season . . . 131,635 21,879 34,801 74,955 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 675 641 34 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 7,619 2,865 1,707 3,047 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 22,094 4,966 5,235 11,893 Protected well . . . . . . . . 12,937 1,890 4,506 6,541 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 29,982 3,364 8,129 18,489 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 23,692 4,426 6,700 12,566 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,285 192 763 1,330 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 31,753 3,402 7,485 20,866 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 552 119 225 208 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 46 14 17 15 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 131,635 21,879 34,801 74,955 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 1,163 923 240 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 862 649 139 74 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 98,484 19,053 28,084 51,347 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,126 1,254 6,338 23,534 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 131,635 21,879 34,801 74,955 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 127,629 20,835 34,003 72,791 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 391 214 75 102 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 470 434 36 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 325 93 94 138 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 11 - 4 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 - - Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,291 77 279 935 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,513 214 314 985 Total for lighting. . . . 131,635 21,879 34,801 74,955 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 1,599 201 411 987 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 2,009 1,891 118 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 126,107 19,615 33,686 72,806 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 14 22 41 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 281 71 41 169 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 10 82 481 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 77 441 471 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 51,670 13,593 13,793 24,284 Total bicycles . . . . . . 48,986 12,040 12,889 24,057 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 41,496 9,678 10,842 20,976 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 7,490 2,362 2,047 3,081 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 1,852 414 497 941 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 553 164 132 257 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 1,299 250 365 684 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Phalombe 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 231,990 8,626 28,845 60,952 46,227 31,142 36,792 8,500 10,906 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,229 4,274 14,143 30,511 20,107 14,161 16,849 4,219 4,965 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,761 4,352 14,702 30,441 26,120 16,981 19,943 4,281 5,941 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 231,990 8,626 28,845 60,952 46,227 31,142 36,792 8,500 10,906 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217,231 8,161 27,194 57,384 43,421 29,106 34,085 7,850 10,030 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,010 90 352 774 604 429 483 115 163 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,325 345 1,185 2,516 1,820 1,207 1,473 342 437 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,424 30 114 278 382 400 751 193 276 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 194,519 60,952 46,227 31,142 36,792 8,500 10,906 English and Chichewa literacy . . 48,878 7,488 20,399 10,021 8,750 1,287 933 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 163 83 30 14 26 8 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 51,027 18,523 12,323 7,392 8,681 2,074 2,034 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 94,451 34,858 13,475 13,715 19,335 5,131 7,937 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,812 30,511 20,107 14,161 16,849 4,219 4,965 English and Chichewa literacy . . 29,313 3,700 10,700 6,549 6,465 1,108 791 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 83 47 11 8 11 4 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 25,932 9,020 5,305 3,638 4,958 1,478 1,533 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 35,484 17,744 4,091 3,966 5,415 1,629 2,639 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,707 30,441 26,120 16,981 19,943 4,281 5,941 English and Chichewa literacy . . 19,565 3,788 9,699 3,472 2,285 179 142 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 80 36 19 6 15 4 - Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 25,095 9,503 7,018 3,754 3,723 596 501 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 58,967 17,114 9,384 9,749 13,920 3,502 5,298 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 194,576 61,009 46,227 31,142 36,792 8,500 10,906 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,762 20,571 11,498 12,992 18,903 5,013 7,785 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 109,725 40,308 30,180 16,083 16,747 3,362 3,045 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 7,864 72 4,526 1,993 1,084 116 73 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 225 58 23 74 58 9 3 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,840 30,539 20,107 14,161 16,849 4,219 4,965 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,773 10,859 3,386 3,854 5,502 1,593 2,579 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 57,468 19,614 13,878 8,702 10,423 2,523 2,328 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 5,471 40 2,832 1,560 883 99 57 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 128 26 11 45 41 4 1 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,736 30,470 26,120 16,981 19,943 4,281 5,941 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,989 9,712 8,112 9,138 13,401 3,420 5,206 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 52,257 20,694 16,302 7,381 6,324 839 717 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 2,393 32 1,694 433 201 17 16 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 97 32 12 29 17 5 2 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 161,910 28,343 46,227 31,142 36,792 8,500 10,906 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,641 689 21,345 26,311 30,467 6,363 6,466 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,358 39 329 731 2,197 1,102 2,960 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 10,327 62 2,085 2,491 3,516 916 1,257 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 52,584 27,553 22,468 1,609 612 119 223 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 161,967 28,400 46,227 31,142 36,792 8,500 10,906 Economically active . . . . . . . 142,733 17,210 39,547 30,634 36,416 8,410 10,516 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,252 5,523 26,799 25,571 31,923 7,692 9,744 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 13,305 427 2,880 4,531 4,268 651 548 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 429 34 148 84 68 27 68 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,981 22,416 16,400 956 533 130 546 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,801 14,500 20,107 14,161 16,849 4,219 4,965 Economically active . . . . . . . 74,801 14,500 20,107 14,161 16,849 4,219 4,965 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,855 2,960 8,440 10,158 13,322 3,622 4,353 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 9,977 289 1,868 3,510 3,334 544 432 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 222 25 79 45 36 13 24 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,747 11,226 9,720 448 157 40 156 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,166 13,900 26,120 16,981 19,943 4,281 5,941 Economically active . . . . . . . 67,932 2,710 19,440 16,473 19,567 4,191 5,551 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,397 2,563 18,359 15,413 18,601 4,070 5,391 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 3,328 138 1,012 1,021 934 107 116 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 207 9 69 39 32 14 44 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,234 11,190 6,680 508 376 90 390 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 82,018 8,752 26,120 16,981 19,943 4,281 5,941 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 269,392 106 28,619 60,416 112,537 27,534 40,180 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 191,345 78 22,598 46,790 81,906 17,264 22,709 Children born in last year. . . . . 8,596 25 4,166 2,922 1,483 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Phalombe District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 72,464 6,292 8,360 57,812 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 12,541 607 1,218 10,716 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 26,389 1,046 2,446 22,897 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 19,598 1,484 2,476 15,638 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 10,243 1,682 1,535 7,026 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 2,485 788 476 1,221 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 1,208 685 209 314 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 72,464 6,292 8,360 57,812 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,693 4,805 7,790 55,098 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,248 1,110 365 773 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 2,523 377 205 1,941 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 72,464 6,292 8,360 57,812 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 228 203 25 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,937 547 492 1,898 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 18,725 1,952 2,647 14,126 Protected well . . . . . . . . 4,777 296 615 3,866 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 18,941 1,218 1,552 16,171 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 12,875 1,058 1,567 10,250 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,809 127 129 1,553 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 11,101 787 1,166 9,148 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 950 65 151 734 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 121 39 16 66 Total in Dry Season . . . 72,464 6,292 8,360 57,812 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 208 196 12 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 2,387 410 428 1,549 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 15,625 1,450 1,982 12,193 Protected well . . . . . . . . 4,581 330 619 3,632 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 17,453 1,206 1,492 14,755 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 15,642 1,361 1,840 12,441 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,722 131 111 1,480 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 13,256 1,102 1,724 10,430 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 1,567 104 144 1,319 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 23 2 8 13 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 72,464 6,292 8,360 57,812 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 306 238 68 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 326 233 38 55 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 47,684 5,302 6,447 35,935 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,148 519 1,807 21,822 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 72,464 6,292 8,360 57,812 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 70,824 6,100 8,173 56,551 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 129 30 20 79 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 48 43 5 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 155 28 11 116 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 - 7 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - - 1 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 23 52 660 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 67 99 398 Total for lighting. . . . 72,464 6,292 8,360 57,812 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 780 43 73 664 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 237 227 10 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 69,711 5,951 8,149 55,611 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 7 6 30 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 39 19 8 12 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 24 71 944 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 21 43 551 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 27,264 4,141 3,850 19,273 Total bicycles . . . . . . 32,851 4,350 4,455 24,046 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 27,444 2,996 3,657 20,791 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 5,407 1,354 798 3,255 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 2,025 295 233 1,497 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 452 154 65 233 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 1,573 141 168 1,264 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Chikwawa 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 356,682 12,239 48,048 95,886 72,382 51,240 50,102 11,863 14,922 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,217 6,051 23,812 48,346 35,132 26,128 25,464 5,837 7,447 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,465 6,188 24,236 47,540 37,250 25,112 24,638 6,026 7,475 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 356,682 12,239 48,048 95,886 72,382 51,240 50,102 11,863 14,922 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294,489 10,480 40,698 81,670 60,602 41,097 39,472 9,295 11,175 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,835 148 581 1,276 1,013 764 739 150 164 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,448 558 2,383 4,442 3,304 2,429 2,259 464 609 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,910 1,053 4,386 8,498 7,463 6,950 7,632 1,954 2,974 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 296,395 95,886 72,382 51,240 50,102 11,863 14,922 English and Chichewa literacy . . 61,516 6,087 25,632 14,645 12,134 1,752 1,266 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 272 142 74 25 22 5 4 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 64,597 25,263 15,973 9,208 9,143 2,274 2,736 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 170,010 64,394 30,703 27,362 28,803 7,832 10,916 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,354 48,346 35,132 26,128 25,464 5,837 7,447 English and Chichewa literacy . . 43,512 3,458 16,207 10,988 10,070 1,633 1,156 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 132 67 34 13 13 3 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 36,609 13,257 8,476 5,368 5,785 1,637 2,086 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 68,101 31,564 10,415 9,759 9,596 2,564 4,203 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,041 47,540 37,250 25,112 24,638 6,026 7,475 English and Chichewa literacy . . 18,004 2,629 9,425 3,657 2,064 119 110 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 140 75 40 12 9 2 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 27,988 12,006 7,497 3,840 3,358 637 650 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 101,909 32,830 20,288 17,603 19,207 5,268 6,713 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 296,471 95,962 72,382 51,240 50,102 11,863 14,922 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,999 43,681 28,311 27,121 29,449 8,102 11,335 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 132,685 52,086 36,779 19,542 17,513 3,355 3,410 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 15,245 135 7,256 4,358 2,966 372 158 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 542 60 36 219 174 34 19 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,398 48,390 35,132 26,128 25,464 5,837 7,447 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,100 21,034 9,362 9,657 9,904 2,704 4,439 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 79,313 27,237 20,819 12,761 12,882 2,757 2,857 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 11,595 81 4,933 3,540 2,552 350 139 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 390 38 18 170 126 26 12 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,073 47,572 37,250 25,112 24,638 6,026 7,475 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,899 22,647 18,949 17,464 19,545 5,398 6,896 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 53,372 24,849 15,960 6,781 4,631 598 553 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 3,650 54 2,323 818 414 22 19 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 152 22 18 49 48 8 7 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 242,840 42,331 72,382 51,240 50,102 11,863 14,922 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,428 1,335 32,710 43,990 44,134 9,324 9,935 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,256 105 486 932 2,558 1,592 3,583 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 8,781 72 1,840 2,344 2,566 796 1,163 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 83,375 40,819 37,346 3,974 844 151 241 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 242,916 42,407 72,382 51,240 50,102 11,863 14,922 Economically active . . . . . . . 213,444 27,867 61,983 48,828 48,760 11,689 14,317 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,114 10,901 40,116 37,809 40,362 10,585 13,341 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 25,931 561 5,845 9,786 8,064 1,020 655 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 951 39 368 288 138 30 88 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,920 30,906 26,053 3,357 1,538 228 838 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,774 21,766 35,132 26,128 25,464 5,837 7,447 Economically active . . . . . . . 121,774 21,766 35,132 26,128 25,464 5,837 7,447 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,379 4,986 14,445 16,512 17,990 4,830 6,616 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 22,211 388 4,757 8,435 7,167 928 536 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 736 26 276 236 111 25 62 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,448 16,366 15,654 945 196 54 233 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,142 20,641 37,250 25,112 24,638 6,026 7,475 Economically active . . . . . . . 91,670 6,101 26,851 22,700 23,296 5,852 6,870 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,735 5,915 25,671 21,297 22,372 5,755 6,725 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 3,720 173 1,088 1,351 897 92 119 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 215 13 92 52 27 5 26 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,472 14,540 10,399 2,412 1,342 174 605 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 112,771 12,270 37,250 25,112 24,638 6,026 7,475 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 388,023 126 39,870 95,450 157,046 42,689 52,842 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 276,943 112 32,367 74,832 113,496 26,699 29,437 Children born in last year. . . . . 12,177 11 5,508 4,507 2,151 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Chikwawa District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 109,220 11,337 9,864 88,019 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 36,277 2,108 2,636 31,533 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 43,082 2,943 3,371 36,768 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 19,515 2,754 2,335 14,426 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 7,784 2,029 1,208 4,547 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 1,606 861 208 537 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 956 642 106 208 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 109,220 11,337 9,864 88,019 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,851 5,789 7,751 83,311 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,720 3,069 978 2,673 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 5,649 2,479 1,135 2,035 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 109,220 11,337 9,864 88,019 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 1,007 994 13 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 5,617 2,565 1,135 1,917 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 15,852 2,870 2,423 10,559 Protected well . . . . . . . . 5,156 316 415 4,425 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 20,832 786 1,007 19,039 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 36,555 2,822 3,501 30,232 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,491 48 212 1,231 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 21,637 886 1,129 19,622 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 668 32 18 618 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 405 18 11 376 Total in Dry Season . . . 109,220 11,337 9,864 88,019 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 995 983 12 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 5,518 2,553 1,083 1,882 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 14,241 2,674 2,246 9,321 Protected well . . . . . . . . 4,983 412 527 4,044 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 21,634 892 970 19,772 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 36,274 2,648 3,380 30,246 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317 35 153 1,129 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 23,336 1,087 1,380 20,869 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 791 45 98 648 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 131 8 15 108 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 109,220 11,337 9,864 88,019 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 2,190 1,645 545 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 1,277 909 191 177 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 40,005 7,111 5,028 27,866 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,748 1,672 4,100 59,976 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 109,220 11,337 9,864 88,019 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 101,766 10,106 9,574 82,086 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 335 197 38 100 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 796 779 17 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 357 80 33 244 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 - 5 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 - 4 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,067 16 20 1,031 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,887 156 182 4,549 Total for lighting. . . . 109,220 11,337 9,864 88,019 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 6,741 261 231 6,249 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 2,454 2,291 163 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 95,959 8,557 9,291 78,111 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 9 4 62 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 149 54 34 61 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,318 98 52 2,168 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,524 67 89 1,368 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 44,042 7,937 5,100 31,005 Total bicycles . . . . . . 42,086 6,808 4,617 30,661 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 37,260 5,604 4,059 27,597 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 4,826 1,204 558 3,064 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 2,508 645 368 1,495 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 1,249 508 123 618 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 1,259 137 245 877 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Nsanje 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,924 6,723 26,902 52,994 36,438 25,575 27,932 7,625 10,735 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,457 3,336 13,412 26,890 17,152 11,772 13,019 3,566 5,310 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,467 3,387 13,490 26,104 19,286 13,803 14,913 4,059 5,425 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 194,924 6,723 26,902 52,994 36,438 25,575 27,932 7,625 10,735 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,095 5,187 20,138 40,668 27,940 18,514 19,551 5,203 6,894 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213 98 424 903 690 401 447 108 142 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,306 248 1,017 2,042 1,367 985 1,000 244 403 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,310 1,190 5,323 9,381 6,441 5,675 6,934 2,070 3,296 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 161,299 52,994 36,438 25,575 27,932 7,625 10,735 English and Chichewa literacy . . 37,086 6,706 15,591 7,012 5,846 1,039 892 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 142 80 25 9 19 4 5 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 26,689 12,147 5,900 3,126 3,208 942 1,366 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 97,382 34,061 14,922 15,428 18,859 5,640 8,472 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,709 26,890 17,152 11,772 13,019 3,566 5,310 English and Chichewa literacy . . 25,393 3,779 9,952 5,166 4,760 931 805 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 71 33 12 6 15 2 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 15,503 6,498 3,005 1,918 2,223 736 1,123 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 36,742 16,580 4,183 4,682 6,021 1,897 3,379 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,590 26,104 19,286 13,803 14,913 4,059 5,425 English and Chichewa literacy . . 11,693 2,927 5,639 1,846 1,086 108 87 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 71 47 13 3 4 2 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 11,186 5,649 2,895 1,208 985 206 243 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 60,640 17,481 10,739 10,746 12,838 3,743 5,093 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 161,336 53,031 36,438 25,575 27,932 7,625 10,735 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,698 23,364 13,625 14,809 18,197 5,453 8,250 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 68,843 29,575 18,335 8,276 8,325 1,963 2,369 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 8,638 78 4,463 2,426 1,367 197 107 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 157 14 15 64 43 12 9 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,726 26,907 17,152 11,772 13,019 3,566 5,310 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,227 11,154 3,713 4,477 5,791 1,808 3,284 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 40,848 15,705 10,315 5,301 6,034 1,571 1,922 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 6,550 40 3,113 1,956 1,163 179 99 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 101 8 11 38 31 8 5 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,610 26,124 19,286 13,803 14,913 4,059 5,425 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,471 12,210 9,912 10,332 12,406 3,645 4,966 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 27,995 13,870 8,020 2,975 2,291 392 447 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 2,088 38 1,350 470 204 18 8 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 56 6 4 26 12 4 4 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 130,709 22,404 36,438 25,575 27,932 7,625 10,735 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,096 564 15,451 21,744 24,191 5,908 7,238 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,480 35 256 615 1,747 1,116 2,711 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,213 22 1,065 1,327 1,608 514 677 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 43,920 21,783 19,666 1,889 386 87 109 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 130,746 22,441 36,438 25,575 27,932 7,625 10,735 Economically active . . . . . . . 115,228 14,429 30,923 24,657 27,404 7,510 10,305 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,191 4,834 19,269 20,309 24,093 6,949 9,737 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 9,618 247 1,939 3,506 3,085 482 359 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 374 11 136 112 61 20 34 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,563 17,349 15,094 1,648 693 174 605 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,499 11,680 17,152 11,772 13,019 3,566 5,310 Economically active . . . . . . . 62,499 11,680 17,152 11,772 13,019 3,566 5,310 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,174 2,163 5,951 8,037 10,135 3,080 4,808 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 7,984 173 1,518 2,907 2,667 412 307 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 296 7 104 98 52 15 20 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,045 9,337 9,579 730 165 59 175 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,247 10,761 19,286 13,803 14,913 4,059 5,425 Economically active . . . . . . . 52,729 2,749 13,771 12,885 14,385 3,944 4,995 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,017 2,671 13,318 12,272 13,958 3,869 4,929 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 1,634 74 421 599 418 70 52 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 78 4 32 14 9 5 14 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,518 8,012 5,515 918 528 115 430 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 63,675 6,189 19,286 13,803 14,913 4,059 5,425 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 242,814 64 20,008 53,797 98,041 30,442 40,462 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 165,894 59 15,723 40,761 68,854 18,308 22,189 Children born in last year. . . . . 6,499 9 2,697 2,519 1,274 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Nsanje District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 60,325 6,456 5,690 48,179 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 22,582 1,421 1,259 19,902 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 21,488 1,132 1,601 18,755 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 10,177 1,390 1,674 7,113 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 4,273 1,359 921 1,993 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 1,101 670 169 262 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 704 484 66 154 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 60,325 6,456 5,690 48,179 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,816 3,942 5,236 46,638 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,413 2,180 361 872 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 1,096 334 93 669 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 60,325 6,456 5,690 48,179 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 356 334 22 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,000 579 62 359 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 306 144 38 124 Protected well . . . . . . . . 1,136 46 88 1,002 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 3,821 86 172 3,563 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 41,577 4,738 4,557 32,282 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 17 26 386 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 11,613 503 704 10,406 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1 3 23 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 60 8 18 34 Total in Dry Season . . . 60,325 6,456 5,690 48,179 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 355 333 22 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 1,019 578 65 376 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 307 146 38 123 Protected well . . . . . . . . 1,137 45 89 1,003 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 4,495 99 173 4,223 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 41,253 4,724 4,520 32,009 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 17 27 373 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 11,300 511 754 10,035 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 2 27 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 - 10 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 60,325 6,456 5,690 48,179 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 441 407 34 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 434 300 42 92 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 25,272 4,834 3,267 17,171 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,178 915 2,347 30,916 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 60,325 6,456 5,690 48,179 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 57,944 6,185 5,601 46,158 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 73 43 4 26 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 103 99 4 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 144 25 10 109 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 - 4 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - - 5 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 4 2 377 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,667 98 69 1,500 Total for lighting. . . . 60,325 6,456 5,690 48,179 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 10,773 248 499 10,026 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 766 744 22 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 47,365 5,394 5,105 36,866 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5 2 11 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 81 34 7 40 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 842 14 12 816 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 17 43 420 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 21,410 4,147 2,628 14,635 Total bicycles . . . . . . 17,025 3,225 2,316 11,484 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 13,845 2,614 1,895 9,336 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 3,180 611 421 2,148 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 2,876 457 462 1,957 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 464 230 56 178 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 2,412 227 406 1,779 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-01: Summary Population Characteristics for Geographical Areas Balaka 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 253,098 9,401 32,388 68,883 50,604 32,648 37,255 9,407 12,512 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,706 4,601 16,062 34,420 22,944 15,162 17,397 4,497 5,623 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,392 4,800 16,326 34,463 27,660 17,486 19,858 4,910 6,889 RELIGION: Total. . . . . . . . . 253,098 9,401 32,388 68,883 50,604 32,648 37,255 9,407 12,512 Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162,888 6,089 20,446 44,864 33,685 20,719 23,553 5,986 7,546 Moslem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,577 2,645 9,737 19,415 13,524 9,609 10,983 2,696 3,968 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,625 578 2,046 4,342 3,049 1,959 2,246 590 815 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,008 89 159 262 346 361 473 135 183 LITERACY: Total, 5+ years. . . 211,309 68,883 50,604 32,648 37,255 9,407 12,512 English and Chichewa literacy . . 56,646 6,381 24,248 12,364 10,433 1,775 1,445 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 182 108 32 13 20 4 5 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 77,810 30,526 16,781 10,490 12,515 3,368 4,130 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 76,671 31,868 9,543 9,781 14,287 4,260 6,932 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,043 34,420 22,944 15,162 17,397 4,497 5,623 English and Chichewa literacy . . 32,763 3,085 12,486 7,502 7,166 1,361 1,163 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 82 49 13 5 9 3 3 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 36,733 15,192 7,255 4,567 5,780 1,750 2,189 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 30,465 16,094 3,190 3,088 4,442 1,383 2,268 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,266 34,463 27,660 17,486 19,858 4,910 6,889 English and Chichewa literacy . . 23,883 3,296 11,762 4,862 3,267 414 282 English literacy. . . . . . . . . 100 59 19 8 11 1 2 Chichewa literacy . . . . . . . . 41,077 15,334 9,526 5,923 6,735 1,618 1,941 Other literacy. . . . . . . . . . 46,206 15,774 6,353 6,693 9,845 2,877 4,664 HIGHEST LEVEL ATTENDED, 5+ yrs. 211,370 68,944 50,604 32,648 37,255 9,407 12,512 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,044 17,203 9,359 11,490 17,394 5,206 8,392 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 129,823 51,561 34,996 17,907 17,657 3,822 3,880 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 12,157 110 6,215 3,143 2,119 348 222 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 346 70 34 108 85 31 18 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,078 34,455 22,944 15,162 17,397 4,497 5,623 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,083 9,014 2,992 3,722 5,701 1,774 2,880 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 65,828 25,351 16,281 9,188 10,060 2,403 2,545 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 7,937 48 3,650 2,177 1,576 299 187 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 230 42 21 75 60 21 11 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,292 34,489 27,660 17,486 19,858 4,910 6,889 None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,961 8,189 6,367 7,768 11,693 3,432 5,512 Primary school. . . . . . . . . . 63,995 26,210 18,715 8,719 7,597 1,419 1,335 Secondary school. . . . . . . . . 4,220 62 2,565 966 543 49 35 University. . . . . . . . . . . . 116 28 13 33 25 10 7 MARITAL STATUS, Total 10+ yrs . 175,303 32,877 50,604 32,648 37,255 9,407 12,512 Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,496 539 18,935 26,485 30,573 6,854 7,110 Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,781 41 440 911 2,374 1,339 3,676 Ever married. . . . . . . . . . . . 11,332 50 2,253 2,727 3,657 1,099 1,546 Never married . . . . . . . . . . . 64,694 32,247 28,976 2,525 651 115 180 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 10+ years. . 175,364 32,938 50,604 32,648 37,255 9,407 12,512 Economically active . . . . . . . 146,278 18,429 40,079 30,964 36,061 9,120 11,625 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,155 3,571 23,359 23,867 29,808 8,040 10,510 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 17,701 226 3,536 6,296 5,892 963 788 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 827 57 306 194 125 54 91 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,681 29,084 23,403 2,291 1,430 350 1,123 Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,218 16,595 22,944 15,162 17,397 4,497 5,623 Economically active . . . . . . . 82,218 16,595 22,944 15,162 17,397 4,497 5,623 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,141 1,842 7,581 9,701 12,618 3,664 4,735 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 12,958 145 2,295 4,727 4,459 730 602 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 524 33 190 127 84 40 50 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,595 14,575 12,878 607 236 63 236 Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,146 16,343 27,660 17,486 19,858 4,910 6,889 Economically active . . . . . . . 64,060 1,834 17,135 15,802 18,664 4,623 6,002 Mlimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,014 1,729 15,778 14,166 17,190 4,376 5,775 Other employed. . . . . . . . . 4,743 81 1,241 1,569 1,433 233 186 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . 303 24 116 67 41 14 41 Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,086 14,509 10,525 1,684 1,194 287 887 FERTILITY: Females, 12+ years . 86,797 9,994 27,660 17,486 19,858 4,910 6,889 Children ever born. . . . . . . . . 287,429 143 27,938 63,092 119,127 32,300 44,829 Children still alive. . . . . . . . 205,932 123 23,062 50,055 86,965 20,535 25,192 Children born in last year. . . . . 9,003 15 4,312 3,168 1,508 - - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census Table SUM-02. Summary Dwelling Unit Characteristics by Geographic Area: Balaka District ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Dwelling unit Semi- Characteristics Total Permanent Permanent Traditional ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ROOMS Total . . . . . . . . . . 75,264 7,911 18,606 48,747 One room . . . . . . . . . . . 25,664 1,194 5,097 19,373 Two rooms. . . . . . . . . . . 28,047 1,793 6,543 19,711 Three rooms. . . . . . . . . . 13,777 2,045 4,550 7,182 Four rooms . . . . . . . . . . 5,727 1,639 1,925 2,163 Five rooms . . . . . . . . . . 1,166 652 320 194 Six or more rooms. . . . . . . 883 588 171 124 TENURE Total . . . . . . . . . . 75,264 7,911 18,606 48,747 Owning . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,776 5,497 17,397 46,882 Renting. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,568 1,863 855 850 Rent-free. . . . . . . . . . . 1,920 551 354 1,015 DRINKING WATER Total in Wet Season . . . 75,264 7,911 18,606 48,747 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 327 311 16 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 4,726 1,001 1,087 2,638 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 25,451 3,019 5,852 16,580 Protected well . . . . . . . . 3,584 368 1,054 2,162 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 8,263 466 1,873 5,924 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 22,297 2,077 5,671 14,549 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 46 251 433 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 9,123 551 2,415 6,157 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 706 52 375 279 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 57 20 12 25 Total in Dry Season . . . 75,264 7,911 18,606 48,747 Piped inside DU. . . . . . . . 324 311 13 - Piped outside DU . . . . . . . 4,272 947 889 2,436 Communal standpipe . . . . . . 21,128 2,440 5,534 13,154 Protected well . . . . . . . . 4,116 386 1,129 2,601 Unprotected well . . . . . . . 8,513 541 1,780 6,192 Borehole . . . . . . . . . . . 24,263 2,384 6,186 15,693 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 43 233 293 Stream/river . . . . . . . . . 11,709 815 2,763 8,131 Lake/dam . . . . . . . . . . . 351 35 75 241 Rainwater. . . . . . . . . . . 19 9 4 6 TOILET Total . . . . . . . . . . 75,264 7,911 18,606 48,747 Flush toilet . . . . . . . . . 596 478 118 - VIP latrine. . . . . . . . . . 695 394 172 129 Traditional pit latrine. . . . 55,701 6,566 14,775 34,360 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,272 473 3,541 14,258 MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY Total for cooking . . . . 75,264 7,911 18,606 48,747 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 73,878 7,401 18,312 48,165 Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . 394 225 84 85 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 214 192 22 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 189 30 41 118 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9 - 3 Dung . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 - 2 11 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 3 9 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 54 142 356 Total for lighting. . . . 75,264 7,911 18,606 48,747 Firewood . . . . . . . . . . . 965 90 208 667 Electricity. . . . . . . . . . 978 916 62 - Paraffin . . . . . . . . . . . 71,132 6,760 17,742 46,630 Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 5 11 10 Candles. . . . . . . . . . . . 452 41 285 126 Grass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,224 64 183 977 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 35 115 337 RADIOS, BICYCLES AND OXCARTS Radio in DU. . . . . . . . . . 32,501 5,507 8,813 18,181 Total bicycles . . . . . . 26,445 4,281 7,800 14,364 One bicycle. . . . . . . . . . 23,317 3,485 6,913 12,919 Two or more bicycles . . . . . 3,128 796 887 1,445 Total oxcarts. . . . . . . 1,584 346 461 777 One oxcart . . . . . . . . . . 658 247 180 231 Two or more oxcarts. . . . . . 926 99 281 546 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Source: Republic of Malawi 1998 Population and Housing Census