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Selected indicators from the Integrated Household Survey (IHS)

  Malawi Northern region Central region Southern region Rural Urban
             
Population percentage 100 12.9 49.4 47.8 11.1 88.9
Male 48.9 51.1 49.4 47.8 48.6 50.8
Female 51.1 48.9 50.6 52.2 51.4 49.2
             
Mean household size 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.3
             
Mean dependency ratio 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8
 
Proportions of households headed by male and female            
Male 76 81.6 80.1 71.6 75.1 83.2
Female 24 18.4 19.9 28.4 24.9 16.8
             
Net primary enrollment rate (children enrolled as a percentage of all children 5-13) 77.6 86.7 76.5 76.4 77 83.4
Male 77 86 75.4 75.9 76 84.6
Female 78.5 87.4 77.7 76.9 78 82.2
             
Mean distance to school (km) 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.7
             
Mean travelling time to school (minutes) 26.8 30.7 26.3 26.1 27.5 23
             
Percentage of population aged over 5 years ever attended school 76.3 89.2 75.5 73.5 74.2 92
Percentage of population completing school stages aged over 5 years who ever attended school
Primary 87.1 81.7 88.7 87.6 91.6 59.2
Secondary 11.5 17 9.8 11.1 7.9 34
Tertiary 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.2 4.2
Other or not known 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 2.6
             
             
Literacy rates among those aged over 5 (literacy defined as those who can read or write a letter in English or Chichewa) 73.9 88.2 74.7 69.8 71.8 91.1
Male (5-17 age group) 83.9 91 81.8 83.5 82.9 92.7
Female (5-17 age group) 84.2 93 83.1 82.9 83.3 91.6
Male (18-64 age group) 79.6 92.9 81.7 74 77.3 93.7
Female (18-64 age group) 58.5 80.8 61.1 51.2 54.8 87.7
Male (65 + age group) 57.7 74.5 62.8 49.3 57.1 73.3
Female (65+ age group) 24.3 39 24.9 21.8 23.1 55.2
Type of school attended, percentage of over five population
Government 85.2 76.8 87.9 85.6 86.7 76.9
Private 2.7 3.3 2.5 2.7 0.9 12.4
Mission 11.5 18.6 9.1 11.2 11.9 9.2
Other 0.6 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.5
             
Incidence of illness or injury            
Male 24.6 24.2 26.1 22.8 26.2 14.6
Female 28.1 25.7 29.2 26.6 29.4 18.7
             
Mean household current expenditure (annual)
percapita household food expenditure 3029.49 3939.03 3153.36 2590.94 2649.45 5035
percapita household non food expenditure 1787.72 1545.39 1669.2 1980.43 761.3 7203
percapita household current expenditure 4817.21 5484.39 4820.56 4571.37 3410.76 12238
Proportions of value of food and cash crop production to total production
food crops 80.6 82.7 73 88.7 80.1 96.1
cash crops 19.4 17.3 27 11.3 19.9 3.9
             
Percentage Distribution of Income by source
net crop production 32.3 7.7 42.7 32 38.1 1.7
net livestock sales & products 4.9 4 3.3 6.7 5.7 0.5
net nonfarm income 16.3 11.6 15.6 18.7 15.5 20.6
salaries and wages 25.5 28.6 21 28.4 17.3 68.8
Inkind income 1.9 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 0.9
Rents & income 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.1 3
Transfer income 12.8 35.4 7.7 9 15.2 0.1
Other Income 4.9 10.1 6.5 1.7 5 4.4
 

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