The Welfare Monitoring Survey 2009 Main Report
| Author(s) |
National Statistical Office Malawi |
| Country |
Malawi |
| Language |
English |
| Table of contents |
Preface .................................................................................................................................................... i
List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................ v
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1
1.0 Background and purpose ..................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Country Profile ..................................................................................................................... 2
1.1.1 Geography and population .............................................................................................. 2
1.1.2 Economy .............................................................................................................................. 2
1.1.3 Political System ................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Survey Implementation ............................................................................................................. 3
1.2.1 Survey Organization ........................................................................................................... 3
1.2.2 Sample design ..................................................................................................................... 3
1.2.3 Survey instruments .......................................................................................................... 4
1.2.4 Training ............................................................................................................................... 4
1.2.5 Data collection and Processing .......................................................................................... 4
1.3 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ 5
1.3.1 Population ............................................................................................................................ 5
1.3.2 Health ................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3.3 Education ............................................................................................................................. 6
1.3.4 Housing conditions and amenities ..................................................................................... 8
1.3.5 Poverty ................................................................................................................................. 8
1.3.6 HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Testing ................................................................................... 9
1.3.7 Food Security ...................................................................................................................... 9
CHAPTER 2:POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS................................. 11
2.0 Objective ............................................................................................................................. 11
2.1 Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 11
2.2 Age distribution of the population .......................................................................................... 11
2.3 Households distribution by sex of household head ................................................................ 12
2.4 Marital status ............................................................................................................................ 12
2.5 Orphan-hood ............................................................................................................................. 12
2.6 Age of household head ............................................................................................................. 12
2.7 Dependency ratio ...................................................................................................................... 13
2.8 Households which experienced death last year .................................................................... 13
CHAPTER 3:HEALTH ...................................................................................................................... 21
3.0 Objective ............................................................................................................................... 21
3.1 Definitions ............................................................................................................................ 21
3.2 Incidence of sickness or injury ............................................................................................ 21
3.3 Duration of sickness ............................................................................................................. 22
3.4 Health consultations ............................................................................................................. 22
3.5 Reasons for not seeking medical care ................................................................................. 22
3.6 Place of child delivery ......................................................................................................... 22
3.7 Personnel who assisted in child delivery ............................................................................ 23
3.8 Child nutrition status ............................................................................................................ 23
3.9 Malaria prevention ............................................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 4: EDUCATION ............................................................................................................. 32
4.0 Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 32
4.1 Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 32
4.2 Literacy ..................................................................................................................................... 33
4.3 School attendance ..................................................................................................................... 33
4.4 Highest qualification ................................................................................................................ 34
4.5 Education level completed ....................................................................................................... 34
4.6 School attendance rate ............................................................................................................. 34
4.7 Primary school net and gross enrolment rates ........................................................................ 35
4.7 Secondary school net and gross enrolment rate ............................................................... 35
4.9 Primary school drop out rate and repetition rate .................................................................... 35
4.10 Secondary school drop out rate and repetition rate .............................................................. 36
4.11 Type of Primary school attended .......................................................................................... 36
4.12 Type of Secondary school attended ...................................................................................... 36
4.13 Problems experienced in primary school .............................................................................. 36
4.14 Reasons for not attending school among children in primary school going ages (6-13
years) ............................................................................................................................................... 36
4.15 Reasons for not attending school among children of secondary school going ages (14-19
years) ............................................................................................................................................... 37
4.16 School feeding program ......................................................................................................... 37
CHAPTER 5:EMPLOYMENT ......................................................................................................... 54
5.0 Objective ................................................................................................................................... 54
5.1 Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 54
5.2 Labor force participation ......................................................................................................... 55
5.3 Economically inactive .............................................................................................................. 55
5.4 Type of payment ....................................................................................................................... 56
5.5 Type of employer ..................................................................................................................... 56
5.6 Type of industry ....................................................................................................................... 56
5.7 Participation in selected activities ........................................................................................... 57
CHAPTER 6:HOUSING CONDITIONS AND AMENITIES ....................................................... 64
6.0 Objective ................................................................................................................................... 64
6.1 Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 64
6.2 Type of tenure ........................................................................................................................... 64
6.3 Access to safe water ................................................................................................................. 64
6.4 Fuels for cooking ...................................................................................................................... 65
6.5 Fuels for lighting ...................................................................................................................... 65
6.6 Materials used for constructing walls of the main dwelling units........................................ 65
6.7 Materials used for the roof of the main dwelling units .......................................................... 65
6.8 Materials used for the floor of the main dwelling units ......................................................... 65
6.9 Ownership of assets.................................................................................................................. 66
6.9 Access to facilities ............................................................................................................. 66
6.9.1 Supply of drinking water .............................................................................................. 66
6.9.2 Access to food market. .................................................................................................. 66
6.9.3 Access to public transportation. .................................................................................... 66
6.9.4 Access to all season road. .............................................................................................. 66
6.9.5 Access to nearest primary school. ................................................................................. 67
6.9.6 Access to secondary school. .......................................................................................... 67
6.9.7 Access to health clinic/hospital. .................................................................................... 67
CHAPTER 7:POVERTY ................................................................................................................... 84
7.0 Objective ................................................................................................................................... 84
7.1 Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 84
7.2 Poverty by area of residence .................................................................................................... 85
CHAPTER 8: HIV/AIDS KNOWLEDGE ....................................................................................... 86
8.0 Objective ................................................................................................................................... 86
8.1 Confidential test and actual testing ......................................................................................... 86
8.2 Counselling ............................................................................................................................... 86
8.3 Main reason for not having an HIV test.................................................................................. 86
Chapter 9: Food Security.................................................................................................................... 90
9.0 Objective ................................................................................................................................... 90
9.1 Production and sale of staple food .......................................................................................... 90
9.2 Meals taken at household level .............................................................................................. 90
9.3 Type of various foods eaten ..................................................................................................... 91
9.4 Sources of food ................................................................................................................. 91
9.5 Households failing to eat their normal food ........................................................................... 91
9.6 Household copying mechanisms ............................................................................................. 91
9.7 Total number of livestock by type........................................................................................... 92
9.8 Coupons for subsidized fertilizer and seed ............................................................................. 92
9.9 Extension advice received and visits of extension workers .................................................. 92
APPENDICES .................................................................................................................................. 105
ANNEX A: Statistical Tables .......................................................................................................... 106
Annex B ............................................................................................................................................. 112
PREDICTING THE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO BASED ON IHS2 AND WMS
DATA ............................................................................................................................................ 112
Annex C: Questionnaires ................................................................................................................. 116 |
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