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ABOUT THE ATLAS
No maps on social statistics in Malawi have been produced for wide distribution for at least 10 years. This atlas combines information and analysis of the 1998 Population and Housing Census and the 1997-98 Integrated Household Survey, together with some sectorally specific data, to provide policy makers, students, educators and interested individuals with a better and more up-to-date understanding of the spatial distribution of the characteristics and living conditions of the people of Malawi.
Although a broad range of social statistics are considered in the atlas, the over-riding focus is on poverty. The spatial patterns seen in the atlas will provide the reader with insights regarding key geographic factors associated with poverty, thereby assisting in the development and in the geographic targeting of programs designed to reduce it.
This atlas is produced as an extension of the work of the National Statistical Office and the International Food Policy Research Institute carried out jointly under the Poverty Monitoring System of the government of Malawi. The Poverty Monitoring System was established in 1997 to closely monitor the economic and social situation of the population and to analyze the impact, effectiveness, and efficiency of poverty-oriented policies, programs, and projects.
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Entire Atlas
Table of Contents, Preface, Foreword, Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Malawi - administrative districts
- Malawi - elevation and other features
- Traditional authorities of northern Malawi and part of central Malawi
- Traditional authorities of southern Malawi and Ntcheu district of central Malawi
- Administrative wards of the four major urban centers of Malawi
Chapter 2: Population Characteristics
- Population density
- Population density surface from enumeration area data
- Population dot map, from enumeration area data
- Annual population growth rate, 1987 to 1998
- Annual population growth rate, 1977 to 1998
- Sex ratio
- Dependency ratio
- Population under five years old
- Mean age
- Mean household size
- Households headed by women
- Marital status - male heads of household
- Marital status - female heads of household
Chapter 3: Poverty
- Poverty headcount
- Poverty headcount by local government ward
- Poverty dot map
- Ultra-poverty headcount
- Ultra-poverty dot map
- Depth of poverty
- Severity of poverty
Chapter 4: Health and Fertility
- Children born per woman aged 12 years and older
- Children born per women aged 20 to 34 years within the past 12 months
- Orphanhood
- Mean age at first marriage, women
- Mean age at first marriage, men
- Age at first marriage, gender differences
- Health facilities
Chapter 5: Education and Literacy
- Literacy rates, 15 to 24 year olds
- Literacy rates, 15 to 24 year olds, gender differences
- Literacy rates, 15 years and older
- Literacy rates, 15 years and older, gender differences
- Children who have never attended school, 6 to 13 year olds
- Children attending school, 6 to 13 year olds (net enrollment)
- Net enrollment, 6 to 13 year olds, gender differences
- Gross enrollment
- Mean maximum educational level in households
- No educational qualification, 15 to 24 year olds
- No educational qualifications, 15 to 24 year olds, gender differences
- No educational qualification, 15 years and older
- No educational qualifications, 15 years and older, gender differences
- Higher educational qualification (MSCE), 15 to 24 year olds
- Higher educational qualification (MSCE), 15 years and older
- Educational facilities
- Ratios of primary school pupils to teachers and primary-aged children to teachers
Chapter 6: Cultural and Economic Activity
- Most common language
- Proportion of population speaking a language
- Religion
- Economically active population
- Economic sector of occupation of the economically active
Chapter 7: Living Conditions
- Persons per room
- Traditional housing
- Population acquiring water from a protected source
- Population without toilet facilities
- Population with improved toilet facilities
- Cooking fuel
- Lighting fuel
- Ownership of radio, bicycle, or ox-cart
Chapter 8: Other
- Population served by each ADMARC depot
- Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF)
- Distance to nearest road
- Road length per person
- Smallholder farmer cropped area, by crop
- Average maize yield
Annexes
- Annex 1 - Malawi 1998 Census of Population and Housing questionnaire
- Annex 2 - Poverty mapping - a technical description
- Annex 3 - Poverty measures for Traditional Authorities & urban administrative wards
References
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