Malawi Demographic and Health Survey, 1992 Malawi. National Statistical Office.; Macro International. Institute for Resource Development /

"January 1994."
"Demographic and Health Survey"--Cover.

CONTENTS
1 Geography, History, and the Economy ......... . . . . . . I
1.2 Population and Family Planning Policiesz and iPg. 2
1.3 Health Priorities and Programmes 3
1.4 Obiectives, Organisation, and Design of the Surve . . . 3
1.5 :Daa Collection and Data Processing ....... .... . 5
2 : CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND RESIDENT
2.1 Demographic Characteristics of Households 7
2.2 Economic and Environmental Characteristics of Households . ......... 12
S.3 Characteristics of Survey Respondents ... ... . .. .
FERTILITY
a Current Fertility Levels and Trends ...
3.2 Children Ever Bom .... 22
3 Birth Intervals 23
3.4 Age of the Mother at First Birth 25
3.5 Adolescent Fertility ..... . .. . 26
1E 4 FERTITY REGULATION
4.1 Knowledge of Contraception 29
4.2 Ever Use of Contraception 31
4. Current Use of Contraception 32
4. Differentials in Current Use of Family Planning ... 34
4.5 Number of Children at First Use of Contraceptio 36
4.6 Knowledge of the Fertile Period 37
.7 Sources of Family Planning Methods . . . . .. .... .. 37
.8 Intention to Use Family Planning Among Nonusers ..... ...... 40
9 Reasons for Non-use 42
4 10 Preferred Method 44
4, I Exposure to Family Planning Messages on Radio ...... . .... 45
4.12 Ap prova of Family Planning ..... . ...... . .... . .. . 45
5 PROXIMITY DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY
5 1 M a tlJ Status .... ................................................ 51
5.2 Polygyny . 52
3 e at First Marriag 55
54 Pospartum Arnenorrhoea . .. . . . .. . .. . 56
5.5 Terminaion of Exposure to Pregnancy ... .. .... . .. 57
6 FERT LITY PRFL RENCES
. 1 Desire for More Children . . ... . .. . .. . . 59
6.2 Demand for Family Planning Services ... .. .. ..... .. 62
6.3 de l Famrly Size .....64
6 Wanted and Unwanted Fertility 66
7 CHILDHOOD MORTALITY
7.1 Data Quality and Mortality Estimation ............................ . 69
7.2 Levels and Trends in Childhood Mortality ...... . .. .. . 70
7.3 Sooeonomc Differentials in Childhood Mortality .... ...... 72
7, Biodemographic Differentials in Childhood Mortality 74
75 HighRisk Fertility Behaviour .... 76
8 MAERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
8.1 Antenatal. Care and Delivery Assistance 79
8.2 V accinations ... ............................................... . 85
3 Acute Respiratory Infecion .... 90
8.5 Diarhoea ... .............. ................. ................ . 93
9 MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION
9.1 Brasteed ng and Supplementation . . .. . 99
9.2 Nuttiona il Status of Children ... I04
9.3 Mternal Anthropometric Status .. . . . .. . ..... . 107
LDC OF AIDS 1
11 MATERNAL MORTALITY
11.1 Data Collection . ....... 1
11.2 Data Quality ... .......... . ....... .
11.3 Direct Estimates of Maternal Mortality . .. ..... ..
11.4 Indirect Estimates of Maternal Mortality .
12 AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH SERVICES
12.1 Distance and Time to Nearest Health Facility . ..
12.2 Services Provided at Nearest Health Facility . . . ....7
12.3 Distance and Time to Nearest Hospital
12.4 Distance and Time to Nearest Source of Family Planning cnd
Source of Condoms . ....... . .... . .
12.5 AIDS Education Campaigns