MALAWI Date Updated: 2009-06-23

WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) MALAWI Date updated: 2009-06-23

Reference number: 44 Date of survey: 2006 Administrative level: N

Early initiation of Intro solid, Minimum dietary Minimum meal Median Median Exclusive breastfeeding rate breastfeeding % Bottle-feeding semi-solid foods diversity % frequency % Continued breastfeeding any exclusive % rate% 0-11 % 6-9 mo % breast- breast- Ever feeding feeding Location and sample descriptor 1 Line Sex breastfed Sample (months) (months) Sample <4 Sample <6 Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample 2 Sample note % size size months size months size size size size size size Year size Years size

National: Total B 72.21560 56.7 2353 88.8 1755 97.4 1841 72.2 1609 Children by sex F 71.6800 55.3 1239 88.8 855 97.0 916 73.9 821 Children by sex M 72.8760 58.3 1114 88.7 900 97.8 926 70.5 788 Children by area: Urban B 80.0272 68.2 356 88.8 311 95.9 246 62.6 266 Children by area: Rural B 70.51288 54.7 1997 88.7 1444 97.6 1596 74.1 1343 Children by region: Central B 72.5733 55.7 1090 88.5 848 98.2 857 73.0 752 Children by region: Northern B 62.0148 51.6 220 84.8 158 97.4 171 76.3 175 Children by region: Southern B 74.1679 58.9 1043 89.9 748 96.6 814 70.3 682 Children by district: Balaka B 74.032 60.0 51 86.8 36 99.0 43 71.4 34 Children by district: Blantyre B 78.1117 58.6 169 91.4 117 91.2 102 66.1 96 Children by district: Chikwawa B 67.772 57.8 106 93.5 69 96.3 65 84.9 38 Children by district: Chiradzulu B 71.427 58.9 42 88.1 25 98.6 35 74.7 27 Children by district: Chitipa B 71.522 63.4 30 65.9 20 97.8 26 71.0 22 Children by district: Dedza B 79.191 64.9 133 85.5 80 98.7 152 75.1 101 Children by district: Dowa B 79.864 61.4 95 93.6 74 99.2 61 76.0 64 Children by district: Karonga B 42.030 41.1 48 82.5 37 97.0 30 66.9 34 Children by district: Kasunga B 86.967 67.1 104 79.9 66 98.0 77 78.4 74 Children by district: Lilongwe B 74.2295 53.9 441 88.3 394 99.3 305 69.8 291 Children by district: Machinga B 64.956 48.0 87 84.1 69 98.4 64 70.5 56 Children by district: Mongochi B 81.9136 61.8 229 92.8 176 95.2 197 63.2 148 Children by district: Mchinji B 48.858 42.1 90 78.5 43 98.0 70 67.7 56 Children by district: Mulanje B 71.643 64.6 58 93.5 41 96.5 54 74.5 40 Children by district: Mwanza B 48.424 36.2 37 93.6 27 96.0 28 74.1 28 Children by district: Mzimba B 59.060 45.9 84 90.2 62 98.4 77 80.3 78 Children by district: Nkhata Bay B 69.716 54.7 26 78.9 16 91.2 19 82.7 21 Children by district: Nkhotakota B 74.229 60.5 42 88.0 32 93.3 41 68.3 27 Children by district: Nsanje B 73.323 56.2 37 84.4 30 100.0 31 84.7 31 Children by district: Ntcheu B 70.756 55.7 75 91.9 57 96.9 67 79.1 55 Children by district: Ntchisi B 81.815 65.9 25 83.1 21 98.2 25 85.4 26 Children by district: Phalombe B 82.132 72.1 45 94.2 39 99.4 35 70.5 40 Children by district: Rumphi B 85.219 68.6 32 94.1 23 100.0 18 76.1 21 Children by district: Salima B 51.258 39.7 85 98.9 81 95.1 60 71.0 58 Children by district: Thylo B 73.068 63.1 105 77.4 57 98.7 95 74.3 89 Children by district: Zomba B 76.148 58.0 77 91.4 63 99.0 66 64.7 57

Survey note: Sampling: two-stage cluster sampling with probability proportionate to size; sample selected from 31200 households.

Reference: National Statistical Office and UNICEF. Malawi Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006, Final Rapport. Lilongwe, Malawi: National Statistical Office and UNICEF, 2008.

Reference number: 8 Date of survey: 2004 - 05 Administrative level: N

National: TotalB 98.3 10771 2.5 23.2 6715 66.1731 53.3 1092 69.8 10593 4.6 2296 91.3 804 97.7 783 80.3 615 1 Children by sexF 98.7 5390 3.0 23.0 337570.4 5318 Children by sexM 98.0 6381 2.1 23.4 334069.3 5275 Children by area: UrbanB 98.6 1425 3.2 22.8 91078.1 1405 Children by area: RuralB 98.3 9347 2.4 23.2 580568.6 9187 Children by region: CentralB 98.5 4494 2.2 23.0 281668.4 4426 Children by region: NorthernB 98.2 1345 2.6 23.1 82469.5 1320 Children by region: SouthernB 98.3 4933 2.8 23.4 307571.2 4847 Children by district: BlantyreB 98.9 724 1.3 23.8 44077.5 715 Children by district: KasunguB 98.0 525 0.8 23.3 31456.4 515 Children by district: LilongweB 98.7 1489 3.4 22.9 94476.6 1470 Children by district: MachingaB 98.5 441 3.2 24.6 27279.4 434 Children by district: MangochiB 97.9 636 3.0 23.4 40778.4 622 Children by district: MulanjeB 97.6 437 4.0 22.8 27368.4 427 Children by district: MzimbaB 98.4 676 2.1 23.7 41370.6 665 Children by district: SalimaB 98.9 312 1.8 22.8 20179.9 308 Children by district: ThyoloB 98.4 575 3.4 23.3 35162.0 565 Children by district: ZombaB 97.8 544 4.0 23.0 33778.9 532 Children by district: Other districtsB 98.3 4414 2.1 22.9 276364.9 4339 2

Survey note: Sampling: two-stage stratified cluster sampling with probability proportional to households size; sample selected from 15041 households.

Reference: National Statistical Office (NSO) and ORC Marco. Malawi Demographic and Health Survey 2004. Calverton, Maryland: NSO and ORC Marco, 2005.

Reference number: 168 Date of survey: 2000 Administrative level: N

National: TotalB 98.3 12201 2.0 24.3 6753 62.7793 44.1 1257 72.1 11991 2.8 2483 96.3 798 98.2 780 76.5 667 3 Children by sexF 98.6 6122 2.1 24.1 339472.2 6037 Children by sexM 97.9 6079 2.0 24.4 335971.9 5954 Children by area: UrbanB 99.1 1502 2.5 22.7 87776.1 1489 Children by area: RuralB 98.2 10698 2.0 24.6 587671.5 10502 Children by region: CentralB 98.2 5287 1.5 24.4 287866.0 5193 Children by region: NorthernB 97.9 1334 2.1 23.4 76574.4 1306 Children by region: SouthernB 98.4 5580 2.5 24.5 311077.3 5492

Survey note: Sample representative at national, regional, for rural and urban areas and selected large districts (Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba, Mzimba, Mangochi, Kasungu, Salima, Machinga, Mulanje, Thyolo and Karonga); clusters selected using the 1998 Malawi Census of Population and Housing; 560 clusters selected (111 urban and 449 rural); sample selected from 15421 households.

Reference: National Statistical Office and ORC Macro. Malawi Demographic and Health Survey 2000. Zomba, Malawi and Calverton, Maryland, USA: National Statistical Office and ORC Macro, 2001.

Reference number: 166 Date of survey: 1995 Administrative level: N

National: TotalB 96.4 4180 10.9303 9.4 564 56.2 1332 94.2 351 69.5 313 Children by sexF 96.8 2125 Children by sexM 96.0 2055 Children by area: UrbanB 97.3 519 Children by area: RuralB 96.3 3661 Children by region: NorthB 97.4 817 Children by region: CentralB 95.9 1845 Children by region: SouthB 96.8 1518

Survey note: Sampling: two-stage stratified cluster sampling with probability proportionate to size.

Reference: Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, National Statistical Office, the Centre for Social Research and UNICEF. Malawi Social Indicator Survey 1995 (MSIS). Malawi: Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, National Statistical Office, the Centre for Social Research and UNICEF, 1996.

Reference number: 167 Date of survey: 1992 Administrative level: N

National: TotalB 96.9 4574 0.4 21.2 2854 3.2330 2.1 508 57.0 2910 87.0 NS 92.7 271 55.9 262 4 Children by sexF 96.7 2267 0.4 21.3 140758.7 1411 Children by sexM 97.0 2307 0.4 21.0 144755.4 1499 Children by area: UrbanB 95.8 515 0.4 19.6 32248.2 343 Children by area: RuralB 97.0 4058 0.4 21.4 253258.2 2567 Children by region: CentralB 97.1 1912 0.4 20.1 119056.5 1191 Children by region: NorthernB 97.7 527 0.4 20.5 33955.3 348 Children by region: SouthernB 96.4 2134 0.4 21.9 132557.8 1371

Survey note: Sampling: two-stage stratified cluster sampling with probability proportionate to size; sample selected from 5811 households.

Reference: National Statistical Office and Macro International Inc. Malawi Demographic and Health Survey 1992. Calverton, Maryland, USA: National Statistical Office and Macro International Inc, 1994.

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Line note: 1 Exclusive breastfeeding and bottle-feeding rate calculated prevalences.

Line note: 2 Others districts include: The district of Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Likoma, Nkhata Bay, Dowa, Dedza, Nkhotakota, Mchinji, Ntchisi, Mwanza, Chikwawa, Nsanje, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Balaka and Ntcheu. Line note: 3 Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months, bottle-feeding rate, continued breastfeeding at 1 year (12-15 months) and continued breastfeeding at 2 years (20-23 months) calculated prevalences.

Line note: 4 Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months, continued breastfeeding at 1 year (12-15 months) and continued breastfeeding at 2 years (20-23 months) calculated prevalences.