Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics of the youth.
Characteristic | Male | Female | Youth | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 1543 | % | n = 5143 | % | n = 6686 | % | |
Age grouped | ||||||
15–19 | 594 | 38.5 | 1686 | 32.8 | 2280 | 34.1 |
20–24 | 949 | 61.5 | 3457 | 67.2 | 4406 | 65.9 |
Marital status | ||||||
Never married | 991 | 64.2 | 986 | 19.2 | 1977 | 29.6 |
Ever married | 552 | 35.8 | 4157 | 80.8 | 4709 | 70.4 |
Place of residence | ||||||
Urban | 307 | 19.9 | 1026 | 19.9 | 1333 | 19.9 |
Rural | 1236 | 80.1 | 4117 | 80.1 | 5353 | 80.1 |
Education | ||||||
No education | 38 | 2.5 | 243 | 4.7 | 281 | 4.2 |
Primary | 939 | 60.9 | 3389 | 65.9 | 4328 | 64.7 |
Secondary and higher | 566 | 36.7 | 1511 | 29.4 | 2077 | 31.1 |
Religion | ||||||
Catholic | 305 | 19.8 | 880 | 17.1 | 1185 | 17.7 |
Protestants | 1028 | 66.8 | 3634 | 70.7 | 4662 | 69.7 |
Muslim and others | 210 | 13.6 | 629 | 12.2 | 839 | 12.5 |
Ethnic group | ||||||
Chewa | 494 | 32.0 | 1636 | 31.8 | 2130 | 31.9 |
Tumbuka | 145 | 9.4 | 503 | 9.8 | 648 | 9.7 |
Lomwe | 276 | 17.9 | 964 | 18.7 | 1240 | 18.5 |
Tonga | 64 | 4.1 | 177 | 3.4 | 241 | 3.6 |
Yao | 172 | 11.1 | 608 | 11.8 | 780 | 11.7 |
Sena | 77 | 5.0 | 228 | 4.4 | 305 | 4.6 |
Nkhonde | 29 | 1.9 | 62 | 1.2 | 91 | 1.4 |
Ngoni | 195 | 12.6 | 623 | 12.1 | 818 | 12.2 |
Mang’anja | 38 | 2.5 | 104 | 2.0 | 142 | 2.1 |
Nyanya | 14 | 0.9 | 96 | 1.9 | 110 | 1.6 |
Others | 39 | 2.5 | 142 | 2.8 | 181 | 2.7 |