2.4 Households with ICT Devices Based on 2011 NSO Survey Results
NSO integrated household survey findings of 2011 in table 2-1B indicates that 45.5% of
household had a Radio with only 8.7% owning a Television. Only 0.8% had computers in the
home. Ownership of ICT devices in urban show large figures compared to the rural areas.
TABLE 4 PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH ICT DEVICES IN YEAR 2011
PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD WITH ICT DEVICES
IN THE YEAR 2011
RADIO
ALL
URBAN
RURAL
CDTV
COMPUTER
PLAY
45.5% 10.1%
8.7%
0.8%
60.6% 32.9%
32.2%
4.1%
42.8%
5.9%
4.4%
0.2%
Source: NSO Malawi Integrated Household Survey Results 2011
2.5 Households with Telephone or Mobile Devices, NSO 2011 Survey
NSO integrated household survey findings of 2011 in table 2-2B indicates that 36.3% of
household had mobile phones in 2011. Only 0.8% had telephones in the home. Ownership
of mobile phones among the rich show large percentages compared to the rural areas.
TABLE 5 PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH TELEPHONE OR MOBILE DEVICES
PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD WITH TELEPHONE OR
MOBILE DEVICES
2005
2011
ALL
POOR
RICH
ALL
POOR RICH
Mobile
11.5
0
12.8
36.3
11.5
62.5
Landline
0
0.1
4.1
0.8
0
2.9
Source: NSO Malawi Integrated Household Survey Results, 2011
2.6 Individual Survey Results
Based on the individual questionnaire sample used in the baseline survey, results show that
a substantial number of individuals have either a computer, laptop which they use for home
or business use. Of these most have internet access using wimax or modem/dongle. Some
individual internet access is achieved using most commonly available mobile phone with
data connectivity.
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