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. 2013 Jan 24;6:10.3402/gha.v6i0.19614. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19614

Table 2.

Annual probabilities of change of household (95% confidence intervals), return moves and in-migration by age and sex, Karonga District, Northern Malawi, 1979–89

95% confidence interval for annual probabilities of change of household by age and sex, Karonga District, northern Malawi 1979–89
Sex
Male Lower limit 0.0477 0.0477 0.0417 0.0450 0.0796 0.1208 0.0742 0.0284 0.0127
Upper limit 0.0523 0.0523 0.0460 0.0502 0.0878 0.1342 0.0853 0.0357 0.0212
Female Lower limit 0.0504 0.0504 0.0533 0.1081 0.1739 0.1020 0.0621 0.0403 0.0297
Upper limit 0.0552 0.0552 0.0584 0.1170 0.1866 0.1140 0.0694 0.0478 0.0442
Conditional probabilities of individuals making return (as opposed to forward) moves to households by age and sex, Karonga District, northern Malawi 1979–89
Male 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.58 0.24 0.33 0.20 0.44 0.75
Female 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.27 0.18 0.14 0.38 0.21 0.36
Annual in-migration rates (per person) in Karonga District, Malawi 1986–89
Male 0.0120 0.0120 0.0192 0.0188 0.0241 0.0315 0.0349 0.0202 0.0068
Female 0.0115 0.0115 0.0185 0.0246 0.0349 0.0417 0.0436 0.0184 0.0083